TABLE 7. Estimated percent taking an asthma management course among adults1 with current2 or active3 asthma status by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2009

State/Territory Current Active
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Arizona 115 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 120 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
California 517 11.2 1.7 (7.9 – 14.5) 549 12.1 2.4 (7.4 – 16.8)
Connecticut 236 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 258 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
District of Columbia 134 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 151 11.8 3.5 (4.9 – 18.7)
Florida 418 14.5 3.8 (7.1 – 21.9) 459 12.5 3.4 (5.8 – 19.2)
Georgia 191 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 200 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Hawaii 279 12.2 3.2 (5.9 – 18.5) 276 10.0 2.7 (4.7 – 15.3)
Illinois 187 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 206 4.0 1.2 (1.6 – 6.4)
Indiana 393 8.7 2.0 (4.8 – 12.6) 428 8.7 1.9 (5.0 – 12.4)
Iowa 233 6.3 1.8 (2.8 – 9.8) 247 5.8 1.6 (2.7 – 8.9)
Kansas 830 9.8 1.5 (6.9 – 12.7) 886 10.6 1.6 (7.5 – 13.7)
Louisiana 196 9.9 2.9 (4.2 – 15.6) 218 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Maine 236 7.5 1.9 (3.8 – 11.2) 255 6.6 1.8 (3.1 – 10.1)
Maryland 269 12.9 3.3 (6.4 – 19.4) 292 12.4 3.0 (6.5 – 18.3)
Massachusetts 226 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 253 6.9 2.0 (3.0 – 10.8)
Michigan 480 9.5 2.3 (5.0 – 14.0) 535 6.8 1.4 (4.1 – 9.5)
Montana 307 10.0 2.5 (5.1 – 14.9) 318 11.0 2.6 (5.9 – 16.1)
Nebraska 549 8.8 2.1 (4.7 – 12.9) 556 9.1 2.2 (4.8 – 13.4)
Nevada 132 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 140 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New Hampshire 258 9.1 2.3 (4.6 – 13.6) 282 8.2 2.0 (4.3 – 12.1)
New Jersey 364 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 396 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New Mexico 205 10.9 3.2 (4.6 – 17.2) 226 10.4 2.9 (4.7 – 16.1)
New York 327 7.2 1.8 (3.7 – 10.7) 358 7.3 1.8 (3.8 – 10.8)
North Dakota 191 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 201 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Ohio 278 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 302 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Oklahoma 284 10.0 2.6 (4.9 – 15.1) 294 9.5 2.5 (4.6 – 14.4)
Oregon 150 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 167 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Rhode Island 303 8.6 2.0 (4.7 – 12.5) 328 7.7 1.8 (4.2 – 11.2)
Texas 476 9.2 2.1 (5.1 – 13.3) 509 8.8 2.0 (4.9 – 12.7)
Utah 437 4.8 1.0 (2.8 – 6.8) 486 6.0 1.6 (2.9 – 9.1)
Vermont 358 6.7 1.4 (4.0 – 9.4) 384 6.6 1.4 (3.9 – 9.3)
Virginia 187 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 191 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Washington 497 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 540 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
West Virginia 253 9.7 2.6 (4.6 – 14.8) 262 10.4 2.7 (5.1 – 15.7)
Wisconsin 224 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 236 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Puerto Rico 168 12.6 3.4 (5.9 – 19.3) 251 10.4 2.4 (5.7 – 15.1)
36 state total 10,888 9.3 0.6 (8.1 – 10.5) 11,760 9.1 0.6 (7.9 – 10.3)
Median   9.6       9.0    
Range   4.8-14.5       4.0-12.5    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

3 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