TABLE 8a. Estimated percent advised to make environmental changes for current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2010

State/Territory Current Former
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alabama 306 35.6 4.4 (27.0 – 44.2) 79 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Arizona 275 36.8 5.8 (25.4 – 48.2) 106 30.6 8.3 (14.3 – 46.9)
California 502 41.4 3.2 (35.1 – 47.7) 171 15.4 3.1 (9.3 – 21.5)
Connecticut 250 39.9 5.3 (29.5 – 50.3) 91 34.5 8.7 (17.4 – 51.6)
District of Columbia 134 52.0 5.9 (40.4 – 63.6) 70 33.6 7.7 (18.5 – 48.7)
Florida 412 48.0 5.0 (38.2 – 57.8) 159 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Georgia 171 41.1 5.7 (29.9 – 52.3) 61 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Hawaii 271 20.2 3.6 (13.1 – 27.3) 172 9.8 2.6 (4.7 – 14.9)
Illinois 166 46.1 5.8 (34.7 – 57.5) 58 32.1 8.0 (16.4 – 47.8)
Indiana 478 44.1 3.5 (37.2 – 51.0) 168 32.6 6.5 (19.9 – 45.3)
Iowa 261 34.2 4.6 (25.2 – 43.2) 84 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Kansas 425 31.8 3.9 (24.2 – 39.4) 128 17.5 4.3 (9.1 – 25.9)
Louisiana 187 31.1 5.4 (20.5 – 41.7) 71 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Maine 464 44.0 3.5 (37.1 – 50.9) 164 37.2 6.0 (25.4 – 49.0)
Maryland 258 43.8 5.8 (32.4 – 55.2) 117 25.3 5.3 (14.9 – 35.7)
Massachusetts 221 35.2 5.5 (24.4 – 46.0) 75 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Michigan 544 40.7 3.4 (34.0 – 47.4) 167 34.0 5.6 (23.0 – 45.0)
Mississippi 335 31.3 3.7 (24.0 – 38.6) 87 32.4 7.5 (17.7 – 47.1)
Missouri 267 45.5 5.1 (35.5 – 55.5) 81 29.2 8.5 (12.5 – 45.9)
Montana 325 31.5 4.3 (23.1 – 39.9) 122 17.7 4.6 (8.7 – 26.7)
Nebraska 608 26.2 3.1 (20.1 – 32.3) 193 17.5 5.0 (7.7 – 27.3)
Nevada 144 26.2 5.8 (14.8 – 37.6) 60 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New Hampshire 281 47.4 4.8 (38.0 – 56.8) 90 32.6 6.7 (19.5 – 45.7)
New Jersey 348 33.7 4.3 (25.3 – 42.1) 118 26.5 6.3 (14.2 – 38.8)
New Mexico 332 29.8 4.2 (21.6 – 38.0) 115 30.0 8.2 (13.9 – 46.1)
New York 131 47.5 6.0 (35.7 – 59.3) 41 33.3 9.9 (13.9 – 52.7)
North Dakota 179 32.8 5.8 (21.4 – 44.2) 48 37.5 9.8 (18.3 – 56.7)
Ohio 357 37.4 4.4 (28.8 – 46.0) 114 38.8 7.8 (23.5 – 54.1)
Oklahoma 343 41.6 4.3 (33.2 – 50.0) 104 21.8 6.2 (9.6 – 34.0)
Oregon 207 38.0 5.9 (26.4 – 49.6) 111 16.4 4.9 (6.8 – 26.0)
Pennsylvania 409 44.1 3.7 (36.8 – 51.4) 117 35.0 6.2 (22.8 – 47.2)
Rhode Island 327 37.8 4.3 (29.4 – 46.2) 106 24.6 6.1 (12.6 – 36.6)
Texas 651 38.3 5.0 (28.5 – 48.1) 283 30.4 6.3 (18.1 – 42.7)
Utah 439 30.2 3.8 (22.8 – 37.6) 194 14.4 3.8 (7.0 – 21.8)
Vermont 404 35.6 3.5 (28.7 – 42.5) 135 31.0 6.4 (18.5 – 43.5)
Washington 672 38.3 3.1 (32.2 – 44.4) 328 25.7 4.0 (17.9 – 33.5)
West Virginia 204 34.0 4.7 (24.8 – 43.2) 52 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Wisconsin 221 41.7 6.4 (29.2 – 54.2) 78 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Puerto Rico 118 45.8 10.7 (24.8 – 66.8) 93 35.0 8.2 (18.9 – 51.1)
39 state total 12,627 40.7 1.1 (38.5 – 42.9) 4,611 26.0 1.5 (23.1 – 28.9)
Median   38.0       30.5    
Range   20.2-52.0       9.8-38.8    

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

2 “No” response to “Do you still have asthma?”

3 Aged ≥ 18 years

± 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