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2013 BRFSS Asthma Call-Back Survey Prevalence Tables
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 Sample, United States, 2013
| 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 | ||
| Alabama | 129 | 84 | 60.4 | 9.0 | (42.8 – 78.0) | 32 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) | 13 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Arizona | 102 | 61 | 52.1 | 11.3 | (30.0 – 74.2) | 26 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) | 15 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| California | 166 | 76 | 34.8 | 6.1 | (22.8 – 46.8) | 74 | 49.9 | 7.2 | (35.8 – 64.0) | 16 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Connecticut | 212 | 111 | 51.6 | 6.8 | (38.3 – 64.9) | 85 | 42.7 | 6.9 | (29.2 – 56.2) | 16 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Florida | 722 | 426 | 61.7 | 5.3 | (51.3 – 72.1) | 226 | 26.2 | 4.4 | (17.6 – 34.8) | 70 | 12.2 | 3.6 | (5.1 – 19.3) |
| Georgia | 121 | 64 | 64.5 | 7.9 | (49.0 – 80.0) | 45 | 31.8 | 7.8 | (16.5 – 47.1) | 12 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Hawaii | 110 | 46 | 50.1 | 9.8 | (30.9 – 69.3) | 34 | 24.8 | 6.6 | (11.9 – 37.7) | 30 | 25.0 | 7.3 | (10.7 – 39.3) |
| Indiana | 318 | 187 | 50.5 | 5.5 | (39.7 – 61.3) | 94 | 34.1 | 5.4 | (23.5 – 44.7) | 37 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Iowa | 208 | 88 | 40.2 | 6.9 | (26.7 – 53.7) | 90 | 40.8 | 7.5 | (26.1 – 55.5) | 30 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Kansas | 622 | 315 | 46.9 | 3.8 | (39.5 – 54.3) | 237 | 39.5 | 3.9 | (31.9 – 47.1) | 70 | 13.6 | 2.6 | (8.5 – 18.7) |
| Kentucky | 331 | 212 | 56.2 | 5.3 | (45.8 – 66.6) | 102 | 36.1 | 5.2 | (25.9 – 46.3) | 17 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Louisiana | 121 | 66 | 60.1 | 7.7 | (45.0 – 75.2) | 42 | 30.7 | 7.3 | (16.4 – 45.0) | 13 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Maine | 219 | 117 | 51.8 | 6.0 | (40.0 – 63.6) | 82 | 39.1 | 6.0 | (27.3 – 50.9) | 20 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Maryland | 228 | 111 | 49.2 | 6.1 | (37.2 – 61.2) | 92 | 40.6 | 6.0 | (28.8 – 52.4) | 25 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Massachusetts | 140 | 69 | 53.5 | 9.7 | (34.5 – 72.5) | 51 | 29.4 | 7.3 | (15.1 – 43.7) | 20 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Michigan | 458 | 257 | 61.4 | 4.0 | (53.6 – 69.2) | 162 | 31.7 | 3.8 | (24.3 – 39.1) | 39 | 7.0 | 2.1 | (2.9 – 11.1) |
| Mississippi | 211 | 118 | 36.5 | 6.7 | (23.4 – 49.6) | 81 | 48.0 | 8.6 | (31.1 – 64.9) | 12 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Missouri | 211 | 101 | 46.3 | 6.3 | (34.0 – 58.6) | 95 | 43.7 | 6.6 | (30.8 – 56.6) | 15 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Montana | 257 | 121 | 45.4 | 8.1 | (29.5 – 61.3) | 103 | 44.5 | 8.4 | (28.0 – 61.0) | 33 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Nebraska | 264 | 132 | 48.6 | 9.3 | (30.4 – 66.8) | 107 | 39.3 | 8.5 | (22.6 – 56.0) | 25 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Nevada | 99 | 49 | 59.0 | 9.1 | (41.2 – 76.8) | 39 | 27.6 | 6.5 | (14.9 – 40.3) | 11 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| New Hampshire | 212 | 103 | 50.9 | 6.7 | (37.8 – 64.0) | 92 | 34.9 | 5.9 | (23.3 – 46.5) | 17 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| New Jersey | 250 | 113 | 43.0 | 6.2 | (30.8 – 55.2) | 116 | 44.2 | 6.2 | (32.0 – 56.4) | 21 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| New Mexico | 222 | 115 | 44.9 | 6.0 | (33.1 – 56.7) | 82 | 42.7 | 6.0 | (30.9 – 54.5) | 25 | 12.5 | 3.2 | (6.2 – 18.8) |
| New York | 110 | 63 | 56.7 | 8.7 | (39.6 – 73.8) | 35 | 25.7 | 7.1 | (11.8 – 39.6) | 12 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| North Carolina | 107 | 64 | 67.7 | 6.7 | (54.6 – 80.8) | 36 | 28.3 | 7.0 | (14.6 – 42.0) | 7 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Ohio | 245 | 135 | 52.5 | 6.2 | (40.3 – 64.7) | 91 | 35.4 | 6.0 | (23.6 – 47.2) | 19 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Oklahoma | 224 | 119 | 54.4 | 5.9 | (42.8 – 66.0) | 67 | 27.9 | 5.1 | (17.9 – 37.9) | 38 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Oregon | 163 | 98 | 73.7 | 5.5 | (62.9 – 84.5) | 49 | 18.6 | 4.6 | (9.6 – 27.6) | 16 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Pennsylvania | 247 | 128 | 51.4 | 6.1 | (39.4 – 63.4) | 98 | 42.2 | 6.3 | (29.9 – 54.5) | 21 | 6.4 | 1.7 | (3.1 – 9.7) |
| Rhode Island | 194 | 88 | 44.0 | 7.2 | (29.9 – 58.1) | 84 | 42.2 | 6.7 | (29.1 – 55.3) | 22 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Texas | 210 | 99 | 38.1 | 7.3 | (23.8 – 52.4) | 90 | 43.6 | 7.7 | (28.5 – 58.7) | 21 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Utah | 304 | 155 | 53.0 | 6.3 | (40.7 – 65.3) | 123 | 39.8 | 6.1 | (27.8 – 51.8) | 26 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Vermont | 188 | 79 | 43.8 | 7.0 | (30.1 – 57.5) | 86 | 47.0 | 7.1 | (33.1 – 60.9) | 23 | 9.2 | 2.7 | (3.9 – 14.5) |
| Washington | 287 | 134 | 42.1 | 5.6 | (31.1 – 53.1) | 114 | 39.9 | 6.3 | (27.6 – 52.2) | 39 | 17.9 | 5.3 | (7.5 – 28.3) |
| West Virginia | 125 | 68 | 57.6 | 5.9 | (46.0 – 69.2) | 44 | 34.9 | 5.7 | (23.7 – 46.1) | 13 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Wisconsin | 189 | 85 | 40.7 | 6.4 | (28.2 – 53.2) | 81 | 45.8 | 7.0 | (32.1 – 59.5) | 23 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Puerto Rico | 205 | 89 | 50.1 | 6.5 | (37.4 – 62.8) | 97 | 35.8 | 5.5 | (25.0 – 46.6) | 19 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| 38 state total | 8,731 | 4,546 | 50.7 | 1.7 | (47.4 – 54.0) | 3,284 | 36.3 | 1.6 | (33.2 – 39.4) | 901 | 13.0 | 1.5 | (10.1 – 15.9) |
| Median | 51.2 | 39.2 | 12.4 | ||||||||||
| Range | 34.8-73.7 | 18.6-49.9 | 6.4-25.0 | ||||||||||
1 Aged ≥ 18 years
2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
± 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