TABLE 5b. Estimated percent reporting routine doctor visits in the past year 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± 		One or more routine visits No routine visits3
Sample
size		 % SE§ 95% CI† Sample
size		 % SE 95% CI
Alabama 267 177 58.9 6.0 (47.1 – 70.7) 90 41.1 6.0 (29.3 – 52.9)
Arizona 226 146 63.4 9.7 (44.4 – 82.4) 80 36.6 9.7 (17.6 – 55.6)
California 335 198 56.4 4.4 (47.8 – 65.0) 137 43.6 4.4 (35.0 – 52.2)
Connecticut 248 152 56.3 5.7 (45.1 – 67.5) 96 43.7 5.7 (32.5 – 54.9)
District of Columbia 108 64 61.2 11.1 (39.4 – 83.0) 44 38.8 11.1 (17.0 – 60.6)
Florida 229 141 64.8 6.5 (52.1 – 77.5) 88 35.2 6.5 (22.5 – 47.9)
Georgia 158 109 66.2 7.3 (51.9 – 80.5) 49 33.8 7.3 (19.5 – 48.1)
Hawaii 153 84 57.3 6.3 (45.0 – 69.6) 69 42.7 6.3 (30.4 – 55.0)
Illinois 219 138 65.3 6.0 (53.5 – 77.1) 81 34.7 6.0 (22.9 – 46.5)
Indiana 254 149 48.4 6.0 (36.6 – 60.2) 105 51.6 6.0 (39.8 – 63.4)
Iowa 198 121 47.6 6.6 (34.7 – 60.5) 77 52.4 6.6 (39.5 – 65.3)
Kansas 399 222 45.5 4.7 (36.3 – 54.7) 177 54.5 4.7 (45.3 – 63.7)
Louisiana 259 152 41.5 6.5 (28.8 – 54.2) 107 58.5 6.5 (45.8 – 71.2)
Maine 224 131 69.7 4.0 (61.9 – 77.5) 93 30.3 4.0 (22.5 – 38.1)
Massachusetts 231 130 50.6 5.6 (39.6 – 61.6) 101 49.4 5.6 (38.4 – 60.4)
Michigan 485 331 67.0 3.7 (59.7 – 74.3) 154 33.0 3.7 (25.7 – 40.3)
Mississippi 262 173 59.2 6.2 (47.0 – 71.4) 89 40.8 6.2 (28.6 – 53.0)
Missouri 234 157 53.0 6.8 (39.7 – 66.3) 77 47.0 6.8 (33.7 – 60.3)
Montana 288 145 49.9 6.0 (38.1 – 61.7) 143 50.1 6.0 (38.3 – 61.9)
Nebraska 508 280 40.6 4.0 (32.8 – 48.4) 228 59.4 4.0 (51.6 – 67.2)
Nevada 153 85 45.1 7.9 (29.6 – 60.6) 68 54.9 7.9 (39.4 – 70.4)
New Hampshire 284 156 49.2 5.6 (38.2 – 60.2) 128 50.8 5.6 (39.8 – 61.8)
New Jersey 404 288 68.3 5.2 (58.1 – 78.5) 116 31.7 5.2 (21.5 – 41.9)
New Mexico 304 182 50.3 4.7 (41.1 – 59.5) 122 49.7 4.7 (40.5 – 58.9)
New York 185 125 67.6 7.3 (53.3 – 81.9) 60 32.4 7.3 (18.1 – 46.7)
North Carolina 172 100 59.5 7.7 (44.4 – 74.6) 72 40.5 7.7 (25.4 – 55.6)
North Dakota 146 79 46.0 7.5 (31.3 – 60.7) 67 54.0 7.5 (39.3 – 68.7)
Ohio 417 289 66.5 5.2 (56.3 – 76.7) 128 33.5 5.2 (23.3 – 43.7)
Oklahoma 215 129 46.5 6.6 (33.6 – 59.4) 86 53.5 6.6 (40.6 – 66.4)
Oregon 222 128 63.4 5.1 (53.4 – 73.4) 94 36.6 5.1 (26.6 – 46.6)
Pennsylvania 605 400 51.6 5.1 (41.6 – 61.6) 205 48.4 5.1 (38.4 – 58.4)
Rhode Island 192 129 64.2 6.9 (50.7 – 77.7) 63 35.8 6.9 (22.3 – 49.3)
Texas 216 135 56.8 9.5 (38.2 – 75.4) 81 43.2 9.5 (24.6 – 61.8)
Vermont 247 137 55.8 5.5 (45.0 – 66.6) 110 44.2 5.5 (33.4 – 55.0)
Washington 489 265 58.8 3.9 (51.2 – 66.4) 224 41.2 3.9 (33.6 – 48.8)
West Virginia 209 144 61.3 4.9 (51.7 – 70.9) 65 38.7 4.9 (29.1 – 48.3)
Wisconsin 186 129 65.3 7.9 (49.8 – 80.8) 57 34.7 7.9 (19.2 – 50.2)
37 state total 9,931 6,100 59.4 1.5 (56.5 – 62.3) 3,831 40.6 1.5 (37.7 – 43.5)
Median     57.3       42.7    
Range     40.6-69.7       30.3-59.4    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

3 No doctor visits or no routine doctor visits

± Landline sample size excludes “DK/Refused”

§ Standard error

† Confidence interval