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TABLE 1. Estimated percent of current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006

State/TerritorySample
size±
CurrentFormer
Sample
size
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alaska17313073.95.3(63.5 - 84.3)4326.15.3(15.7 - 36.5)
Arizona22615458.28.1(42.3 - 74.1)7241.88.1(25.9 - 57.7)
California35124570.93.4(64.2 - 77.6)10629.13.4(22.4 - 35.8)
Colorado37427571.63.0(65.7 - 77.5)9928.43.0(22.5 - 34.3)
Connecticut43832871.53.3(65.0 - 78.0)11028.53.3(22.0 - 35.0)
District of Columbia19513165.25.0(55.4 - 75.0)6434.85.0(25.0 - 44.6)
Georgia37226161.94.3(53.5 - 70.3)11138.14.3(29.7 - 46.5)
Hawaii39222352.33.7(45.0 - 59.6)16947.73.7(40.4 - 55.0)
Indiana43231965.73.4(59.0 - 72.4)11334.33.4(27.6 - 41.0)
Iowa26818062.74.0(54.9 - 70.5)8837.34.0(29.5 - 45.1)
Kansas50139771.83.1(65.7 - 77.9)10428.23.1(22.1 - 34.3)
Maine23618275.53.3(69.0 - 82.0)5424.53.3(18.0 - 31.0)
Maryland41629464.24.6(55.2 - 73.2)12235.84.6(26.8 - 44.8)
Massachusetts36727259.74.5(50.9 - 68.5)9540.34.5(31.5 - 49.1)
Michigan40632275.13.0(69.2 - 81.0)8424.93.0(19.0 - 30.8)
Missouri35325968.34.7(59.1 - 77.5)9431.74.7(22.5 - 40.9)
Montana29220866.13.8(58.7 - 73.5)8433.93.8(26.5 - 41.3)
Nebraska29623059.48.9(42.0 - 76.8)6640.68.9(23.2 - 58.0)
New Hampshire32023867.74.0(59.9 - 75.5)8232.34.0(24.5 - 40.1)
New York36127672.03.4(65.3 - 78.7)8528.03.4(21.3 - 34.7)
Oregon43829461.83.5(54.9 - 68.7)14438.23.5(31.3 - 45.1)
Texas32023357.86.2(45.6 - 70.0)8742.26.2(30.0 - 54.4)
Vermont56641972.02.6(66.9 - 77.1)14728.02.6(22.9 - 33.1)
Washington2,1451,47963.31.8(59.8 - 66.8)66636.71.8(33.2 - 40.2)
Wisconsin29122375.03.8(67.6 - 82.4)6825.03.8(17.6 - 32.4)
25 areas total10,5297,57266.91.3(64.4 - 69.4)2,95733.11.3(30.6 - 35.6)
Median  66.1   33.9  
Range  52.3-75.5   24.5-47.7  

1 "Yes" response to "Do you still have asthma?"

2 "No" response to "Do you still have asthma?"

3 Aged ≥ 18 years

± Sample size excludes "DK/Refused"

§ Standard error

Confidence interval

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