TABLE 8b. Estimated percent advised to make environmental changes for active1 and inactive2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006

State/Territory Active Inactive
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alaska 132 43.0 6.8 (29.7 – 56.3) 44 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Arizona 162 40.2 8.0 (24.5 – 55.9) 67 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
California 267 46.2 4.1 (38.2 – 54.2) 86 19.4 4.7 (10.2 – 28.6)
Colorado 292 37.6 3.7 (30.3 – 44.9) 89 27.8 5.5 (17.0 – 38.6)
Connecticut 355 41.8 3.9 (34.2 – 49.4) 88 39.7 8.2 (23.6 – 55.8)
District of Columbia 136 46.9 7.1 (33.0 – 60.8) 52 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Georgia 263 47.9 4.8 (38.5 – 57.3) 95 26.2 6.6 (13.3 – 39.1)
Hawaii 249 38.3 4.4 (29.7 – 46.9) 143 16.8 4.7 (7.6 – 26.0)
Indiana 337 48.6 3.4 (41.9 – 55.3) 101 35.3 7.0 (21.6 – 49.0)
Iowa 193 32.2 3.8 (24.8 – 39.6) 80 17.2 4.4 (8.6 – 25.8)
Kansas 401 41.2 3.3 (34.7 – 47.7) 109 27.9 5.8 (16.5 – 39.3)
Maine 193 48.3 4.7 (39.1 – 57.5) 48 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Maryland 334 38.2 3.9 (30.6 – 45.8) 90 25.6 7.2 (11.5 – 39.7)
Massachusetts 276 41.4 5.0 (31.6 – 51.2) 87 27.1 6.9 (13.6 – 40.6)
Michigan 347 46.2 3.5 (39.3 – 53.1) 73 26.0 5.6 (15.0 – 37.0)
Missouri 271 40.4 5.6 (29.4 – 51.4) 88 33.2 9.8 (14.0 – 52.4)
Montana 215 40.3 4.9 (30.7 – 49.9) 80 31.9 6.8 (18.6 – 45.2)
Nebraska 243 36.9 6.1 (24.9 – 48.9) 56 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New Hampshire 265 48.4 4.1 (40.4 – 56.4) 62 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New York 294 44.6 4.1 (36.6 – 52.6) 66 41.1 8.2 (25.0 – 57.2)
Oregon 323 38.7 4.5 (29.9 – 47.5) 129 18.7 4.3 (10.3 – 27.1)
Texas 237 45.2 7.1 (31.3 – 59.1) 74 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Vermont 437 43.4 3.1 (37.3 – 49.5) 140 30.8 5.3 (20.4 – 41.2)
Washington 1,608 42.8 2.0 (38.9 – 46.7) 597 24.7 2.8 (19.2 – 30.2)
Wisconsin 227 50.3 5.7 (39.1 – 61.5) 64 37.7 8.5 (21.0 – 54.4)
25 areas total 8,057 44.3 1.5 (41.4 – 47.2) 2,608 25.2 1.9 (21.5 – 28.9)
Median   42.8       27.5    
Range   32.2-50.3       16.8-41.1    

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

2 Reported none of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma

3 Aged ≥ 18 years

± 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