2015-2017 ACBS Child Combined Prevalence Tables
Table 2a
Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past 3 months among children 1 with current 2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2015-2017.
| State/Territory | Sample size± |
Attack in past 3 months | No attack or symptoms in past 3 months | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | ||
| California | 103 | 35 | 29.5 | 5.5 | (18.7 – 40.3) | 68 | 70.5 | 5.5 | (59.7 – 81.3) |
| Connecticut | 154 | 47 | 30.5 | 4.5 | (21.7 – 39.3) | 107 | 69.5 | 4.5 | (60.7 – 78.3) |
| Florida | 234 | 104 | 49.3 | 7.1 | (35.4 – 63.2) | 130 | 50.7 | 7.1 | (36.8 – 64.6) |
| Georgia | 100 | 37 | 32.5 | 6.1 | (20.5 – 44.5) | 63 | 67.5 | 6.1 | (55.5 – 79.5) |
| Hawaii | 82 | 29 | 34.1 | 7.4 | (19.6 – 48.6) | 53 | 65.9 | 7.4 | (51.4 – 80.4) |
| Indiana | 123 | 50 | 41.4 | 6.7 | (28.3 – 54.5) | 73 | 58.6 | 6.7 | (45.5 – 71.7) |
| Kansas | 251 | 101 | 42.9 | 3.9 | (35.3 – 50.5) | 150 | 57.1 | 3.9 | (49.5 – 64.7) |
| Maine | 133 | 43 | 33.6 | 7.8 | (18.3 – 48.9) | 90 | 66.4 | 7.8 | (51.1 – 81.7) |
| Michigan | 193 | 70 | 38.5 | 4.5 | (29.7 – 47.3) | 123 | 61.5 | 4.5 | (52.7 – 70.3) |
| Minnesota | 228 | 86 | 39.4 | 4.1 | (31.4 – 47.4) | 142 | 60.6 | 4.1 | (52.6 – 68.6) |
| Missouri | 66 | 22 | 27.3 | 6.6 | (14.4 – 40.2) | 44 | 72.7 | 6.6 | (59.8 – 85.6) |
| Montana | 73 | 27 | 53.7 | 8.7 | (36.6 – 70.8) | 46 | 46.3 | 8.7 | (29.2 – 63.4) |
| Nebraska | 193 | 83 | 50.7 | 5.5 | (39.9 – 61.5) | 110 | 49.3 | 5.5 | (38.5 – 60.1) |
| New Jersey | 202 | 75 | 39.1 | 5.5 | (28.3 – 49.9) | 127 | 60.9 | 5.5 | (50.1 – 71.7) |
| New Mexico | 107 | 35 | 31.9 | 6.6 | (19.0 – 44.8) | 72 | 68.1 | 6.6 | (55.2 – 81.0) |
| New York | 95 | 42 | 45.2 | 7.8 | (29.9 – 60.5) | 53 | 54.8 | 7.8 | (39.5 – 70.1) |
| Ohio | 157 | 63 | 38.8 | 6.6 | (25.9 – 51.7) | 94 | 61.2 | 6.6 | (48.3 – 74.1) |
| Oregon | 66 | 22 | 32.5 | 7.5 | (17.8 – 47.2) | 44 | 67.5 | 7.5 | (52.8 – 82.2) |
| Pennsylvania | 85 | 31 | 40.7 | 7.5 | (26.0 – 55.4) | 54 | 59.3 | 7.5 | (44.6 – 74.0) |
| Rhode Island | 68 | 34 | 57.1 | 7.4 | (42.6 – 71.6) | 34 | 42.9 | 7.4 | (28.4 – 57.4) |
| Utah | 192 | 91 | 45.3 | 4.6 | (36.3 – 54.3) | 101 | 54.7 | 4.6 | (45.7 – 63.7) |
| Vermont | 82 | 33 | 35.9 | 6.7 | (22.8 – 49.0) | 49 | 64.1 | 6.7 | (51.0 – 77.2) |
| Wisconsin | 42 | 20 | 46.9 | 10.6 | (26.1 – 67.7) | 22 | 53.1 | 10.6 | (32.3 – 73.9) |
| Puerto Rico | 144 | 28 | 17.8 | 4.1 | (9.8 – 25.8) | 116 | 82.2 | 4.1 | (74.2 – 90.2) |
| 24 States / Area | 3,173 | 1,208 | 37.4 | 1.8 | (33.9 – 40.9) | 1,965 | 62.6 | 1.8 | (59.1 – 66.1) |
| Median | 39.0 | 61.1 | |||||||
| Range | 17.8-57.1 | 42.9-82.2 | |||||||
1 Aged < 18 years
2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
± Sample size is for multiple years of participation. Responses of “Don’t Know” and “Refused” are excluded.
§ Standard error
† Confidence interval
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