TABLE 5b. Estimated percent reporting routine doctor visits in the past year among adults1 with active2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2008

State/Territory Sample
size±
One or more routine visits No routine visits3
Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Arizona 154 88 51.0 9.4 (32.6 – 69.4) 66 49.0 9.4 (30.6 – 67.4)
California 440 228 48.4 3.8 (41.0 – 55.8) 212 51.6 3.8 (44.2 – 59.0)
Connecticut 250 154 55.5 5.3 (45.1 – 65.9) 96 44.5 5.3 (34.1 – 54.9)
District of Columbia 158 99 63.8 5.4 (53.2 – 74.4) 59 36.2 5.4 (25.6 – 46.8)
Florida 337 221 59.0 5.9 (47.4 – 70.6) 116 41.0 5.9 (29.4 – 52.6)
Georgia 224 138 51.5 6.7 (38.4 – 64.6) 86 48.5 6.7 (35.4 – 61.6)
Hawaii 321 152 46.7 4.3 (38.3 – 55.1) 169 53.3 4.3 (44.9 – 61.7)
Illinois 257 135 49.2 4.4 (40.6 – 57.8) 122 50.8 4.4 (42.2 – 59.4)
Indiana 255 153 55.4 4.8 (46.0 – 64.8) 102 44.6 4.8 (35.2 – 54.0)
Iowa 251 126 42.1 4.9 (32.5 – 51.7) 125 57.9 4.9 (48.3 – 67.5)
Kansas 431 238 54.3 3.6 (47.2 – 61.4) 193 45.7 3.6 (38.6 – 52.8)
Maine 422 261 59.6 3.3 (53.1 – 66.1) 161 40.4 3.3 (33.9 – 46.9)
Maryland 348 223 59.7 4.2 (51.5 – 67.9) 125 40.3 4.2 (32.1 – 48.5)
Massachusetts 324 209 59.5 4.4 (50.9 – 68.1) 115 40.5 4.4 (31.9 – 49.1)
Michigan 554 327 54.1 3.8 (46.7 – 61.5) 227 45.9 3.8 (38.5 – 53.3)
Missouri 266 153 58.3 5.0 (48.5 – 68.1) 113 41.7 5.0 (31.9 – 51.5)
Montana 242 129 51.2 4.7 (42.0 – 60.4) 113 48.8 4.7 (39.6 – 58.0)
Nebraska 608 331 51.9 4.5 (43.1 – 60.7) 277 48.1 4.5 (39.3 – 56.9)
Nevada 207 103 50.7 5.9 (39.1 – 62.3) 104 49.3 5.9 (37.7 – 60.9)
New Hampshire 354 204 56.2 3.5 (49.3 – 63.1) 150 43.8 3.5 (36.9 – 50.7)
New Jersey 353 244 63.2 4.4 (54.6 – 71.8) 109 36.8 4.4 (28.2 – 45.4)
New Mexico 287 152 47.8 4.9 (38.2 – 57.4) 135 52.2 4.9 (42.6 – 61.8)
New York 356 218 55.2 4.4 (46.6 – 63.8) 138 44.8 4.4 (36.2 – 53.4)
North Dakota 211 123 63.4 4.5 (54.6 – 72.2) 88 36.6 4.5 (27.8 – 45.4)
Ohio 375 236 61.8 4.4 (53.2 – 70.4) 139 38.2 4.4 (29.6 – 46.8)
Oklahoma 300 173 51.9 4.0 (44.1 – 59.7) 127 48.1 4.0 (40.3 – 55.9)
Oregon 298 146 40.6 4.0 (32.8 – 48.4) 152 59.4 4.0 (51.6 – 67.2)
Rhode Island 298 199 56.2 5.5 (45.4 – 67.0) 99 43.8 5.5 (33.0 – 54.6)
Texas 413 239 53.0 4.8 (43.6 – 62.4) 174 47.0 4.8 (37.6 – 56.4)
Utah 243 130 49.0 4.7 (39.8 – 58.2) 113 51.0 4.7 (41.8 – 60.2)
Vermont 422 208 44.2 3.3 (37.7 – 50.7) 214 55.8 3.3 (49.3 – 62.3)
Virginia 229 139 62.2 6.3 (49.9 – 74.5) 90 37.8 6.3 (25.5 – 50.1)
Washington 558 273 46.7 3.4 (40.0 – 53.4) 285 53.3 3.4 (46.6 – 60.0)
West Virginia 264 168 58.9 3.9 (51.3 – 66.5) 96 41.1 3.9 (33.5 – 48.7)
Wisconsin 248 148 47.7 5.5 (36.9 – 58.5) 100 52.3 5.5 (41.5 – 63.1)
35 areas total 11,258 6,468 53.7 1.2 (51.3 – 56.1) 4,790 46.3 1.2 (43.9 – 48.7)
Median     54.1       45.9    
Range     40.6-63.8       36.2-59.4    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

3 No doctor visits or no routine doctor visits

± Sample size excludes “DK/Refused”

§ Standard error

Confidence interval