TABLE 3b. Estimated percent for time since first diagnosis among adults1 with active2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2012

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State/Territory Sample
size± 		5 or fewer years More than 5 years
Sample
size		 % SE§ 95% CI† Sample
size		 % SE 95% CI
Alabama 274 35 14.4 3.5 (7.5 – 21.3) 239 85.6 3.5 (78.7 – 92.5)
Arizona 231 26 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 205 92.8 2.6 (87.7 – 97.9)
California 334 44 10.5 2.3 (6.0 – 15.0) 290 89.5 2.3 (85.0 – 94.0)
Connecticut 254 36 20.0 4.7 (10.8 – 29.2) 218 80.0 4.7 (70.8 – 89.2)
District of Columbia 107 11 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 96 77.2 11.1 (55.4 – 99.0)
Florida 234 40 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 194 78.0 7.1 (64.1 – 91.9)
Georgia 159 25 10.4 2.8 (4.9 – 15.9) 134 89.6 2.8 (84.1 – 95.1)
Hawaii 154 15 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 139 86.3 4.7 (77.1 – 95.5)
Illinois 219 31 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 188 85.0 7.0 (71.3 – 98.7)
Indiana 263 38 12.4 2.9 (6.7 – 18.1) 225 87.6 2.9 (81.9 – 93.3)
Iowa 201 29 14.7 4.3 (6.3 – 23.1) 172 85.3 4.3 (76.9 – 93.7)
Kansas 407 47 10.0 2.7 (4.7 – 15.3) 360 90.0 2.7 (84.7 – 95.3)
Louisiana 270 34 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 236 83.4 6.8 (70.1 – 96.7)
Maine 229 23 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 206 85.1 4.7 (75.9 – 94.3)
Massachusetts 229 28 11.1 2.9 (5.4 – 16.8) 201 88.9 2.9 (83.2 – 94.6)
Michigan 490 70 15.7 3.0 (9.8 – 21.6) 420 84.3 3.0 (78.4 – 90.2)
Mississippi 263 28 8.8 2.6 (3.7 – 13.9) 235 91.2 2.6 (86.1 – 96.3)
Missouri 238 33 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 205 87.3 3.9 (79.7 – 94.9)
Montana 291 39 10.6 2.4 (5.9 – 15.3) 252 89.4 2.4 (84.7 – 94.1)
Nebraska 524 61 8.6 1.6 (5.5 – 11.7) 463 91.4 1.6 (88.3 – 94.5)
Nevada 158 18 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 140 91.1 3.2 (84.8 – 97.4)
New Hampshire 286 27 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 259 86.1 4.4 (77.5 – 94.7)
New Jersey 407 52 13.0 2.6 (7.9 – 18.1) 355 87.0 2.6 (81.9 – 92.1)
New Mexico 310 41 14.6 3.5 (7.7 – 21.5) 269 85.4 3.5 (78.5 – 92.3)
New York 189 30 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 159 84.7 5.0 (74.9 – 94.5)
North Carolina 176 19 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 157 92.6 3.2 (86.3 – 98.9)
North Dakota 149 25 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 124 78.8 7.3 (64.5 – 93.1)
Ohio 414 79 20.7 5.5 (9.9 – 31.5) 335 79.3 5.5 (68.5 – 90.1)
Oklahoma 217 32 12.2 3.4 (5.5 – 18.9) 185 87.8 3.4 (81.1 – 94.5)
Oregon 226 31 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 195 82.4 5.3 (72.0 – 92.8)
Pennsylvania 620 102 12.7 2.3 (8.2 – 17.2) 518 87.3 2.3 (82.8 – 91.8)
Rhode Island 192 18 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 174 84.5 5.7 (73.3 – 95.7)
Texas 222 40 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 182 75.6 9.5 (57.0 – 94.2)
Vermont 249 29 9.7 2.7 (4.4 – 15.0) 220 90.3 2.7 (85.0 – 95.6)
Washington 492 51 14.2 3.5 (7.3 – 21.1) 441 85.8 3.5 (78.9 – 92.7)
West Virginia 214 38 16.1 3.9 (8.5 – 23.7) 176 83.9 3.9 (76.3 – 91.5)
Wisconsin 185 20 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 165 88.7 4.3 (80.3 – 97.1)
37 state total 10,077 1,345 14.5 1.2 (12.1 – 16.9) 8,732 85.5 1.2 (83.1 – 87.9)
Median     12.6       86.1    
Range     8.6-20.7       75.6-92.8    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

2 Reported any of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma

± 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