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 Land Line And Cell Phone Combined Sample, United States, 2012

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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
California 368 199 53.9 4.1 (45.9 – 61.9) 117 32.0 3.9 (24.4 – 39.6) 52 14.1 2.7 (8.8 – 19.4)
Hawaii 228 107 42.9 5.8 (31.5 – 54.3) 84 32.0 5.0 (22.2 – 41.8) 37 25.2 6.8 (11.9 – 38.5)
Illinois 218 106 54.9 5.2 (44.7 – 65.1) 88 34.2 4.8 (24.8 – 43.6) 24 11.0 3.2 (4.7 – 17.3)
Indiana 331 187 57.2 3.9 (49.6 – 64.8) 109 33.0 3.8 (25.6 – 40.4) 35 9.8 2.1 (5.7 – 13.9)
Iowa 233 108 46.9 4.5 (38.1 – 55.7) 108 46.3 4.5 (37.5 – 55.1) 17 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Michigan 551 301 56.6 3.2 (50.3 – 62.9) 205 34.9 3.0 (29.0 – 40.8) 45 8.4 1.6 (5.3 – 11.5)
Mississippi 318 170 52.9 4.6 (43.9 – 61.9) 118 38.2 4.6 (29.2 – 47.2) 30 8.9 2.2 (4.6 – 13.2)
Missouri 280 160 56.4 4.9 (46.8 – 66.0) 92 33.2 4.7 (24.0 – 42.4) 28 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Montana 291 141 45.1 4.7 (35.9 – 54.3) 107 38.6 4.8 (29.2 – 48.0) 43 16.4 3.4 (9.7 – 23.1)
Nebraska 637 299 47.3 2.9 (41.6 – 53.0) 264 42.2 2.9 (36.5 – 47.9) 74 10.5 1.7 (7.2 – 13.8)
Nevada 160 92 50.7 6.4 (38.2 – 63.2) 49 39.9 6.6 (27.0 – 52.8) 19 9.4 2.8 (3.9 – 14.9)
New Hampshire 294 147 53.4 4.5 (44.6 – 62.2) 111 35.7 4.2 (27.5 – 43.9) 36 10.9 3.2 (4.6 – 17.2)
New Mexico 371 210 54.6 3.8 (47.2 – 62.0) 132 38.8 3.8 (31.4 – 46.2) 29 6.7 1.5 (3.8 – 9.6)
New York 194 94 53.6 6.0 (41.8 – 65.4) 78 30.3 4.9 (20.7 – 39.9) 22 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Ohio 428 210 48.3 4.2 (40.1 – 56.5) 174 39.7 4.2 (31.5 – 47.9) 44 12.0 2.8 (6.5 – 17.5)
Oklahoma 252 144 52.9 4.6 (43.9 – 61.9) 83 37.9 4.4 (29.3 – 46.5) 25 9.2 2.4 (4.5 – 13.9)
Oregon 222 123 51.3 4.9 (41.7 – 60.9) 80 41.6 5.0 (31.8 – 51.4) 19 7.2 2.1 (3.1 – 11.3)
Pennsylvania 705 366 49.1 3.1 (43.0 – 55.2) 261 36.6 2.9 (30.9 – 42.3) 78 14.3 2.6 (9.2 – 19.4)
Texas 255 131 53.1 5.2 (42.9 – 63.3) 93 37.7 4.9 (28.1 – 47.3) 31 9.3 2.2 (5.0 – 13.6)
Vermont 271 130 49.3 4.5 (40.5 – 58.1) 99 36.0 4.3 (27.6 – 44.4) 42 14.7 2.9 (9.0 – 20.4)
Washington 523 296 55.9 3.3 (49.4 – 62.4) 155 29.1 2.9 (23.4 – 34.8) 72 15.0 2.7 (9.7 – 20.3)
Wisconsin 219 108 54.9 5.4 (44.3 – 65.5) 82 33.8 5.0 (24.0 – 43.6) 29 11.3 3.3 (4.8 – 17.8)
22 state total 7,349 3,829 53.1 1.4 (50.4 – 55.8) 2,689 34.7 1.3 (32.2 – 37.2) 831 12.2 1.0 (10.2 – 14.2)
Median     53.0       36.3       10.9    
Range     42.9-57.2       29.1-46.3       6.7-25.2    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

± Landline and cell phone combined 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