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TABLE 4b. Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past year among adults1 with active2 asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006

State/TerritorySample
size±
Attack in past yearNo attack in past yearNo symptoms in past year
Sample
size
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alaska1327554.77.0(41.0 - 68.4)5040.57.0(26.8 - 54.2)7N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Arizona1619145.17.5(30.4 - 59.8)5243.88.0(28.1 - 59.5)18N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California26714153.14.1(45.1 - 61.1)10337.83.9(30.2 - 45.4)23N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Colorado29114652.83.8(45.4 - 60.2)12741.93.7(34.6 - 49.2)185.31.4(2.6 - 8.0)
Connecticut35417545.84.0(38.0 - 53.6)14842.13.9(34.5 - 49.7)3112.12.8(6.6 - 17.6)
District of Columbia1426745.56.6(32.6 - 58.4)6047.07.0(33.3 - 60.7)15N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Georgia27315353.45.1(43.4 - 63.4)9136.55.2(26.3 - 46.7)2910.22.5(5.3 - 15.1)
Hawaii24711041.74.4(33.1 - 50.3)10046.64.4(38.0 - 55.2)3711.72.6(6.6 - 16.8)
Indiana33318256.83.4(50.1 - 63.5)12536.23.3(29.7 - 42.7)267.01.7(3.7 - 10.3)
Iowa1918946.94.1(38.9 - 54.9)8240.74.0(32.9 - 48.5)2012.43.0(6.5 - 18.3)
Kansas39720752.83.4(46.1 - 59.5)15740.03.4(33.3 - 46.7)337.11.6(4.0 - 10.2)
Maine19311056.54.6(47.5 - 65.5)6937.84.5(29.0 - 46.6)145.71.6(2.6 - 8.8)
Maryland33615242.54.0(34.7 - 50.3)14140.84.0(33.0 - 48.6)4316.73.7(9.4 - 24.0)
Massachusetts28013144.85.1(34.8 - 54.8)11740.44.9(30.8 - 50.0)3214.83.9(7.2 - 22.4)
Michigan34117250.53.5(43.6 - 57.4)14141.43.4(34.7 - 48.1)288.12.1(4.0 - 12.2)
Missouri27015656.15.4(45.5 - 66.7)10337.15.0(27.3 - 46.9)11N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Montana21611648.15.0(38.3 - 57.9)7540.05.3(29.6 - 50.4)2511.92.8(6.4 - 17.4)
Nebraska24211848.36.0(36.5 - 60.1)10742.86.1(30.8 - 54.8)17N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Hampshire26213646.54.2(38.3 - 54.7)9639.34.0(31.5 - 47.1)3014.23.4(7.5 - 20.9)
New York29514744.74.0(36.9 - 52.5)12146.64.1(38.6 - 54.6)278.72.2(4.4 - 13.0)
Oregon31915749.74.4(41.1 - 58.3)13541.44.2(33.2 - 49.6)278.92.6(3.8 - 14.0)
Texas25112955.16.9(41.6 - 68.6)9137.96.9(24.4 - 51.4)316.91.6(3.8 - 10.0)
Vermont43419943.23.1(37.1 - 49.3)20447.83.1(41.7 - 53.9)319.02.1(4.9 - 13.1)
Washington1,59484750.72.0(46.8 - 54.6)62641.22.0(37.3 - 45.1)1218.01.0(6.0 - 10.0)
Wisconsin1869954.16.2(41.9 - 66.3)7240.76.2(28.5 - 52.9)15N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
25 areas total8,0074,10550.71.5(47.8 - 53.6)3,19340.31.5(37.4 - 43.2)7099.00.8(7.4 - 10.6)
Median  49.7   40.7   9.0  
Range  41.7-56.8   36.2-47.8   5.3-16.7  

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

2 Reported any of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma

± 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

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