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TABLE 8b. Estimated percent advised to make environmental changes for active1 and inactive2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006

State/TerritoryActiveInactive
Sample
size±
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alaska13243.06.8(29.7 - 56.3)44N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Arizona16240.28.0(24.5 - 55.9)67N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California26746.24.1(38.2 - 54.2)8619.44.7(10.2 - 28.6)
Colorado29237.63.7(30.3 - 44.9)8927.85.5(17.0 - 38.6)
Connecticut35541.83.9(34.2 - 49.4)8839.78.2(23.6 - 55.8)
District of Columbia13646.97.1(33.0 - 60.8)52N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Georgia26347.94.8(38.5 - 57.3)9526.26.6(13.3 - 39.1)
Hawaii24938.34.4(29.7 - 46.9)14316.84.7(7.6 - 26.0)
Indiana33748.63.4(41.9 - 55.3)10135.37.0(21.6 - 49.0)
Iowa19332.23.8(24.8 - 39.6)8017.24.4(8.6 - 25.8)
Kansas40141.23.3(34.7 - 47.7)10927.95.8(16.5 - 39.3)
Maine19348.34.7(39.1 - 57.5)48N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Maryland33438.23.9(30.6 - 45.8)9025.67.2(11.5 - 39.7)
Massachusetts27641.45.0(31.6 - 51.2)8727.16.9(13.6 - 40.6)
Michigan34746.23.5(39.3 - 53.1)7326.05.6(15.0 - 37.0)
Missouri27140.45.6(29.4 - 51.4)8833.29.8(14.0 - 52.4)
Montana21540.34.9(30.7 - 49.9)8031.96.8(18.6 - 45.2)
Nebraska24336.96.1(24.9 - 48.9)56N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Hampshire26548.44.1(40.4 - 56.4)62N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New York29444.64.1(36.6 - 52.6)6641.18.2(25.0 - 57.2)
Oregon32338.74.5(29.9 - 47.5)12918.74.3(10.3 - 27.1)
Texas23745.27.1(31.3 - 59.1)74N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Vermont43743.43.1(37.3 - 49.5)14030.85.3(20.4 - 41.2)
Washington1,60842.82.0(38.9 - 46.7)59724.72.8(19.2 - 30.2)
Wisconsin22750.35.7(39.1 - 61.5)6437.78.5(21.0 - 54.4)
25 areas total8,05744.31.5(41.4 - 47.2)2,60825.21.9(21.5 - 28.9)
Median 42.8   27.5  
Range 32.2-50.3   16.8-41.1  

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

2 Reported none of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma

3 Aged ≥ 18 years

± 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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