TABLE 7. Estimated percent taking an asthma management course among adults1 with current2 or active3 asthma status by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006

TABLE 7. Estimated percent taking an asthma management course among adults1 with current2 or active3 asthma status by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006
State/Territory Current Active
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alaska 130 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 133 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Arizona 153 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 162 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
California 245 16.6 3.3 (10.1 – 23.1) 267 16.0 3.1 (9.9 – 22.1)
Colorado 275 8.4 1.8 (4.9 – 11.9) 293 8.8 1.8 (5.3 – 12.3)
Connecticut 321 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 354 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
District of Columbia 127 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 138 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Georgia 247 7.9 1.9 (4.2 – 11.6) 265 9.5 2.2 (5.2 – 13.8)
Hawaii 223 15.8 3.2 (9.5 – 22.1) 249 13.2 2.9 (7.5 – 18.9)
Indiana 319 10.9 2.0 (7.0 – 14.8) 338 11.2 2.0 (7.3 – 15.1)
Iowa 180 8.8 2.2 (4.5 – 13.1) 193 9.0 2.2 (4.7 – 13.3)
Kansas 396 7.0 1.4 (4.3 – 9.7) 402 7.1 1.4 (4.4 – 9.8)
Maine 180 11.8 3.0 (5.9 – 17.7) 193 11.4 2.9 (5.7 – 17.1)
Maryland 290 8.5 2.0 (4.6 – 12.4) 336 8.7 2.0 (4.8 – 12.6)
Massachusetts 264 4.8 1.4 (2.1 – 7.5) 279 4.6 1.3 (2.1 – 7.1)
Michigan 321 5.9 1.4 (3.2 – 8.6) 347 5.7 1.3 (3.2 – 8.2)
Missouri 259 8.7 2.2 (4.4 – 13.0) 273 8.0 2.0 (4.1 – 11.9)
Montana 204 7.2 1.9 (3.5 – 10.9) 214 8.8 2.4 (4.1 – 13.5)
Nebraska 230 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 244 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New Hampshire 237 6.2 1.4 (3.5 – 8.9) 265 6.1 1.3 (3.6 – 8.6)
New York 276 5.1 1.2 (2.7 – 7.5) 298 5.1 1.2 (2.7 – 7.5)
Oregon 294 6.1 1.6 (3.0 – 9.2) 327 6.4 1.6 (3.3 – 9.5)
Texas 217 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 241 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Vermont 417 7.4 1.4 (4.7 – 10.1) 437 7.1 1.4 (4.4 – 9.8)
Washington 1,474 7.4 1.0 (5.4 – 9.4) 1,613 7.4 0.9 (5.6 – 9.2)
Wisconsin 221 7.2 1.9 (3.5 – 10.9) 225 7.1 1.9 (3.4 – 10.8)
25 areas total 7,500 9.7 0.9 (7.9 – 11.5) 8,086 9.5 0.8 (7.9 – 11.1)
Median   7.4       8.0    
Range   4.8-16.6       4.6-16.0    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”

3 Reported any of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma

± Sample size excludes “DK/Refused”

§ Standard error

Confidence interval

N/A: Estimate not available (N/A) if the unweighted sample size for the denominator was < 50 or if the relative standard error was > 0.30