2013 BRFSS Asthma Call-Back Survey Prevalence Tables

TABLE 1. Estimated percent of current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2013

State/Territory Sample
size±
Current Former
Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alabama 164 133 64.3 9.6 (45.5 – 83.1) 31 35.7 9.6 (16.9 – 54.5)
Arizona 133 103 66.3 11.5 (43.8 – 88.8) 30 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
California 264 168 59.6 5.6 (48.6 – 70.6) 96 40.4 5.6 (29.4 – 51.4)
Connecticut 308 214 60.3 6.7 (47.2 – 73.4) 94 39.7 6.7 (26.6 – 52.8)
Florida 979 729 69.4 4.3 (61.0 – 77.8) 250 30.6 4.3 (22.2 – 39.0)
Georgia 188 123 66.8 6.6 (53.9 – 79.7) 65 33.2 6.6 (20.3 – 46.1)
Hawaii 170 110 62.9 8.1 (47.0 – 78.8) 60 37.1 8.1 (21.2 – 53.0)
Indiana 414 323 72.1 4.6 (63.1 – 81.1) 91 27.9 4.6 (18.9 – 36.9)
Iowa 278 209 62.6 6.5 (49.9 – 75.3) 69 37.4 6.5 (24.7 – 50.1)
Kansas 804 631 74.1 3.2 (67.8 – 80.4) 173 25.9 3.2 (19.6 – 32.2)
Kentucky 409 335 71.6 4.6 (62.6 – 80.6) 74 28.4 4.6 (19.4 – 37.4)
Louisiana 178 126 60.1 8.7 (43.0 – 77.2) 52 39.9 8.7 (22.8 – 57.0)
Maine 284 223 75.6 4.2 (67.4 – 83.8) 61 24.4 4.2 (16.2 – 32.6)
Maryland 302 229 73.4 4.8 (64.0 – 82.8) 73 26.6 4.8 (17.2 – 36.0)
Massachusetts 186 143 63.9 9.9 (44.5 – 83.3) 43 36.1 9.9 (16.7 – 55.5)
Michigan 564 461 75.8 3.9 (68.2 – 83.4) 103 24.2 3.9 (16.6 – 31.8)
Mississippi 273 215 76.2 6.7 (63.1 – 89.3) 58 23.8 6.7 (10.7 – 36.9)
Missouri 270 214 72.2 5.2 (62.0 – 82.4) 56 27.8 5.2 (17.6 – 38.0)
Montana 343 259 73.4 6.4 (60.9 – 85.9) 84 26.6 6.4 (14.1 – 39.1)
Nebraska 356 267 69.3 6.4 (56.8 – 81.8) 89 30.7 6.4 (18.2 – 43.2)
Nevada 150 100 55.0 11.3 (32.9 – 77.1) 50 45.0 11.3 (22.9 – 67.1)
New Hampshire 285 216 70.2 5.4 (59.6 – 80.8) 69 29.8 5.4 (19.2 – 40.4)
New Jersey 331 252 71.7 4.9 (62.1 – 81.3) 79 28.3 4.9 (18.7 – 37.9)
New Mexico 300 224 63.9 5.9 (52.3 – 75.5) 76 36.1 5.9 (24.5 – 47.7)
New York 146 113 79.5 5.9 (67.9 – 91.1) 33 20.5 5.9 (8.9 – 32.1)
North Carolina 146 108 66.0 7.5 (51.3 – 80.7) 38 34.0 7.5 (19.3 – 48.7)
Ohio 316 247 73.7 5.1 (63.7 – 83.7) 69 26.3 5.1 (16.3 – 36.3)
Oklahoma 308 227 65.3 5.5 (54.5 – 76.1) 81 34.7 5.5 (23.9 – 45.5)
Oregon 233 166 75.8 5.2 (65.6 – 86.0) 67 24.2 5.2 (14.0 – 34.4)
Pennsylvania 331 250 70.2 4.5 (61.4 – 79.0) 81 29.8 4.5 (21.0 – 38.6)
Rhode Island 241 197 83.5 3.7 (76.2 – 90.8) 44 16.5 3.7 (9.2 – 23.8)
Texas 301 213 59.4 7.2 (45.3 – 73.5) 88 40.6 7.2 (26.5 – 54.7)
Utah 435 310 72.1 3.9 (64.5 – 79.7) 125 27.9 3.9 (20.3 – 35.5)
Vermont 257 190 72.5 4.7 (63.3 – 81.7) 67 27.5 4.7 (18.3 – 36.7)
Washington 393 290 71.6 5.3 (61.2 – 82.0) 103 28.4 5.3 (18.0 – 38.8)
West Virginia 146 126 80.2 5.3 (69.8 – 90.6) 20 19.8 5.3 (9.4 – 30.2)
Wisconsin 228 190 68.9 9.2 (50.9 – 86.9) 38 31.1 9.2 (13.1 – 49.1)
Puerto Rico 314 205 55.5 5.1 (45.5 – 65.5) 109 44.5 5.1 (34.5 – 54.5)
38 state total 11,728 8,839 68.0 1.5 (65.1 – 70.9) 2,889 32.0 1.5 (29.1 – 34.9)
Median     70.2       29.8    
Range     55.0-83.5       16.5-45.0    

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

2 “No” response to “Do you still have 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