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TABLE 8a. Estimated percent advised to make environmental changes for current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2008
| State/Territory | Current | Former | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size± |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | |
| Arizona | 149 | 34.5 | 8.4 | (18.0 – 51.0) | 49 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| California | 411 | 33.6 | 3.3 | (27.1 – 40.1) | 181 | 20.8 | 3.8 | (13.4 – 28.2) |
| Connecticut | 240 | 40.3 | 5.4 | (29.7 – 50.9) | 106 | 36.9 | 6.6 | (24.0 – 49.8) |
| District of Columbia | 148 | 51.6 | 6.0 | (39.8 – 63.4) | 86 | 26.9 | 6.1 | (14.9 – 38.9) |
| Florida | 309 | 39.2 | 5.7 | (28.0 – 50.4) | 147 | 20.6 | 4.8 | (11.2 – 30.0) |
| Georgia | 209 | 48.6 | 6.8 | (35.3 – 61.9) | 62 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Hawaii | 315 | 45.3 | 4.2 | (37.1 – 53.5) | 153 | 22.9 | 5.3 | (12.5 – 33.3) |
| Illinois | 232 | 47.2 | 4.5 | (38.4 – 56.0) | 81 | 26.0 | 7.5 | (11.3 – 40.7) |
| Indiana | 238 | 45.4 | 4.8 | (36.0 – 54.8) | 76 | 29.0 | 8.2 | (12.9 – 45.1) |
| Iowa | 247 | 33.2 | 4.7 | (24.0 – 42.4) | 77 | 22.5 | 5.8 | (11.1 – 33.9) |
| Kansas | 420 | 31.4 | 3.1 | (25.3 – 37.5) | 133 | 21.0 | 5.7 | (9.8 – 32.2) |
| Maine | 396 | 47.2 | 3.5 | (40.3 – 54.1) | 140 | 29.1 | 5.4 | (18.5 – 39.7) |
| Maryland | 334 | 51.3 | 4.4 | (42.7 – 59.9) | 136 | 38.6 | 6.6 | (25.7 – 51.5) |
| Massachusetts | 307 | 36.3 | 4.4 | (27.7 – 44.9) | 106 | 23.8 | 7.1 | (9.9 – 37.7) |
| Michigan | 516 | 47.2 | 3.9 | (39.6 – 54.8) | 148 | 27.7 | 6.3 | (15.4 – 40.0) |
| Missouri | 242 | 32.6 | 5.0 | (22.8 – 42.4) | 85 | 40.1 | 7.9 | (24.6 – 55.6) |
| Montana | 239 | 40.6 | 4.7 | (31.4 – 49.8) | 84 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Nebraska | 581 | 40.8 | 4.4 | (32.2 – 49.4) | 193 | 30.9 | 6.4 | (18.4 – 43.4) |
| Nevada | 193 | 41.1 | 6.1 | (29.1 – 53.1) | 81 | 38.8 | 9.2 | (20.8 – 56.8) |
| New Hampshire | 328 | 48.1 | 3.7 | (40.8 – 55.4) | 116 | 24.0 | 5.1 | (14.0 – 34.0) |
| New Jersey | 321 | 51.5 | 4.9 | (41.9 – 61.1) | 140 | 27.7 | 6.0 | (15.9 – 39.5) |
| New Mexico | 271 | 37.9 | 5.1 | (27.9 – 47.9) | 111 | 23.2 | 5.7 | (12.0 – 34.4) |
| New York | 312 | 37.8 | 3.9 | (30.2 – 45.4) | 147 | 24.0 | 5.0 | (14.2 – 33.8) |
| North Dakota | 204 | 39.0 | 5.2 | (28.8 – 49.2) | 69 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Ohio | 349 | 39.4 | 4.8 | (30.0 – 48.8) | 109 | 28.6 | 6.3 | (16.3 – 40.9) |
| Oklahoma | 282 | 43.3 | 4.3 | (34.9 – 51.7) | 100 | 30.2 | 6.7 | (17.1 – 43.3) |
| Oregon | 272 | 41.0 | 4.3 | (32.6 – 49.4) | 149 | 30.0 | 6.2 | (17.8 – 42.2) |
| Rhode Island | 275 | 37.1 | 4.7 | (27.9 – 46.3) | 99 | 11.9 | 3.2 | (5.6 – 18.2) |
| Texas | 389 | 35.6 | 4.4 | (27.0 – 44.2) | 167 | 36.8 | 8.2 | (20.7 – 52.9) |
| Utah | 233 | 40.4 | 4.7 | (31.2 – 49.6) | 102 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Vermont | 389 | 39.6 | 3.2 | (33.3 – 45.9) | 152 | 24.7 | 4.2 | (16.5 – 32.9) |
| Virginia | 219 | 37.8 | 6.2 | (25.6 – 50.0) | 95 | 28.1 | 6.8 | (14.8 – 41.4) |
| Washington | 504 | 41.6 | 3.8 | (34.2 – 49.0) | 239 | 32.7 | 5.9 | (21.1 – 44.3) |
| West Virginia | 247 | 36.4 | 4.1 | (28.4 – 44.4) | 64 | 27.7 | 6.9 | (14.2 – 41.2) |
| Wisconsin | 239 | 53.0 | 5.2 | (42.8 – 63.2) | 72 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| 35 areas total | 10,560 | 40.1 | 1.1 | (37.9 – 42.3) | 4,055 | 26.7 | 1.6 | (23.6 – 29.8) |
| Median | 40.4 | 27.7 | ||||||
| Range | 31.4-53.0 | 11.9-40.1 | ||||||
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
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