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, 2007

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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
Alaska1115851.67.2(37.5 - 65.7)4041.67.2(27.5 - 55.7)13N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Arizona1799460.36.2(48.1 - 72.5)7230.25.2(20.0 - 40.4)13N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California21611346.15.5(35.3 - 56.9)8139.55.3(29.1 - 49.9)22N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Colorado28913845.74.3(37.3 - 54.1)11843.14.3(34.7 - 51.5)3311.22.4(6.5 - 15.9)
Connecticut28713644.85.0(35.0 - 54.6)11138.44.8(29.0 - 47.8)4016.84.7(7.6 - 26.0)
District of Columbia1345743.25.7(32.0 - 54.4)6145.05.5(34.2 - 55.8)1611.73.3(5.2 - 18.2)
Florida58832656.45.2(46.2 - 66.6)20832.54.9(22.9 - 42.1)5411.12.9(5.4 - 16.8)
Georgia29816453.34.0(45.5 - 61.1)11436.83.7(29.5 - 44.1)209.92.8(4.4 - 15.4)
Hawaii30914345.84.3(37.4 - 54.2)12339.04.2(30.8 - 47.2)4315.23.6(8.1 - 22.3)
Illinois22810844.44.5(35.6 - 53.2)9542.74.6(33.7 - 51.7)25N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Indiana31516650.34.0(42.5 - 58.1)13245.64.0(37.8 - 53.4)174.11.2(1.7 - 6.5)
Iowa2199438.64.6(29.6 - 47.6)10352.74.8(43.3 - 62.1)228.72.2(4.4 - 13.0)
Kansas39619449.24.1(41.2 - 57.2)17545.44.2(37.2 - 53.6)275.41.2(3.0 - 7.8)
Maine38919949.04.0(41.2 - 56.8)15943.94.1(35.9 - 51.9)317.21.6(4.1 - 10.3)
Maryland33616450.63.9(43.0 - 58.2)13337.53.7(30.2 - 44.8)3911.92.5(7.0 - 16.8)
Massachusetts1999652.56.3(40.2 - 64.8)8133.15.3(22.7 - 43.5)2214.54.3(6.1 - 22.9)
Michigan43622650.33.7(43.0 - 57.6)17743.43.7(36.1 - 50.7)336.31.4(3.6 - 9.0)
Missouri24615970.24.5(61.4 - 79.0)7526.24.4(17.6 - 34.8)12N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Montana25112660.24.5(51.4 - 69.0)9931.84.1(23.8 - 39.8)267.92.2(3.6 - 12.2)
Nebraska44121739.14.6(30.1 - 48.1)18147.25.2(37.0 - 57.4)4313.73.9(6.1 - 21.3)
Nevada22110942.75.2(32.5 - 52.9)9148.85.4(38.2 - 59.4)218.52.2(4.2 - 12.8)
New Hampshire24813152.14.3(43.7 - 60.5)9139.24.2(31.0 - 47.4)268.82.3(4.3 - 13.3)
New Mexico27814558.74.3(50.3 - 67.1)11031.43.7(24.1 - 38.7)2310.02.6(4.9 - 15.1)
New York31615550.03.9(42.4 - 57.6)13839.73.7(32.4 - 47.0)2310.32.9(4.6 - 16.0)
Ohio43823152.14.3(43.7 - 60.5)17238.24.3(29.8 - 46.6)359.72.3(5.2 - 14.2)
Oklahoma28317059.54.2(51.3 - 67.7)10338.54.2(30.3 - 46.7)10N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Oregon34017450.24.2(42.0 - 58.4)14140.44.2(32.2 - 48.6)259.42.5(4.5 - 14.3)
Pennsylvania24310848.55.1(38.5 - 58.5)12043.74.9(34.1 - 53.3)15N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Texas29016356.44.7(47.2 - 65.6)9735.34.9(25.7 - 44.9)308.21.9(4.5 - 11.9)
Utah23314457.54.4(48.9 - 66.1)7836.94.3(28.5 - 45.3)11N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Vermont39916644.33.3(37.8 - 50.8)19846.83.3(40.3 - 53.3)358.92.0(5.0 - 12.8)
Washington1,68184351.62.0(47.7 - 55.5)69841.12.0(37.2 - 45.0)1407.30.8(5.7 - 8.9)
West Virginia25914955.54.5(46.7 - 64.3)9236.54.5(27.7 - 45.3)188.02.1(3.9 - 12.1)
Wisconsin26313051.44.8(42.0 - 60.8)11643.84.9(34.2 - 53.4)17N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
34 areas total11,3595,79651.11.3(48.6 - 53.6)4,58339.01.2(36.6 - 41.4)98010.01.2(7.6 - 12.4)
Median  50.5   39.6   9.4  
Range  38.6-70.2   26.2-52.7   4.1-16.8  

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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