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