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TABLE 4b. Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past year among adults with active asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line And Cell Phone Combined Sample, United States, 2012
| 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 | 388 | 211 | 54.0 | 4.0 | (46.2 – 61.8) | 139 | 36.1 | 3.8 | (28.7 – 43.5) | 38 | 9.9 | 2.4 | (5.2 – 14.6) |
| Hawaii | 242 | 113 | 49.1 | 5.0 | (39.3 – 58.9) | 94 | 38.4 | 4.8 | (29.0 – 47.8) | 35 | 12.5 | 2.8 | (7.0 – 18.0) |
| Illinois | 234 | 112 | 49.2 | 5.6 | (38.2 – 60.2) | 96 | 33.1 | 5.0 | (23.3 – 42.9) | 26 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Indiana | 359 | 199 | 55.2 | 3.7 | (47.9 – 62.5) | 125 | 37.1 | 3.7 | (29.8 – 44.4) | 35 | 7.7 | 1.7 | (4.4 – 11.0) |
| Iowa | 241 | 110 | 45.3 | 4.4 | (36.7 – 53.9) | 120 | 49.8 | 4.5 | (41.0 – 58.6) | 11 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Michigan | 598 | 323 | 53.9 | 3.2 | (47.6 – 60.2) | 227 | 36.8 | 3.0 | (30.9 – 42.7) | 48 | 9.3 | 2.3 | (4.8 – 13.8) |
| Mississippi | 317 | 172 | 54.5 | 4.6 | (45.5 – 63.5) | 123 | 40.3 | 4.6 | (31.3 – 49.3) | 22 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Missouri | 297 | 162 | 53.8 | 4.7 | (44.6 – 63.0) | 103 | 34.6 | 4.6 | (25.6 – 43.6) | 32 | 11.6 | 3.1 | (5.5 – 17.7) |
| Montana | 301 | 147 | 45.9 | 4.6 | (36.9 – 54.9) | 117 | 41.9 | 4.7 | (32.7 – 51.1) | 37 | 12.2 | 2.8 | (6.7 – 17.7) |
| Nebraska | 654 | 306 | 45.4 | 2.9 | (39.7 – 51.1) | 295 | 45.8 | 3.0 | (39.9 – 51.7) | 53 | 8.8 | 1.7 | (5.5 – 12.1) |
| Nevada | 179 | 94 | 44.2 | 6.0 | (32.4 – 56.0) | 68 | 45.9 | 6.2 | (33.7 – 58.1) | 17 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| New Hampshire | 313 | 151 | 52.0 | 4.2 | (43.8 – 60.2) | 122 | 37.7 | 4.1 | (29.7 – 45.7) | 40 | 10.4 | 2.3 | (5.9 – 14.9) |
| New Mexico | 388 | 218 | 53.2 | 3.8 | (45.8 – 60.6) | 141 | 40.4 | 3.8 | (33.0 – 47.8) | 29 | 6.4 | 1.5 | (3.5 – 9.3) |
| New York | 214 | 104 | 52.0 | 5.7 | (40.8 – 63.2) | 90 | 34.5 | 5.1 | (24.5 – 44.5) | 20 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Ohio | 449 | 216 | 46.4 | 4.2 | (38.2 – 54.6) | 193 | 46.8 | 4.2 | (38.6 – 55.0) | 40 | 6.8 | 1.6 | (3.7 – 9.9) |
| Oklahoma | 262 | 151 | 53.5 | 4.6 | (44.5 – 62.5) | 86 | 37.1 | 4.4 | (28.5 – 45.7) | 25 | 9.3 | 2.5 | (4.4 – 14.2) |
| Oregon | 251 | 136 | 47.8 | 4.6 | (38.8 – 56.8) | 90 | 36.9 | 4.5 | (28.1 – 45.7) | 25 | 15.3 | 4.3 | (6.9 – 23.7) |
| Pennsylvania | 751 | 384 | 48.0 | 3.0 | (42.1 – 53.9) | 294 | 38.7 | 2.9 | (33.0 – 44.4) | 73 | 13.3 | 2.4 | (8.6 – 18.0) |
| Texas | 271 | 139 | 51.2 | 5.2 | (41.0 – 61.4) | 106 | 41.4 | 5.1 | (31.4 – 51.4) | 26 | 7.4 | 2.1 | (3.3 – 11.5) |
| Vermont | 283 | 135 | 50.0 | 4.3 | (41.6 – 58.4) | 107 | 37.8 | 4.2 | (29.6 – 46.0) | 41 | 12.2 | 2.5 | (7.3 – 17.1) |
| Washington | 551 | 315 | 57.2 | 3.2 | (50.9 – 63.5) | 173 | 31.0 | 2.9 | (25.3 – 36.7) | 63 | 11.8 | 2.2 | (7.5 – 16.1) |
| Wisconsin | 224 | 108 | 55.6 | 5.3 | (45.2 – 66.0) | 92 | 36.5 | 5.0 | (26.7 – 46.3) | 24 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| 22 state total | 7,767 | 4,006 | 51.8 | 1.4 | (49.1 – 54.5) | 3,001 | 37.7 | 1.3 | (35.2 – 40.2) | 760 | 10.5 | 1.0 | (8.5 – 12.5) |
| Median | 51.6 | 37.8 | 10.2 | ||||||||||
| Range | 44.2-57.2 | 31.0-49.8 | 6.4-15.3 | ||||||||||
1 Aged ≥ 18 years
2 Reported any of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma
± 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