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TABLE 1. Estimated percent of current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2008
| State/Territory | Sample size± |
Current | Former | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | ||
| Arizona | 198 | 149 | 81.3 | 4.5 | (72.5 – 90.1) | 49 | 18.7 | 4.5 | (9.9 – 27.5) |
| California | 593 | 411 | 67.5 | 2.8 | (62.0 – 73.0) | 182 | 32.5 | 2.8 | (27.0 – 38.0) |
| Connecticut | 348 | 242 | 66.9 | 3.8 | (59.5 – 74.3) | 106 | 33.1 | 3.8 | (25.7 – 40.5) |
| District of Columbia | 236 | 148 | 61.0 | 4.5 | (52.2 – 69.8) | 88 | 39.0 | 4.5 | (30.2 – 47.8) |
| Florida | 457 | 310 | 64.5 | 4.4 | (55.9 – 73.1) | 147 | 35.5 | 4.4 | (26.9 – 44.1) |
| Georgia | 273 | 210 | 73.9 | 4.5 | (65.1 – 82.7) | 63 | 26.1 | 4.5 | (17.3 – 34.9) |
| Hawaii | 468 | 315 | 65.6 | 3.2 | (59.3 – 71.9) | 153 | 34.4 | 3.2 | (28.1 – 40.7) |
| Illinois | 313 | 232 | 60.9 | 4.6 | (51.9 – 69.9) | 81 | 39.1 | 4.6 | (30.1 – 48.1) |
| Indiana | 318 | 240 | 73.8 | 3.8 | (66.4 – 81.2) | 78 | 26.2 | 3.8 | (18.8 – 33.6) |
| Iowa | 325 | 247 | 77.4 | 3.2 | (71.1 – 83.7) | 78 | 22.6 | 3.2 | (16.3 – 28.9) |
| Kansas | 560 | 425 | 67.5 | 3.4 | (60.8 – 74.2) | 135 | 32.5 | 3.4 | (25.8 – 39.2) |
| Maine | 538 | 397 | 69.1 | 3.0 | (63.2 – 75.0) | 141 | 30.9 | 3.0 | (25.0 – 36.8) |
| Maryland | 471 | 335 | 70.5 | 3.3 | (64.0 – 77.0) | 136 | 29.5 | 3.3 | (23.0 – 36.0) |
| Massachusetts | 417 | 310 | 68.8 | 4.1 | (60.8 – 76.8) | 107 | 31.2 | 4.1 | (23.2 – 39.2) |
| Michigan | 666 | 518 | 68.0 | 3.6 | (60.9 – 75.1) | 148 | 32.0 | 3.6 | (24.9 – 39.1) |
| Missouri | 328 | 243 | 63.2 | 4.6 | (54.2 – 72.2) | 85 | 36.8 | 4.6 | (27.8 – 45.8) |
| Montana | 323 | 239 | 66.5 | 4.4 | (57.9 – 75.1) | 84 | 33.5 | 4.4 | (24.9 – 42.1) |
| Nebraska | 777 | 583 | 73.1 | 3.1 | (67.0 – 79.2) | 194 | 26.9 | 3.1 | (20.8 – 33.0) |
| Nevada | 276 | 194 | 65.3 | 5.1 | (55.3 – 75.3) | 82 | 34.7 | 5.1 | (24.7 – 44.7) |
| New Hampshire | 445 | 328 | 70.2 | 3.3 | (63.7 – 76.7) | 117 | 29.8 | 3.3 | (23.3 – 36.3) |
| New Jersey | 462 | 322 | 66.1 | 3.6 | (59.0 – 73.2) | 140 | 33.9 | 3.6 | (26.8 – 41.0) |
| New Mexico | 385 | 273 | 70.4 | 3.8 | (63.0 – 77.8) | 112 | 29.6 | 3.8 | (22.2 – 37.0) |
| New York | 460 | 313 | 61.7 | 3.8 | (54.3 – 69.1) | 147 | 38.3 | 3.8 | (30.9 – 45.7) |
| North Dakota | 276 | 205 | 69.0 | 4.4 | (60.4 – 77.6) | 71 | 31.0 | 4.4 | (22.4 – 39.6) |
| Ohio | 461 | 349 | 71.5 | 3.6 | (64.4 – 78.6) | 112 | 28.5 | 3.6 | (21.4 – 35.6) |
| Oklahoma | 385 | 285 | 69.7 | 3.5 | (62.8 – 76.6) | 100 | 30.3 | 3.5 | (23.4 – 37.2) |
| Oregon | 424 | 274 | 58.2 | 3.6 | (51.1 – 65.3) | 150 | 41.8 | 3.6 | (34.7 – 48.9) |
| Rhode Island | 375 | 276 | 73.0 | 3.7 | (65.7 – 80.3) | 99 | 27.0 | 3.7 | (19.7 – 34.3) |
| Texas | 563 | 392 | 62.0 | 4.1 | (54.0 – 70.0) | 171 | 38.0 | 4.1 | (30.0 – 46.0) |
| Utah | 335 | 233 | 67.2 | 3.7 | (59.9 – 74.5) | 102 | 32.8 | 3.7 | (25.5 – 40.1) |
| Vermont | 546 | 392 | 65.4 | 3.1 | (59.3 – 71.5) | 154 | 34.6 | 3.1 | (28.5 – 40.7) |
| Virginia | 314 | 219 | 74.2 | 4.0 | (66.4 – 82.0) | 95 | 25.8 | 4.0 | (18.0 – 33.6) |
| Washington | 746 | 505 | 65.1 | 2.9 | (59.4 – 70.8) | 241 | 34.9 | 2.9 | (29.2 – 40.6) |
| West Virginia | 315 | 249 | 72.7 | 3.7 | (65.4 – 80.0) | 66 | 27.3 | 3.7 | (20.0 – 34.6) |
| Wisconsin | 311 | 239 | 68.8 | 4.7 | (59.6 – 78.0) | 72 | 31.2 | 4.7 | (22.0 – 40.4) |
| 35 areas total | 14,688 | 10,602 | 67.2 | 0.9 | (65.4 – 69.0) | 4,086 | 32.8 | 0.9 | (31.0 – 34.6) |
| Median | 68.0 | 32.0 | |||||||
| Range | 58.2-81.3 | 18.7-41.8 | |||||||
1 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
2 “No” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
3 Aged ≥ 18 years
± Sample size excludes “DK/Refused”
§ Standard error
† Confidence interval