2017 Adult Prevalence Tables
Table 2a: 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, United States, 2017.
| State/Territory | Sample size± |
Attack in past year | No attack or symptoms in past year | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | ||
| Arizona | 492 | 271 | 55.1 | 3.6 | (48.0 – 62.2) | 221 | 44.9 | 3.6 | (37.8 – 52.0) |
| California | 160 | 74 | 47.5 | 6.0 | (35.7 – 59.3) | 86 | 52.5 | 6.0 | (40.7 – 64.3) |
| Connecticut | 342 | 171 | 42.7 | 4.2 | (34.5 – 50.9) | 171 | 57.3 | 4.2 | (49.1 – 65.5) |
| Florida | 596 | 314 | 52.5 | 4.6 | (43.5 – 61.5) | 282 | 47.5 | 4.6 | (38.5 – 56.5) |
| Georgia | 167 | 78 | 45.3 | 5.2 | (35.1 – 55.5) | 89 | 54.7 | 5.2 | (44.5 – 64.9) |
| Hawaii | 243 | 105 | 41.6 | 4.8 | (32.2 – 51.0) | 138 | 58.4 | 4.8 | (49.0 – 67.8) |
| Illinois | 164 | 87 | 60.2 | 4.8 | (50.8 – 69.6) | 77 | 39.8 | 4.8 | (30.4 – 49.2) |
| Indiana | 553 | 320 | 58.1 | 3.5 | (51.2 – 65.0) | 233 | 41.9 | 3.5 | (35.0 – 48.8) |
| Iowa | 233 | 122 | 57.1 | 4.3 | (48.7 – 65.5) | 111 | 42.9 | 4.3 | (34.5 – 51.3) |
| Kansas | 496 | 242 | 48.6 | 3.1 | (42.5 – 54.7) | 254 | 51.4 | 3.1 | (45.3 – 57.5) |
| Kentucky | 333 | 187 | 53.2 | 5.3 | (42.8 – 63.6) | 146 | 46.8 | 5.3 | (36.4 – 57.2) |
| Maine | 523 | 257 | 51.0 | 3.7 | (43.7 – 58.3) | 266 | 49.0 | 3.7 | (41.7 – 56.3) |
| Massachusetts | 196 | 98 | 49.4 | 6.3 | (37.1 – 61.7) | 98 | 50.6 | 6.3 | (38.3 – 62.9) |
| Michigan | 477 | 252 | 52.0 | 3.3 | (45.5 – 58.5) | 225 | 48.0 | 3.3 | (41.5 – 54.5) |
| Minnesota | 467 | 193 | 42.9 | 3.4 | (36.2 – 49.6) | 274 | 57.1 | 3.4 | (50.4 – 63.8) |
| Missouri | 212 | 117 | 50.7 | 5.3 | (40.3 – 61.1) | 95 | 49.3 | 5.3 | (38.9 – 59.7) |
| Montana | 205 | 99 | 53.2 | 6.1 | (41.2 – 65.2) | 106 | 46.8 | 6.1 | (34.8 – 58.8) |
| Nebraska | 449 | 222 | 50.5 | 4.0 | (42.7 – 58.3) | 227 | 49.5 | 4.0 | (41.7 – 57.3) |
| Nevada | 126 | 69 | 57.7 | 7.3 | (43.4 – 72.0) | 57 | 42.3 | 7.3 | (28.0 – 56.6) |
| New Hampshire | 198 | 105 | 49.9 | 5.9 | (38.3 – 61.5) | 93 | 50.1 | 5.9 | (38.5 – 61.7) |
| New Jersey | 416 | 205 | 51.0 | 5.0 | (41.2 – 60.8) | 211 | 49.0 | 5.0 | (39.2 – 58.8) |
| New Mexico | 230 | 120 | 54.0 | 5.6 | (43.0 – 65.0) | 110 | 46.0 | 5.6 | (35.0 – 57.0) |
| New York | 171 | 81 | 53.2 | 5.2 | (43.0 – 63.4) | 90 | 46.8 | 5.2 | (36.6 – 57.0) |
| Ohio | 360 | 179 | 52.7 | 4.4 | (44.1 – 61.3) | 181 | 47.3 | 4.4 | (38.7 – 55.9) |
| Oregon | 135 | 69 | 51.9 | 5.4 | (41.3 – 62.5) | 66 | 48.1 | 5.4 | (37.5 – 58.7) |
| Pennsylvania | 186 | 98 | 47.3 | 5.5 | (36.5 – 58.1) | 88 | 52.7 | 5.5 | (41.9 – 63.5) |
| Rhode Island | 218 | 110 | 44.7 | 4.7 | (35.5 – 53.9) | 108 | 55.3 | 4.7 | (46.1 – 64.5) |
| Texas | 340 | 201 | 62.9 | 6.5 | (50.2 – 75.6) | 139 | 37.1 | 6.5 | (24.4 – 49.8) |
| Utah | 305 | 155 | 49.6 | 4.2 | (41.4 – 57.8) | 150 | 50.4 | 4.2 | (42.2 – 58.6) |
| Vermont | 250 | 125 | 54.3 | 5.2 | (44.1 – 64.5) | 125 | 45.7 | 5.2 | (35.5 – 55.9) |
| Wisconsin | 240 | 137 | 56.1 | 4.8 | (46.7 – 65.5) | 103 | 43.9 | 4.8 | (34.5 – 53.3) |
| Puerto Rico | 147 | 72 | 52.4 | 6.3 | (40.1 – 64.7) | 75 | 47.6 | 6.3 | (35.3 – 59.9) |
| 32 States / Area | 9,630 | 4,935 | 52.3 | 1.3 | (49.8 – 54.8) | 4,695 | 47.7 | 1.3 | (45.2 – 50.2) |
| Median | 52.0 | 48.1 | |||||||
| Range | 41.6-62.9 | 37.1-58.4 | |||||||
1 Aged ≥ 18 years
2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
± Sample size for adults with current asthma, excludes “DK/Refused”
§ Standard error
† Confidence interval
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