TABLE 8a. Estimated percent advised to make environmental changes for current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2011

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State/TerritoryCurrentFormer
Sample
size±
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alabama19333.66.9(20.1 - 47.1)50N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Arizona23225.15.8(13.7 - 36.5)89N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California50738.83.5(31.9 - 45.7)20629.05.5(18.2 - 39.8)
Connecticut25343.05.7(31.8 - 54.2)8335.29.3(17.0 - 53.4)
District of Columbia15259.36.8(46.0 - 72.6)6248.711.5(26.2 - 71.2)
Florida36743.85.9(32.2 - 55.4)14831.56.9(18.0 - 45.0)
Georgia26642.46.1(30.4 - 54.4)8631.49.2(13.4 - 49.4)
Hawaii24631.15.0(21.3 - 40.9)129N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Illinois17644.97.4(30.4 - 59.4)67N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Indiana32946.44.6(37.4 - 55.4)82N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Iowa19634.86.1(22.8 - 46.8)63N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Kansas73733.73.5(26.8 - 40.6)22525.45.2(15.2 - 35.6)
Louisiana26941.57.0(27.8 - 55.2)108N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Maine27239.34.6(30.3 - 48.3)7532.69.1(14.8 - 50.4)
Maryland21340.15.3(29.7 - 50.5)7926.37.2(12.2 - 40.4)
Massachusetts23837.86.3(25.5 - 50.1)75N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Michigan49954.64.3(46.2 - 63.0)13029.98.1(14.0 - 45.8)
Mississippi26539.36.0(27.5 - 51.1)81N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Missouri21935.95.4(25.3 - 46.5)5660.011.6(37.3 - 82.7)
Montana33930.33.8(22.9 - 37.7)9823.16.5(10.4 - 35.8)
Nebraska67427.63.2(21.3 - 33.9)23622.45.8(11.0 - 33.8)
Nevada13440.39.0(22.7 - 57.9)34N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Hampshire22339.56.7(26.4 - 52.6)59N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Jersey34240.65.4(30.0 - 51.2)111N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Mexico31733.75.1(23.7 - 43.7)9028.37.0(14.6 - 42.0)
New York13758.96.4(46.4 - 71.4)49N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
North Carolina23140.46.1(28.4 - 52.4)6927.68.0(11.9 - 43.3)
North Dakota17525.14.9(15.5 - 34.7)5153.414.1(25.8 - 81.0)
Ohio32741.66.1(29.6 - 53.6)7844.09.7(25.0 - 63.0)
Oklahoma29838.14.6(29.1 - 47.1)92N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Oregon18328.95.6(17.9 - 39.9)66N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Pennsylvania37850.14.6(41.1 - 59.1)11529.98.0(14.2 - 45.6)
Rhode Island24733.54.6(24.5 - 42.5)7922.76.0(10.9 - 34.5)
Texas51936.24.1(28.2 - 44.2)21217.44.5(8.6 - 26.2)
Utah41223.53.5(16.6 - 30.4)16623.67.0(9.9 - 37.3)
Vermont30738.64.4(30.0 - 47.2)10830.57.2(16.4 - 44.6)
Washington66743.13.5(36.2 - 50.0)23930.04.9(20.4 - 39.6)
West Virginia19936.25.3(25.8 - 46.6)4031.39.2(13.3 - 49.3)
Wisconsin24440.15.9(28.5 - 51.7)40N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Puerto Rico29443.94.8(34.5 - 53.3)65N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
40 state total12,27641.81.2(39.4 - 44.2)3,99128.51.9(24.8 - 32.2)
Median 39.3   29.9  
Range 23.5-59.3   17.4-60.0  

1 "Yes" response to "Do you still have asthma?"
2 "No" response to "Do you still have asthma?"
3 Aged ≥ 18 years
± Landline 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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