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TABLE 1. Estimated percent of current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2012

State/TerritorySample
size±
CurrentFormer
Sample
size
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alabama32827376.96.1(64.9 - 88.9)5523.16.1(11.1 - 35.1)
Arizona29122463.411.3(41.3 - 85.5)67N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California42331672.03.7(64.7 - 79.3)10728.03.7(20.7 - 35.3)
Connecticut31624470.45.2(60.2 - 80.6)7229.65.2(19.4 - 39.8)
District of Columbia13710076.98.9(59.5 - 94.3)37N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Florida27421969.67.0(55.9 - 83.3)5530.47.0(16.7 - 44.1)
Georgia20714263.46.3(51.1 - 75.7)6536.66.3(24.3 - 48.9)
Hawaii20614567.58.2(51.4 - 83.6)6132.58.2(16.4 - 48.6)
Illinois26220566.47.0(52.7 - 80.1)5733.67.0(19.9 - 47.3)
Indiana29424280.93.8(73.5 - 88.3)5219.13.8(11.7 - 26.5)
Iowa25119871.16.0(59.3 - 82.9)5328.96.0(17.1 - 40.7)
Kansas48339480.43.2(74.1 - 86.7)8919.63.2(13.3 - 25.9)
Louisiana34426270.25.8(58.8 - 81.6)8229.85.8(18.4 - 41.2)
Maine26221681.04.4(72.4 - 89.6)4619.04.4(10.4 - 27.6)
Massachusetts27420068.36.4(55.8 - 80.8)7431.76.4(19.2 - 44.2)
Michigan55444981.22.8(75.7 - 86.7)10518.82.8(13.3 - 24.3)
Mississippi32926379.24.8(69.8 - 88.6)6620.84.8(11.4 - 30.2)
Missouri29522760.76.5(48.0 - 73.4)6839.36.5(26.6 - 52.0)
Montana35627975.05.0(65.2 - 84.8)7725.05.0(15.2 - 34.8)
Nebraska68051071.53.6(64.4 - 78.6)17028.53.6(21.4 - 35.6)
Nevada18614281.14.4(72.5 - 89.7)4418.94.4(10.3 - 27.5)
New Hampshire35427074.83.6(67.7 - 81.9)8425.23.6(18.1 - 32.3)
New Jersey48938676.13.9(68.5 - 83.7)10323.93.9(16.3 - 31.5)
New Mexico34629581.04.0(73.2 - 88.8)5119.04.0(11.2 - 26.8)
New York22517475.97.5(61.2 - 90.6)51N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
North Carolina21015772.46.6(59.5 - 85.3)5327.66.6(14.7 - 40.5)
North Dakota18015177.97.6(63.0 - 92.8)29N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Ohio47639672.25.5(61.4 - 83.0)8027.85.5(17.0 - 38.6)
Oklahoma26521369.86.2(57.6 - 82.0)5230.26.2(18.0 - 42.4)
Oregon26920370.15.5(59.3 - 80.9)6629.95.5(19.1 - 40.7)
Pennsylvania74058167.54.9(57.9 - 77.1)15932.54.9(22.9 - 42.1)
Rhode Island23918870.95.7(59.7 - 82.1)5129.15.7(17.9 - 40.3)
Texas28721365.87.4(51.3 - 80.3)7434.27.4(19.7 - 48.7)
Vermont29823975.14.7(65.9 - 84.3)5924.94.7(15.7 - 34.1)
Washington62046776.82.9(71.1 - 82.5)15323.22.9(17.5 - 28.9)
West Virginia23821284.74.2(76.5 - 92.9)2615.34.2(7.1 - 23.5)
Wisconsin21818286.84.7(77.6 - 96.0)36N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
37 state total12,2069,57771.81.4(69.1 - 74.5)2,62928.21.4(25.5 - 30.9)
Median  72.4   27.9  
Range  60.7-86.8   15.3-39.3  

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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