TABLE 8b. Estimated percent advised to make environmental changes for active1 and inactive2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2012

State/Territory Active Inactive
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alabama 274 49.1 6.1 (37.1 – 61.1) 56 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Arizona 228 38.9 9.6 (20.1 – 57.7) 64 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
California 335 30.9 4.1 (22.9 – 38.9) 90 16.2 4.5 (7.4 – 25.0)
Connecticut 253 34.7 5.4 (24.1 – 45.3) 69 40.1 10.9 (18.7 – 61.5)
District of Columbia 106 20.0 5.9 (8.4 – 31.6) 35 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Florida 233 43.2 7.4 (28.7 – 57.7) 47 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Georgia 160 41.1 7.3 (26.8 – 55.4) 47 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Hawaii 154 23.4 5.3 (13.0 – 33.8) 57 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Illinois 219 44.6 6.9 (31.1 – 58.1) 45 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Indiana 264 37.5 5.7 (26.3 – 48.7) 42 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Iowa 201 28.3 5.6 (17.3 – 39.3) 53 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Kansas 404 30.4 4.0 (22.6 – 38.2) 80 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Louisiana 273 26.7 5.2 (16.5 – 36.9) 74 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Maine 226 50.9 5.4 (40.3 – 61.5) 38 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Massachusetts 235 37.4 5.3 (27.0 – 47.8) 40 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Michigan 490 39.2 4.1 (31.2 – 47.2) 79 26.5 7.7 (11.4 – 41.6)
Mississippi 263 37.3 6.1 (25.3 – 49.3) 63 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Missouri 239 42.7 6.7 (29.6 – 55.8) 57 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Montana 290 32.0 5.2 (21.8 – 42.2) 72 42.7 12.0 (19.2 – 66.2)
Nebraska 521 39.5 4.3 (31.1 – 47.9) 173 12.5 3.2 (6.2 – 18.8)
Nevada 156 38.7 7.9 (23.2 – 54.2) 35 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New Hampshire 284 41.7 4.9 (32.1 – 51.3) 71 38.0 9.4 (19.6 – 56.4)
New Jersey 406 37.1 5.0 (27.3 – 46.9) 85 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New Mexico 310 34.9 4.6 (25.9 – 43.9) 40 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New York 187 32.1 5.9 (20.5 – 43.7) 39 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
North Carolina 176 40.7 7.6 (25.8 – 55.6) 39 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
North Dakota 146 27.6 6.6 (14.7 – 40.5) 33 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Ohio 419 35.0 5.7 (23.8 – 46.2) 58 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Oklahoma 217 31.3 5.5 (20.5 – 42.1) 52 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Oregon 222 36.0 5.3 (25.6 – 46.4) 51 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Pennsylvania 616 33.7 4.7 (24.5 – 42.9) 140 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Rhode Island 192 37.7 6.3 (25.4 – 50.0) 48 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Texas 219 44.1 9.4 (25.7 – 62.5) 73 53.3 10.9 (31.9 – 74.7)
Vermont 247 43.6 5.2 (33.4 – 53.8) 53 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Washington 485 37.2 3.9 (29.6 – 44.8) 146 18.5 4.5 (9.7 – 27.3)
West Virginia 213 34.7 4.5 (25.9 – 43.5) 26 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Wisconsin 186 53.3 7.8 (38.0 – 68.6) 31 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
37 state total 10,049 37.3 1.4 (34.6 – 40.0) 2,301 27.1 2.6 (22.0 – 32.2)
Median   37.3       32.3    
Range   20.0-53.3       12.5-53.3    

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

2 Reported none of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for 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