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TABLE 2. Estimated percent of active1 and inactive2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2008
| State/Territory | Sample size± |
Active | Inactive | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | ||
| Arizona | 201 | 155 | 82.6 | 3.9 | (75.0 – 90.2) | 46 | 17.4 | 3.9 | (9.8 – 25.0) |
| California | 600 | 443 | 71.7 | 2.7 | (66.4 – 77.0) | 157 | 28.3 | 2.7 | (23.0 – 33.6) |
| Connecticut | 358 | 255 | 69.9 | 3.7 | (62.6 – 77.2) | 103 | 30.1 | 3.7 | (22.8 – 37.4) |
| District of Columbia | 241 | 160 | 64.9 | 4.2 | (56.7 – 73.1) | 81 | 35.1 | 4.2 | (26.9 – 43.3) |
| Florida | 458 | 346 | 72.8 | 3.8 | (65.4 – 80.2) | 112 | 27.2 | 3.8 | (19.8 – 34.6) |
| Georgia | 274 | 227 | 81.1 | 3.9 | (73.5 – 88.7) | 47 | 18.9 | 3.9 | (11.3 – 26.5) |
| Hawaii | 476 | 324 | 64.4 | 3.2 | (58.1 – 70.7) | 152 | 35.6 | 3.2 | (29.3 – 41.9) |
| Illinois | 316 | 258 | 70.1 | 4.5 | (61.3 – 78.9) | 58 | 29.9 | 4.5 | (21.1 – 38.7) |
| Indiana | 325 | 261 | 75.5 | 4.0 | (67.7 – 83.3) | 64 | 24.5 | 4.0 | (16.7 – 32.3) |
| Iowa | 330 | 255 | 76.3 | 3.3 | (69.8 – 82.8) | 75 | 23.7 | 3.3 | (17.2 – 30.2) |
| Kansas | 566 | 443 | 68.8 | 3.4 | (62.1 – 75.5) | 123 | 31.2 | 3.4 | (24.5 – 37.9) |
| Maine | 556 | 426 | 71.8 | 2.9 | (66.1 – 77.5) | 130 | 28.2 | 2.9 | (22.5 – 33.9) |
| Maryland | 485 | 353 | 71.3 | 3.4 | (64.6 – 78.0) | 132 | 28.7 | 3.4 | (22.0 – 35.4) |
| Massachusetts | 419 | 336 | 76.5 | 3.7 | (69.2 – 83.8) | 83 | 23.5 | 3.7 | (16.2 – 30.8) |
| Michigan | 691 | 564 | 72.3 | 3.5 | (65.4 – 79.2) | 127 | 27.7 | 3.5 | (20.8 – 34.6) |
| Missouri | 330 | 267 | 70.3 | 4.5 | (61.5 – 79.1) | 63 | 29.7 | 4.5 | (20.9 – 38.5) |
| Montana | 329 | 244 | 67.3 | 4.3 | (58.9 – 75.7) | 85 | 32.7 | 4.3 | (24.3 – 41.1) |
| Nebraska | 797 | 616 | 74.4 | 3.0 | (68.5 – 80.3) | 181 | 25.6 | 3.0 | (19.7 – 31.5) |
| Nevada | 286 | 211 | 70.6 | 5.1 | (60.6 – 80.6) | 75 | 29.4 | 5.1 | (19.4 – 39.4) |
| New Hampshire | 457 | 356 | 73.4 | 3.3 | (66.9 – 79.9) | 101 | 26.6 | 3.3 | (20.1 – 33.1) |
| New Jersey | 465 | 359 | 72.5 | 3.6 | (65.4 – 79.6) | 106 | 27.5 | 3.6 | (20.4 – 34.6) |
| New Mexico | 392 | 290 | 73.2 | 3.7 | (65.9 – 80.5) | 102 | 26.8 | 3.7 | (19.5 – 34.1) |
| New York | 473 | 359 | 71.0 | 3.5 | (64.1 – 77.9) | 114 | 29.0 | 3.5 | (22.1 – 35.9) |
| North Dakota | 283 | 212 | 68.1 | 4.5 | (59.3 – 76.9) | 71 | 31.9 | 4.5 | (23.1 – 40.7) |
| Ohio | 475 | 383 | 75.8 | 3.6 | (68.7 – 82.9) | 92 | 24.2 | 3.6 | (17.1 – 31.3) |
| Oklahoma | 395 | 303 | 71.5 | 3.4 | (64.8 – 78.2) | 92 | 28.5 | 3.4 | (21.8 – 35.2) |
| Oregon | 434 | 302 | 66.6 | 3.3 | (60.1 – 73.1) | 132 | 33.4 | 3.3 | (26.9 – 39.9) |
| Rhode Island | 384 | 304 | 78.2 | 3.2 | (71.9 – 84.5) | 80 | 21.8 | 3.2 | (15.5 – 28.1) |
| Texas | 583 | 427 | 69.7 | 3.3 | (63.2 – 76.2) | 156 | 30.3 | 3.3 | (23.8 – 36.8) |
| Utah | 351 | 248 | 66.9 | 3.6 | (59.8 – 74.0) | 103 | 33.1 | 3.6 | (26.0 – 40.2) |
| Vermont | 561 | 432 | 71.5 | 3.0 | (65.6 – 77.4) | 129 | 28.5 | 3.0 | (22.6 – 34.4) |
| Virginia | 318 | 235 | 75.4 | 4.0 | (67.6 – 83.2) | 83 | 24.6 | 4.0 | (16.8 – 32.4) |
| Washington | 765 | 561 | 70.5 | 2.9 | (64.8 – 76.2) | 204 | 29.5 | 2.9 | (23.8 – 35.2) |
| West Virginia | 321 | 266 | 74.7 | 3.8 | (67.3 – 82.1) | 55 | 25.3 | 3.8 | (17.9 – 32.7) |
| Wisconsin | 312 | 248 | 74.3 | 4.1 | (66.3 – 82.3) | 64 | 25.7 | 4.1 | (17.7 – 33.7) |
| 35 areas total | 15,007 | 11,429 | 72.6 | 0.8 | (71.0 – 74.2) | 3,578 | 27.4 | 0.8 | (25.8 – 29.0) |
| Median | 71.7 | 28.3 | |||||||
| Range | 64.4-82.6 | 17.4-35.6 | |||||||
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