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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, 2007
| State/Territory | Active | Inactive | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size± |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | |
| Alaska | 114 | 30.8 | 5.9 | (19.2 – 42.4) | 45 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Arizona | 178 | 45.8 | 7.3 | (31.5 – 60.1) | 39 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| California | 216 | 46.9 | 5.7 | (35.7 – 58.1) | 70 | 21.4 | 6.3 | (9.1 – 33.7) |
| Colorado | 292 | 43.0 | 4.2 | (34.8 – 51.2) | 94 | 25.7 | 6.1 | (13.7 – 37.7) |
| Connecticut | 287 | 40.0 | 5.0 | (30.2 – 49.8) | 97 | 35.8 | 7.4 | (21.3 – 50.3) |
| District of Columbia | 134 | 48.3 | 5.6 | (37.3 – 59.3) | 54 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Florida | 661 | 35.2 | 4.5 | (26.4 – 44.0) | 238 | 26.8 | 6.8 | (13.5 – 40.1) |
| Georgia | 300 | 39.4 | 3.9 | (31.8 – 47.0) | 86 | 18.1 | 5.1 | (8.1 – 28.1) |
| Hawaii | 310 | 36.9 | 4.3 | (28.5 – 45.3) | 184 | 14.1 | 3.3 | (7.6 – 20.6) |
| Illinois | 228 | 54.0 | 4.6 | (45.0 – 63.0) | 52 | 31.4 | 8.2 | (15.3 – 47.5) |
| Indiana | 318 | 41.9 | 4.0 | (34.1 – 49.7) | 71 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Iowa | 219 | 29.8 | 4.4 | (21.2 – 38.4) | 68 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Kansas | 427 | 37.4 | 3.7 | (30.1 – 44.7) | 118 | 32.5 | 7.0 | (18.8 – 46.2) |
| Maine | 387 | 39.6 | 3.9 | (32.0 – 47.2) | 81 | 24.8 | 5.8 | (13.4 – 36.2) |
| Maryland | 334 | 39.8 | 3.7 | (32.5 – 47.1) | 107 | 32.7 | 6.2 | (20.5 – 44.9) |
| Massachusetts | 196 | 46.6 | 6.4 | (34.1 – 59.1) | 45 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Michigan | 440 | 46.6 | 3.7 | (39.3 – 53.9) | 109 | 34.3 | 7.1 | (20.4 – 48.2) |
| Missouri | 247 | 38.7 | 4.8 | (29.3 – 48.1) | 62 | 31.3 | 7.9 | (15.8 – 46.8) |
| Montana | 251 | 40.4 | 4.8 | (31.0 – 49.8) | 71 | 44.3 | 8.8 | (27.1 – 61.5) |
| Nebraska | 444 | 42.2 | 5.2 | (32.0 – 52.4) | 125 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Nevada | 223 | 44.5 | 5.2 | (34.3 – 54.7) | 85 | 24.1 | 6.6 | (11.2 – 37.0) |
| New Hampshire | 249 | 45.4 | 4.2 | (37.2 – 53.6) | 75 | 35.2 | 7.3 | (20.9 – 49.5) |
| New Mexico | 282 | 35.6 | 4.0 | (27.8 – 43.4) | 96 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| New York | 315 | 48.0 | 3.9 | (40.4 – 55.6) | 68 | 29.3 | 8.3 | (13.0 – 45.6) |
| Ohio | 441 | 40.8 | 4.0 | (33.0 – 48.6) | 116 | 18.1 | 4.3 | (9.7 – 26.5) |
| Oklahoma | 287 | 32.5 | 3.8 | (25.1 – 39.9) | 99 | 27.3 | 6.7 | (14.2 – 40.4) |
| Oregon | 341 | 44.1 | 4.2 | (35.9 – 52.3) | 145 | 26.2 | 5.3 | (15.8 – 36.6) |
| Pennsylvania | 244 | 47.7 | 5.1 | (37.7 – 57.7) | 60 | 25.4 | 6.8 | (12.1 – 38.7) |
| Texas | 291 | 36.5 | 4.2 | (28.3 – 44.7) | 101 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Utah | 233 | 25.6 | 3.7 | (18.3 – 32.9) | 104 | 18.3 | 4.5 | (9.5 – 27.1) |
| Vermont | 402 | 44.2 | 3.3 | (37.7 – 50.7) | 127 | 33.1 | 5.9 | (21.5 – 44.7) |
| Washington | 1,697 | 41.7 | 2.0 | (37.8 – 45.6) | 627 | 24.7 | 2.6 | (19.6 – 29.8) |
| West Virginia | 264 | 37.6 | 4.3 | (29.2 – 46.0) | 61 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Wisconsin | 263 | 30.1 | 4.5 | (21.3 – 38.9) | 52 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| 34 areas total | 11,515 | 42.8 | 1.3 | (40.3 – 45.3) | 3,632 | 26.7 | 2.2 | (22.4 – 31.0) |
| Median | 40.6 | 26.8 | ||||||
| Range | 25.6-54.0 | 14.1-44.3 | ||||||
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