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TABLE 3b. Estimated percent for time since first diagnosis among adults1 with active2 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 | 120 | 22 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) | 98 | 79.4 | 6.2 | (67.2 – 91.6) |
| California | 549 | 81 | 17.5 | 3.4 | (10.8 – 24.2) | 468 | 82.5 | 3.4 | (75.8 – 89.2) |
| Connecticut | 257 | 32 | 10.8 | 2.6 | (5.7 – 15.9) | 225 | 89.2 | 2.6 | (84.1 – 94.3) |
| District of Columbia | 151 | 19 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) | 132 | 90.5 | 3.0 | (84.6 – 96.4) |
| Florida | 456 | 69 | 16.5 | 4.5 | (7.7 – 25.3) | 387 | 83.5 | 4.5 | (74.7 – 92.3) |
| Georgia | 200 | 23 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) | 177 | 89.7 | 3.6 | (82.6 – 96.8) |
| Hawaii | 276 | 43 | 10.8 | 2.3 | (6.3 – 15.3) | 233 | 89.2 | 2.3 | (84.7 – 93.7) |
| Illinois | 205 | 32 | 19.3 | 4.3 | (10.9 – 27.7) | 173 | 80.7 | 4.3 | (72.3 – 89.1) |
| Indiana | 430 | 69 | 17.1 | 3.0 | (11.2 – 23.0) | 361 | 82.9 | 3.0 | (77.0 – 88.8) |
| Iowa | 246 | 34 | 10.5 | 2.2 | (6.2 – 14.8) | 212 | 89.5 | 2.2 | (85.2 – 93.8) |
| Kansas | 876 | 110 | 9.5 | 1.3 | (7.0 – 12.0) | 766 | 90.5 | 1.3 | (88.0 – 93.0) |
| Louisiana | 219 | 28 | 12.4 | 3.3 | (5.9 – 18.9) | 191 | 87.6 | 3.3 | (81.1 – 94.1) |
| Maine | 252 | 34 | 16.0 | 4.3 | (7.6 – 24.4) | 218 | 84.0 | 4.3 | (75.6 – 92.4) |
| Maryland | 290 | 45 | 13.5 | 3.2 | (7.2 – 19.8) | 245 | 86.5 | 3.2 | (80.2 – 92.8) |
| Massachusetts | 252 | 31 | 12.5 | 3.4 | (5.8 – 19.2) | 221 | 87.5 | 3.4 | (80.8 – 94.2) |
| Michigan | 535 | 98 | 19.7 | 2.7 | (14.4 – 25.0) | 437 | 80.3 | 2.7 | (75.0 – 85.6) |
| Montana | 319 | 43 | 17.9 | 5.0 | (8.1 – 27.7) | 276 | 82.1 | 5.0 | (72.3 – 91.9) |
| Nebraska | 555 | 91 | 12.9 | 2.6 | (7.8 – 18.0) | 464 | 87.1 | 2.6 | (82.0 – 92.2) |
| Nevada | 140 | 21 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) | 119 | 85.1 | 5.2 | (74.9 – 95.3) |
| New Hampshire | 281 | 40 | 14.7 | 3.2 | (8.4 – 21.0) | 241 | 85.3 | 3.2 | (79.0 – 91.6) |
| New Jersey | 393 | 60 | 17.7 | 3.3 | (11.2 – 24.2) | 333 | 82.3 | 3.3 | (75.8 – 88.8) |
| New Mexico | 224 | 37 | 12.4 | 2.6 | (7.3 – 17.5) | 187 | 87.6 | 2.6 | (82.5 – 92.7) |
| New York | 357 | 44 | 10.8 | 2.3 | (6.3 – 15.3) | 313 | 89.2 | 2.3 | (84.7 – 93.7) |
| North Dakota | 202 | 27 | 15.3 | 3.8 | (7.9 – 22.7) | 175 | 84.7 | 3.8 | (77.3 – 92.1) |
| Ohio | 300 | 48 | 17.2 | 4.1 | (9.2 – 25.2) | 252 | 82.8 | 4.1 | (74.8 – 90.8) |
| Oklahoma | 294 | 41 | 12.4 | 2.5 | (7.5 – 17.3) | 253 | 87.6 | 2.5 | (82.7 – 92.5) |
| Oregon | 167 | 23 | 10.3 | 2.8 | (4.8 – 15.8) | 144 | 89.7 | 2.8 | (84.2 – 95.2) |
| Rhode Island | 328 | 62 | 24.3 | 4.9 | (14.7 – 33.9) | 266 | 75.7 | 4.9 | (66.1 – 85.3) |
| Texas | 508 | 76 | 16.4 | 3.8 | (9.0 – 23.8) | 432 | 83.6 | 3.8 | (76.2 – 91.0) |
| Utah | 487 | 66 | 16.7 | 3.7 | (9.4 – 24.0) | 421 | 83.3 | 3.7 | (76.0 – 90.6) |
| Vermont | 386 | 52 | 11.1 | 2.0 | (7.2 – 15.0) | 334 | 88.9 | 2.0 | (85.0 – 92.8) |
| Virginia | 191 | 27 | 12.7 | 3.4 | (6.0 – 19.4) | 164 | 87.3 | 3.4 | (80.6 – 94.0) |
| Washington | 540 | 69 | 14.3 | 2.4 | (9.6 – 19.0) | 471 | 85.7 | 2.4 | (81.0 – 90.4) |
| West Virginia | 260 | 35 | 17.5 | 4.2 | (9.3 – 25.7) | 225 | 82.5 | 4.2 | (74.3 – 90.7) |
| Wisconsin | 236 | 31 | 12.1 | 3.4 | (5.4 – 18.8) | 205 | 87.9 | 3.4 | (81.2 – 94.6) |
| Puerto Rico | 246 | 30 | 11.9 | 2.6 | (6.8 – 17.0) | 216 | 88.1 | 2.6 | (83.0 – 93.2) |
| 36 state total | 11,728 | 1,693 | 15.2 | 0.9 | (13.4 – 17.0) | 10,035 | 84.8 | 0.9 | (83.0 – 86.6) |
| Median | 13.9 | 86.1 | |||||||
| Range | 9.5-24.3 | 75.7-90.5 | |||||||
1 Aged ≥ 18 years
2 Reported any of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for 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