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TABLE 13. Estimated percent with activity limitations among adults1 with current2 or active3 asthma status by state/territory, BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2012

State/TerritoryCurrentActive
Sample
size±
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alabama27067.95.9(56.3 - 79.5)27467.85.9(56.2 - 79.4)
Arizona22151.07.6(36.1 - 65.9)22839.09.5(20.4 - 57.6)
California31647.74.5(38.9 - 56.5)33444.64.4(36.0 - 53.2)
Connecticut24446.45.5(35.6 - 57.2)25441.95.6(30.9 - 52.9)
District of Columbia10036.79.6(17.9 - 55.5)10943.410.8(22.2 - 64.6)
Florida21662.78.3(46.4 - 79.0)23265.17.7(50.0 - 80.2)
Georgia14067.75.8(56.3 - 79.1)15861.96.3(49.6 - 74.2)
Hawaii14536.69.3(18.4 - 54.8)15434.15.4(23.5 - 44.7)
Illinois20545.56.5(32.8 - 58.2)21939.26.3(26.9 - 51.5)
Indiana24153.56.1(41.5 - 65.5)26352.85.9(41.2 - 64.4)
Iowa19659.36.2(47.1 - 71.5)19960.56.1(48.5 - 72.5)
Kansas39153.54.8(44.1 - 62.9)40654.74.6(45.7 - 63.7)
Louisiana26250.36.9(36.8 - 63.8)27445.66.8(32.3 - 58.9)
Maine21562.05.2(51.8 - 72.2)22860.74.7(51.5 - 69.9)
Massachusetts19748.46.0(36.6 - 60.2)23146.05.4(35.4 - 56.6)
Michigan44854.54.3(46.1 - 62.9)49055.84.1(47.8 - 63.8)
Mississippi26167.76.3(55.4 - 80.0)26365.76.2(53.5 - 77.9)
Missouri22766.46.5(53.7 - 79.1)24166.16.3(53.8 - 78.4)
Montana27651.76.1(39.7 - 63.7)28849.86.0(38.0 - 61.6)
Nebraska50062.53.9(54.9 - 70.1)51361.84.0(54.0 - 69.6)
Nevada14253.78.7(36.6 - 70.8)15853.78.1(37.8 - 69.6)
New Hampshire26946.55.2(36.3 - 56.7)28646.64.9(37.0 - 56.2)
New Jersey38446.95.4(36.3 - 57.5)40744.75.2(34.5 - 54.9)
New Mexico29458.64.7(49.4 - 67.8)30956.74.7(47.5 - 65.9)
New York17443.77.3(29.4 - 58.0)19040.77.2(26.6 - 54.8)
North Carolina15472.85.9(61.2 - 84.4)17366.86.7(53.7 - 79.9)
North Dakota14952.37.3(38.0 - 66.6)15050.37.5(35.6 - 65.0)
Ohio39559.74.8(50.3 - 69.1)42053.95.8(42.5 - 65.3)
Oklahoma21157.06.1(45.0 - 69.0)21555.86.6(42.9 - 68.7)
Oregon20249.96.2(37.7 - 62.1)22547.55.8(36.1 - 58.9)
Pennsylvania57853.95.0(44.1 - 63.7)61851.84.8(42.4 - 61.2)
Rhode Island18855.46.5(42.7 - 68.1)19256.56.6(43.6 - 69.4)
Texas21356.09.3(37.8 - 74.2)22150.49.4(32.0 - 68.8)
Vermont23941.65.2(31.4 - 51.8)24937.55.0(27.7 - 47.3)
Washington46538.93.9(31.3 - 46.5)48938.93.7(31.6 - 46.2)
West Virginia20862.44.6(53.4 - 71.4)21063.34.6(54.3 - 72.3)
Wisconsin18259.97.9(44.4 - 75.4)18659.08.0(43.3 - 74.7)
37 state total9,51853.41.5(50.5 - 56.3)10,05650.71.5(47.8 - 53.6)
Median 53.7   52.8  
Range 36.6-72.8   34.1-67.8  

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

2 "Yes" response to "Do you still have asthma?"

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

± Landline sample size excludes "DK/Refused"

§ Standard error

Confidence interval

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