TABLE 4a. Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past year among adults1 with current2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2010

 
State/Territory Sample
size±
Attack in past year No attack in past year No symptoms in past year
Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alabama 303 173 59.2 4.2 (51.0 – 67.4) 99 33.5 4.1 (25.5 – 41.5) 31 7.3 1.7 (4.0 – 10.6)
Arizona 274 151 51.7 6.3 (39.4 – 64.0) 80 30.1 5.6 (19.1 – 41.1) 43 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
California 502 274 56.0 3.2 (49.7 – 62.3) 177 33.4 3.0 (27.5 – 39.3) 51 10.6 2.0 (6.7 – 14.5)
Connecticut 250 133 52.3 5.4 (41.7 – 62.9) 85 35.4 4.9 (25.8 – 45.0) 32 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
District of Columbia 135 55 42.9 5.8 (31.5 – 54.3) 52 36.0 5.7 (24.8 – 47.2) 28 21.1 4.7 (11.9 – 30.3)
Florida 408 225 56.5 4.9 (46.9 – 66.1) 147 32.0 4.3 (23.6 – 40.4) 36 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Georgia 167 73 41.7 5.4 (31.1 – 52.3) 74 43.1 5.6 (32.1 – 54.1) 20 15.2 3.8 (7.8 – 22.6)
Hawaii 272 118 41.1 4.9 (31.5 – 50.7) 116 42.2 4.8 (32.8 – 51.6) 38 16.8 4.3 (8.4 – 25.2)
Illinois 166 82 43.4 5.4 (32.8 – 54.0) 65 45.7 5.7 (34.5 – 56.9) 19 10.9 3.1 (4.8 – 17.0)
Indiana 480 248 54.6 3.4 (47.9 – 61.3) 189 35.9 3.2 (29.6 – 42.2) 43 9.4 1.9 (5.7 – 13.1)
Iowa 262 126 50.2 4.5 (41.4 – 59.0) 104 39.6 4.3 (31.2 – 48.0) 32 10.2 2.2 (5.9 – 14.5)
Kansas 415 208 54.4 4.1 (46.4 – 62.4) 163 35.9 3.9 (28.3 – 43.5) 44 9.7 2.1 (5.6 – 13.8)
Louisiana 188 101 60.3 6.5 (47.6 – 73.0) 62 22.1 4.1 (14.1 – 30.1) 25 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Maine 457 247 57.5 3.4 (50.8 – 64.2) 159 31.2 3.1 (25.1 – 37.3) 51 11.3 2.4 (6.6 – 16.0)
Maryland 257 106 40.8 5.8 (29.4 – 52.2) 123 45.4 5.6 (34.4 – 56.4) 28 13.8 3.6 (6.7 – 20.9)
Massachusetts 219 107 49.3 6.1 (37.3 – 61.3) 82 34.3 5.7 (23.1 – 45.5) 30 16.4 4.8 (7.0 – 25.8)
Michigan 541 276 54.3 3.4 (47.6 – 61.0) 214 38.0 3.2 (31.7 – 44.3) 51 7.7 1.5 (4.8 – 10.6)
Mississippi 334 183 58.2 4.3 (49.8 – 66.6) 117 30.7 3.8 (23.3 – 38.1) 34 11.1 3.2 (4.8 – 17.4)
Missouri 266 155 58.9 5.1 (48.9 – 68.9) 89 30.0 4.6 (21.0 – 39.0) 22 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Montana 323 156 48.9 5.0 (39.1 – 58.7) 135 43.1 5.0 (33.3 – 52.9) 32 8.0 2.0 (4.1 – 11.9)
Nebraska 602 285 45.3 4.6 (36.3 – 54.3) 244 37.9 4.3 (29.5 – 46.3) 73 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Nevada 144 79 55.8 6.5 (43.1 – 68.5) 55 37.3 6.3 (25.0 – 49.6) 10 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New Hampshire 282 126 41.4 4.7 (32.2 – 50.6) 124 46.7 4.8 (37.3 – 56.1) 32 11.8 3.0 (5.9 – 17.7)
New Jersey 344 154 40.6 4.5 (31.8 – 49.4) 153 45.6 4.8 (36.2 – 55.0) 37 13.8 3.9 (6.2 – 21.4)
New Mexico 329 167 49.9 5.0 (40.1 – 59.7) 127 37.9 4.9 (28.3 – 47.5) 35 12.2 3.5 (5.3 – 19.1)
New York 132 60 49.6 5.9 (38.0 – 61.2) 56 36.2 5.4 (25.6 – 46.8) 16 14.2 4.2 (6.0 – 22.4)
North Dakota 179 91 45.7 6.6 (32.8 – 58.6) 71 47.7 7.1 (33.8 – 61.6) 17 6.6 1.9 (2.9 – 10.3)
Ohio 355 175 52.9 4.4 (44.3 – 61.5) 139 33.0 3.7 (25.7 – 40.3) 41 14.1 4.2 (5.9 – 22.3)
Oklahoma 336 188 57.5 4.2 (49.3 – 65.7) 115 29.8 3.6 (22.7 – 36.9) 33 12.7 3.8 (5.3 – 20.1)
Oregon 207 126 65.0 5.3 (54.6 – 75.4) 62 27.2 4.9 (17.6 – 36.8) 19 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Pennsylvania 410 230 53.0 3.7 (45.7 – 60.3) 131 33.3 3.6 (26.2 – 40.4) 49 13.7 2.6 (8.6 – 18.8)
Rhode Island 327 164 52.4 4.4 (43.8 – 61.0) 120 35.5 4.4 (26.9 – 44.1) 43 12.1 2.7 (6.8 – 17.4)
Texas 646 354 58.9 4.6 (49.9 – 67.9) 232 29.6 4.3 (21.2 – 38.0) 60 11.5 2.9 (5.8 – 17.2)
Utah 439 229 47.7 4.7 (38.5 – 56.9) 153 31.4 3.9 (23.8 – 39.0) 57 20.9 5.3 (10.5 – 31.3)
Vermont 399 174 45.6 3.8 (38.2 – 53.0) 183 46.7 3.8 (39.3 – 54.1) 42 7.7 1.4 (5.0 – 10.4)
Washington 659 307 42.4 3.2 (36.1 – 48.7) 273 42.2 3.3 (35.7 – 48.7) 79 15.5 2.8 (10.0 – 21.0)
West Virginia 204 102 51.7 4.9 (42.1 – 61.3) 72 33.9 4.7 (24.7 – 43.1) 30 14.5 3.4 (7.8 – 21.2)
Wisconsin 220 117 55.7 6.2 (43.5 – 67.9) 82 34.1 5.7 (22.9 – 45.3) 21 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Puerto Rico 116 69 57.1 10.7 (36.1 – 78.1) 36 21.5 5.8 (10.1 – 32.9) 11 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
39 state total 12,549 6,394 52.4 1.1 (50.2 – 54.6) 4,760 35.2 1.0 (33.2 – 37.2) 1,395 12.4 0.7 (11.0 – 13.8)
Median     52.3       35.5       12.1    
Range     40.6-65.0       21.5-47.7       6.6-21.1    

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