TABLE 3a. Estimated percent for time since first diagnosis among adults1 with current2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2009

State/Territory Sample
size±
5 or fewer years More than 5 years
Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Arizona 115 21 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 94 79.9 6.3 (67.6 – 92.2)
California 517 70 14.2 2.8 (8.7 – 19.7) 447 85.8 2.8 (80.3 – 91.3)
Connecticut 235 30 11.2 2.8 (5.7 – 16.7) 205 88.8 2.8 (83.3 – 94.3)
District of Columbia 134 14 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 120 92.4 3.0 (86.5 – 98.3)
Florida 416 65 14.3 3.2 (8.0 – 20.6) 351 85.7 3.2 (79.4 – 92.0)
Georgia 192 21 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 171 89.0 4.0 (81.2 – 96.8)
Hawaii 279 39 9.6 2.2 (5.3 – 13.9) 240 90.4 2.2 (86.1 – 94.7)
Illinois 186 29 17.9 4.2 (9.7 – 26.1) 157 82.1 4.2 (73.9 – 90.3)
Indiana 395 64 17.7 3.2 (11.4 – 24.0) 331 82.3 3.2 (76.0 – 88.6)
Iowa 232 29 10.4 2.3 (5.9 – 14.9) 203 89.6 2.3 (85.1 – 94.1)
Kansas 821 98 9.1 1.4 (6.4 – 11.8) 723 90.9 1.4 (88.2 – 93.6)
Louisiana 197 24 11.9 3.5 (5.0 – 18.8) 173 88.1 3.5 (81.2 – 95.0)
Maine 233 28 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 205 87.0 4.4 (78.4 – 95.6)
Maryland 268 38 13.1 3.6 (6.0 – 20.2) 230 86.9 3.6 (79.8 – 94.0)
Massachusetts 226 25 13.0 3.9 (5.4 – 20.6) 201 87.0 3.9 (79.4 – 94.6)
Michigan 479 77 16.9 2.6 (11.8 – 22.0) 402 83.1 2.6 (78.0 – 88.2)
Montana 308 42 16.8 5.0 (7.0 – 26.6) 266 83.2 5.0 (73.4 – 93.0)
Nebraska 548 87 12.1 2.6 (7.0 – 17.2) 461 87.9 2.6 (82.8 – 93.0)
Nevada 132 17 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 115 88.0 4.7 (78.8 – 97.2)
New Hampshire 257 39 16.3 3.6 (9.2 – 23.4) 218 83.7 3.6 (76.6 – 90.8)
New Jersey 361 48 16.7 3.6 (9.6 – 23.8) 313 83.3 3.6 (76.2 – 90.4)
New Mexico 203 29 10.0 2.4 (5.3 – 14.7) 174 90.0 2.4 (85.3 – 94.7)
New York 326 41 11.2 2.5 (6.3 – 16.1) 285 88.8 2.5 (83.9 – 93.7)
North Dakota 192 27 16.5 4.0 (8.7 – 24.3) 165 83.5 4.0 (75.7 – 91.3)
Ohio 277 48 18.3 4.3 (9.9 – 26.7) 229 81.7 4.3 (73.3 – 90.1)
Oklahoma 284 39 10.9 2.2 (6.6 – 15.2) 245 89.1 2.2 (84.8 – 93.4)
Oregon 149 19 9.8 2.9 (4.1 – 15.5) 130 90.2 2.9 (84.5 – 95.9)
Rhode Island 303 57 26.3 5.3 (15.9 – 36.7) 246 73.7 5.3 (63.3 – 84.1)
Texas 475 63 11.2 2.4 (6.5 – 15.9) 412 88.8 2.4 (84.1 – 93.5)
Utah 437 60 16.0 3.7 (8.7 – 23.3) 377 84.0 3.7 (76.7 – 91.3)
Vermont 360 44 10.1 1.9 (6.4 – 13.8) 316 89.9 1.9 (86.2 – 93.6)
Virginia 187 26 12.5 3.5 (5.6 – 19.4) 161 87.5 3.5 (80.6 – 94.4)
Washington 499 64 14.1 2.4 (9.4 – 18.8) 435 85.9 2.4 (81.2 – 90.6)
West Virginia 252 34 17.1 4.2 (8.9 – 25.3) 218 82.9 4.2 (74.7 – 91.1)
Wisconsin 224 29 12.4 3.6 (5.3 – 19.5) 195 87.6 3.6 (80.5 – 94.7)
Puerto Rico 166 20 12.1 3.1 (6.0 – 18.2) 146 87.9 3.1 (81.8 – 94.0)
36 state total 10,865 1,505 14.0 0.8 (12.4 – 15.6) 9,360 86.0 0.8 (84.4 – 87.6)
Median     13.0       87.3    
Range     9.1-26.3       73.7-92.4    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”

± 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