TABLE 1. Estimated percent of current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2012

State/Territory Sample
size±
Current Former
Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alabama 328 273 76.9 6.1 (64.9 – 88.9) 55 23.1 6.1 (11.1 – 35.1)
Arizona 291 224 63.4 11.3 (41.3 – 85.5) 67 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
California 423 316 72.0 3.7 (64.7 – 79.3) 107 28.0 3.7 (20.7 – 35.3)
Connecticut 316 244 70.4 5.2 (60.2 – 80.6) 72 29.6 5.2 (19.4 – 39.8)
District of Columbia 137 100 76.9 8.9 (59.5 – 94.3) 37 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Florida 274 219 69.6 7.0 (55.9 – 83.3) 55 30.4 7.0 (16.7 – 44.1)
Georgia 207 142 63.4 6.3 (51.1 – 75.7) 65 36.6 6.3 (24.3 – 48.9)
Hawaii 206 145 67.5 8.2 (51.4 – 83.6) 61 32.5 8.2 (16.4 – 48.6)
Illinois 262 205 66.4 7.0 (52.7 – 80.1) 57 33.6 7.0 (19.9 – 47.3)
Indiana 294 242 80.9 3.8 (73.5 – 88.3) 52 19.1 3.8 (11.7 – 26.5)
Iowa 251 198 71.1 6.0 (59.3 – 82.9) 53 28.9 6.0 (17.1 – 40.7)
Kansas 483 394 80.4 3.2 (74.1 – 86.7) 89 19.6 3.2 (13.3 – 25.9)
Louisiana 344 262 70.2 5.8 (58.8 – 81.6) 82 29.8 5.8 (18.4 – 41.2)
Maine 262 216 81.0 4.4 (72.4 – 89.6) 46 19.0 4.4 (10.4 – 27.6)
Massachusetts 274 200 68.3 6.4 (55.8 – 80.8) 74 31.7 6.4 (19.2 – 44.2)
Michigan 554 449 81.2 2.8 (75.7 – 86.7) 105 18.8 2.8 (13.3 – 24.3)
Mississippi 329 263 79.2 4.8 (69.8 – 88.6) 66 20.8 4.8 (11.4 – 30.2)
Missouri 295 227 60.7 6.5 (48.0 – 73.4) 68 39.3 6.5 (26.6 – 52.0)
Montana 356 279 75.0 5.0 (65.2 – 84.8) 77 25.0 5.0 (15.2 – 34.8)
Nebraska 680 510 71.5 3.6 (64.4 – 78.6) 170 28.5 3.6 (21.4 – 35.6)
Nevada 186 142 81.1 4.4 (72.5 – 89.7) 44 18.9 4.4 (10.3 – 27.5)
New Hampshire 354 270 74.8 3.6 (67.7 – 81.9) 84 25.2 3.6 (18.1 – 32.3)
New Jersey 489 386 76.1 3.9 (68.5 – 83.7) 103 23.9 3.9 (16.3 – 31.5)
New Mexico 346 295 81.0 4.0 (73.2 – 88.8) 51 19.0 4.0 (11.2 – 26.8)
New York 225 174 75.9 7.5 (61.2 – 90.6) 51 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
North Carolina 210 157 72.4 6.6 (59.5 – 85.3) 53 27.6 6.6 (14.7 – 40.5)
North Dakota 180 151 77.9 7.6 (63.0 – 92.8) 29 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Ohio 476 396 72.2 5.5 (61.4 – 83.0) 80 27.8 5.5 (17.0 – 38.6)
Oklahoma 265 213 69.8 6.2 (57.6 – 82.0) 52 30.2 6.2 (18.0 – 42.4)
Oregon 269 203 70.1 5.5 (59.3 – 80.9) 66 29.9 5.5 (19.1 – 40.7)
Pennsylvania 740 581 67.5 4.9 (57.9 – 77.1) 159 32.5 4.9 (22.9 – 42.1)
Rhode Island 239 188 70.9 5.7 (59.7 – 82.1) 51 29.1 5.7 (17.9 – 40.3)
Texas 287 213 65.8 7.4 (51.3 – 80.3) 74 34.2 7.4 (19.7 – 48.7)
Vermont 298 239 75.1 4.7 (65.9 – 84.3) 59 24.9 4.7 (15.7 – 34.1)
Washington 620 467 76.8 2.9 (71.1 – 82.5) 153 23.2 2.9 (17.5 – 28.9)
West Virginia 238 212 84.7 4.2 (76.5 – 92.9) 26 15.3 4.2 (7.1 – 23.5)
Wisconsin 218 182 86.8 4.7 (77.6 – 96.0) 36 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
37 state total 12,206 9,577 71.8 1.4 (69.1 – 74.5) 2,629 28.2 1.4 (25.5 – 30.9)
Median     72.4       27.9    
Range     60.7-86.8       15.3-39.3    

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

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

3 Aged ≥ 18 years

± Landline 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