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, 2010

State/Territory Sample
size±
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Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alabama 314 208 68.6 3.8 (61.2 – 76.0) 106 31.4 3.8 (24.0 – 38.8)
Arizona 276 156 55.6 6.1 (43.6 – 67.6) 120 44.4 6.1 (32.4 – 56.4)
California 546 300 48.8 3.1 (42.7 – 54.9) 246 51.2 3.1 (45.1 – 57.3)
Connecticut 280 167 58.6 4.8 (49.2 – 68.0) 113 41.4 4.8 (32.0 – 50.8)
District of Columbia 148 93 63.8 5.3 (53.4 – 74.2) 55 36.2 5.3 (25.8 – 46.6)
Florida 434 269 57.0 5.3 (46.6 – 67.4) 165 43.0 5.3 (32.6 – 53.4)
Georgia 176 112 57.9 5.6 (46.9 – 68.9) 64 42.1 5.6 (31.1 – 53.1)
Hawaii 288 160 56.3 4.6 (47.3 – 65.3) 128 43.7 4.6 (34.7 – 52.7)
Illinois 172 105 53.9 5.7 (42.7 – 65.1) 67 46.1 5.7 (34.9 – 57.3)
Indiana 497 287 52.4 3.5 (45.5 – 59.3) 210 47.6 3.5 (40.7 – 54.5)
Iowa 268 145 52.4 4.6 (43.4 – 61.4) 123 47.6 4.6 (38.6 – 56.6)
Kansas 440 249 52.3 4.0 (44.5 – 60.1) 191 47.7 4.0 (39.9 – 55.5)
Louisiana 198 125 58.7 5.4 (48.1 – 69.3) 73 41.3 5.4 (30.7 – 51.9)
Maine 474 298 59.8 3.4 (53.1 – 66.5) 176 40.2 3.4 (33.5 – 46.9)
Maryland 282 173 59.4 4.9 (49.8 – 69.0) 109 40.6 4.9 (31.0 – 50.2)
Massachusetts 227 144 52.5 5.9 (40.9 – 64.1) 83 47.5 5.9 (35.9 – 59.1)
Michigan 571 350 56.7 3.3 (50.2 – 63.2) 221 43.3 3.3 (36.8 – 49.8)
Mississippi 340 214 53.0 4.3 (44.6 – 61.4) 126 47.0 4.3 (38.6 – 55.4)
Missouri 281 165 57.5 4.9 (47.9 – 67.1) 116 42.5 4.9 (32.9 – 52.1)
Montana 340 177 50.3 4.8 (40.9 – 59.7) 163 49.7 4.8 (40.3 – 59.1)
Nebraska 622 342 51.7 3.9 (44.1 – 59.3) 280 48.3 3.9 (40.7 – 55.9)
Nevada 168 89 52.5 6.2 (40.3 – 64.7) 79 47.5 6.2 (35.3 – 59.7)
New Hampshire 300 178 55.6 4.6 (46.6 – 64.6) 122 44.4 4.6 (35.4 – 53.4)
New Jersey 368 239 55.1 4.7 (45.9 – 64.3) 129 44.9 4.7 (35.7 – 54.1)
New Mexico 348 181 46.5 4.6 (37.5 – 55.5) 167 53.5 4.6 (44.5 – 62.5)
New York 144 83 57.9 5.6 (46.9 – 68.9) 61 42.1 5.6 (31.1 – 53.1)
North Dakota 185 107 53.8 5.2 (43.6 – 64.0) 78 46.2 5.2 (36.0 – 56.4)
Ohio 376 229 56.5 4.5 (47.7 – 65.3) 147 43.5 4.5 (34.7 – 52.3)
Oklahoma 354 212 56.1 4.2 (47.9 – 64.3) 142 43.9 4.2 (35.7 – 52.1)
Oregon 228 114 45.3 5.6 (34.3 – 56.3) 114 54.7 5.6 (43.7 – 65.7)
Pennsylvania 430 277 56.5 3.6 (49.4 – 63.6) 153 43.5 3.6 (36.4 – 50.6)
Rhode Island 344 217 59.8 4.2 (51.6 – 68.0) 127 40.2 4.2 (32.0 – 48.4)
Texas 712 426 54.3 4.6 (45.3 – 63.3) 286 45.7 4.6 (36.7 – 54.7)
Utah 459 254 52.3 4.0 (44.5 – 60.1) 205 47.7 4.0 (39.9 – 55.5)
Vermont 430 238 48.7 3.7 (41.4 – 56.0) 192 51.3 3.7 (44.0 – 58.6)
Washington 686 320 41.7 3.1 (35.6 – 47.8) 366 58.3 3.1 (52.2 – 64.4)
West Virginia 201 143 66.5 5.0 (56.7 – 76.3) 58 33.5 5.0 (23.7 – 43.3)
Wisconsin 241 158 60.1 5.7 (48.9 – 71.3) 83 39.9 5.7 (28.7 – 51.1)
Puerto Rico 159 120 64.3 7.7 (49.2 – 79.4) 39 35.7 7.7 (20.6 – 50.8)
39 state total 13,307 7,824 54.7 1.0 (52.7 – 56.7) 5,483 45.3 1.0 (43.3 – 47.3)
Median     55.6       44.4    
Range     41.7-68.6       31.4-58.3    

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