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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, 2007

State/TerritoryActiveInactive
Sample
size±
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alaska11430.85.9(19.2 - 42.4)45N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Arizona17845.87.3(31.5 - 60.1)39N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California21646.95.7(35.7 - 58.1)7021.46.3(9.1 - 33.7)
Colorado29243.04.2(34.8 - 51.2)9425.76.1(13.7 - 37.7)
Connecticut28740.05.0(30.2 - 49.8)9735.87.4(21.3 - 50.3)
District of Columbia13448.35.6(37.3 - 59.3)54N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Florida66135.24.5(26.4 - 44.0)23826.86.8(13.5 - 40.1)
Georgia30039.43.9(31.8 - 47.0)8618.15.1(8.1 - 28.1)
Hawaii31036.94.3(28.5 - 45.3)18414.13.3(7.6 - 20.6)
Illinois22854.04.6(45.0 - 63.0)5231.48.2(15.3 - 47.5)
Indiana31841.94.0(34.1 - 49.7)71N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Iowa21929.84.4(21.2 - 38.4)68N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Kansas42737.43.7(30.1 - 44.7)11832.57.0(18.8 - 46.2)
Maine38739.63.9(32.0 - 47.2)8124.85.8(13.4 - 36.2)
Maryland33439.83.7(32.5 - 47.1)10732.76.2(20.5 - 44.9)
Massachusetts19646.66.4(34.1 - 59.1)45N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Michigan44046.63.7(39.3 - 53.9)10934.37.1(20.4 - 48.2)
Missouri24738.74.8(29.3 - 48.1)6231.37.9(15.8 - 46.8)
Montana25140.44.8(31.0 - 49.8)7144.38.8(27.1 - 61.5)
Nebraska44442.25.2(32.0 - 52.4)125N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Nevada22344.55.2(34.3 - 54.7)8524.16.6(11.2 - 37.0)
New Hampshire24945.44.2(37.2 - 53.6)7535.27.3(20.9 - 49.5)
New Mexico28235.64.0(27.8 - 43.4)96N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New York31548.03.9(40.4 - 55.6)6829.38.3(13.0 - 45.6)
Ohio44140.84.0(33.0 - 48.6)11618.14.3(9.7 - 26.5)
Oklahoma28732.53.8(25.1 - 39.9)9927.36.7(14.2 - 40.4)
Oregon34144.14.2(35.9 - 52.3)14526.25.3(15.8 - 36.6)
Pennsylvania24447.75.1(37.7 - 57.7)6025.46.8(12.1 - 38.7)
Texas29136.54.2(28.3 - 44.7)101N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Utah23325.63.7(18.3 - 32.9)10418.34.5(9.5 - 27.1)
Vermont40244.23.3(37.7 - 50.7)12733.15.9(21.5 - 44.7)
Washington1,69741.72.0(37.8 - 45.6)62724.72.6(19.6 - 29.8)
West Virginia26437.64.3(29.2 - 46.0)61N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Wisconsin26330.14.5(21.3 - 38.9)52N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
34 areas total11,51542.81.3(40.3 - 45.3)3,63226.72.2(22.4 - 31.0)
Median 40.6   26.8  
Range 25.6-54.0   14.1-44.3  

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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