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, 2009

State/Territory Sample
size±
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Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Arizona 119 69 67.7 6.7 (54.6 – 80.8) 50 32.3 6.7 (19.2 – 45.4)
California 461 237 45.6 3.8 (38.2 – 53.0) 224 54.4 3.8 (47.0 – 61.8)
Connecticut 255 146 55.1 4.8 (45.7 – 64.5) 109 44.9 4.8 (35.5 – 54.3)
District of Columbia 151 79 45.2 5.3 (34.8 – 55.6) 72 54.8 5.3 (44.4 – 65.2)
Florida 453 260 57.4 5.4 (46.8 – 68.0) 193 42.6 5.4 (32.0 – 53.2)
Georgia 194 114 50.3 6.8 (37.0 – 63.6) 80 49.7 6.8 (36.4 – 63.0)
Hawaii 273 138 47.8 4.7 (38.6 – 57.0) 135 52.2 4.7 (43.0 – 61.4)
Illinois 205 116 53.9 5.1 (43.9 – 63.9) 89 46.1 5.1 (36.1 – 56.1)
Indiana 423 259 58.4 3.8 (51.0 – 65.8) 164 41.6 3.8 (34.2 – 49.0)
Iowa 243 139 48.7 5.1 (38.7 – 58.7) 104 51.3 5.1 (41.3 – 61.3)
Kansas 869 482 49.7 2.8 (44.2 – 55.2) 387 50.3 2.8 (44.8 – 55.8)
Louisiana 213 131 61.8 5.5 (51.0 – 72.6) 82 38.2 5.5 (27.4 – 49.0)
Maine 252 155 57.4 4.9 (47.8 – 67.0) 97 42.6 4.9 (33.0 – 52.2)
Maryland 291 197 60.0 5.4 (49.4 – 70.6) 94 40.0 5.4 (29.4 – 50.6)
Massachusetts 248 164 53.4 5.5 (42.6 – 64.2) 84 46.6 5.5 (35.8 – 57.4)
Michigan 525 323 51.6 3.4 (44.9 – 58.3) 202 48.4 3.4 (41.7 – 55.1)
Montana 318 166 53.6 4.6 (44.6 – 62.6) 152 46.4 4.6 (37.4 – 55.4)
Nebraska 547 284 53.8 4.2 (45.6 – 62.0) 263 46.2 4.2 (38.0 – 54.4)
Nevada 140 90 56.6 8.1 (40.7 – 72.5) 50 43.4 8.1 (27.5 – 59.3)
New Hampshire 282 157 53.6 4.7 (44.4 – 62.8) 125 46.4 4.7 (37.2 – 55.6)
New Jersey 385 260 65.6 4.0 (57.8 – 73.4) 125 34.4 4.0 (26.6 – 42.2)
New Mexico 223 141 59.4 5.0 (49.6 – 69.2) 82 40.6 5.0 (30.8 – 50.4)
New York 345 221 57.8 5.2 (47.6 – 68.0) 124 42.2 5.2 (32.0 – 52.4)
North Dakota 199 115 57.6 5.1 (47.6 – 67.6) 84 42.4 5.1 (32.4 – 52.4)
Ohio 295 187 53.7 5.2 (43.5 – 63.9) 108 46.3 5.2 (36.1 – 56.5)
Oklahoma 289 172 54.8 4.9 (45.2 – 64.4) 117 45.2 4.9 (35.6 – 54.8)
Oregon 165 86 46.8 5.6 (35.8 – 57.8) 79 53.2 5.6 (42.2 – 64.2)
Rhode Island 325 207 53.1 5.0 (43.3 – 62.9) 118 46.9 5.0 (37.1 – 56.7)
Texas 500 295 50.9 4.4 (42.3 – 59.5) 205 49.1 4.4 (40.5 – 57.7)
Utah 481 238 45.6 3.7 (38.3 – 52.9) 243 54.4 3.7 (47.1 – 61.7)
Vermont 381 197 46.2 4.4 (37.6 – 54.8) 184 53.8 4.4 (45.2 – 62.4)
Virginia 191 108 52.8 6.1 (40.8 – 64.8) 83 47.2 6.1 (35.2 – 59.2)
Washington 530 290 56.4 3.6 (49.3 – 63.5) 240 43.6 3.6 (36.5 – 50.7)
West Virginia 255 163 63.5 4.4 (54.9 – 72.1) 92 36.5 4.4 (27.9 – 45.1)
Wisconsin 233 135 54.0 5.6 (43.0 – 65.0) 98 46.0 5.6 (35.0 – 57.0)
Puerto Rico 247 139 54.1 4.6 (45.1 – 63.1) 108 45.9 4.6 (36.9 – 54.9)
36 state total 11,506 6,660 53.9 1.1 (51.7 – 56.1) 4,846 46.1 1.1 (43.9 – 48.3)
Median     53.9       46.2    
Range     45.2-67.7       32.3-54.8    

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