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TABLE 4a. Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past year among adults1 with current2 asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2012

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
Alabama26816658.66.2(46.4 - 70.8)7531.26.0(19.4 - 43.0)27N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Arizona22012048.97.5(34.2 - 63.6)7643.87.7(28.7 - 58.9)24N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California31616955.24.5(46.4 - 64.0)10632.74.3(24.3 - 41.1)4112.12.9(6.4 - 17.8)
Connecticut23811443.85.2(33.6 - 54.0)8944.05.5(33.2 - 54.8)3512.22.6(7.1 - 17.3)
District of Columbia984337.39.9(17.9 - 56.7)3726.07.7(10.9 - 41.1)18N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Florida21812554.88.1(38.9 - 70.7)7525.35.0(15.5 - 35.1)18N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Georgia1416644.27.6(29.3 - 59.1)6247.97.5(33.2 - 62.6)13N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Hawaii1456635.57.3(21.2 - 49.8)5427.16.2(14.9 - 39.3)2537.49.9(18.0 - 56.8)
Illinois2059546.56.5(33.8 - 59.2)8638.76.3(26.4 - 51.0)24N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Indiana23713155.46.1(43.4 - 67.4)8338.66.2(26.4 - 50.8)236.01.7(2.7 - 9.3)
Iowa1968844.56.6(31.6 - 57.4)9448.86.7(35.7 - 61.9)14N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Kansas38819648.64.7(39.4 - 57.8)14942.34.7(33.1 - 51.5)439.12.6(4.0 - 14.2)
Louisiana25813045.66.7(32.5 - 58.7)10446.07.1(32.1 - 59.9)24N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Maine21511458.65.6(47.6 - 69.6)7830.65.0(20.8 - 40.4)23N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Massachusetts2007538.25.7(27.0 - 49.4)10855.06.0(43.2 - 66.8)17N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Michigan44524153.74.3(45.3 - 62.1)17037.74.1(29.7 - 45.7)348.62.3(4.1 - 13.1)
Mississippi25813758.15.9(46.5 - 69.7)9936.25.7(25.0 - 47.4)225.71.7(2.4 - 9.0)
Missouri22312244.86.2(32.6 - 57.0)8047.26.7(34.1 - 60.3)21N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Montana27413348.56.1(36.5 - 60.5)10237.76.0(25.9 - 49.5)3913.83.5(6.9 - 20.7)
Nebraska50023146.94.3(38.5 - 55.3)20943.34.4(34.7 - 51.9)609.82.1(5.7 - 13.9)
Nevada1397947.58.5(30.8 - 64.2)4445.18.8(27.9 - 62.3)16N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Hampshire26612648.45.3(38.0 - 58.8)10438.65.2(28.4 - 48.8)36N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Jersey38318747.55.4(36.9 - 58.1)14241.35.4(30.7 - 51.9)5411.12.3(6.6 - 15.6)
New Mexico29016457.84.9(48.2 - 67.4)10537.74.9(28.1 - 47.3)214.41.2(2.0 - 6.8)
New York1738554.27.2(40.1 - 68.3)6828.86.2(16.6 - 41.0)20N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
North Carolina1557257.76.6(44.8 - 70.6)7237.86.4(25.3 - 50.3)11N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
North Dakota1506139.47.0(25.7 - 53.1)6442.77.0(29.0 - 56.4)25N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Ohio39219256.14.9(46.5 - 65.7)16235.64.5(26.8 - 44.4)388.32.3(3.8 - 12.8)
Oklahoma20812660.66.0(48.8 - 72.4)5929.65.4(19.0 - 40.2)23N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Oregon20211254.66.3(42.3 - 66.9)7235.76.1(23.7 - 47.7)18N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Pennsylvania57128443.24.8(33.8 - 52.6)21940.05.2(29.8 - 50.2)6816.84.9(7.2 - 26.4)
Rhode Island1869149.16.4(36.6 - 61.6)7743.66.3(31.3 - 55.9)18N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Texas21211260.27.6(45.3 - 75.1)6929.16.5(16.4 - 41.8)3110.72.9(5.0 - 16.4)
Vermont23511145.65.5(34.8 - 56.4)8737.55.5(26.7 - 48.3)3716.94.2(8.7 - 25.1)
Washington46425453.44.5(44.6 - 62.2)14431.74.1(23.7 - 39.7)6614.93.6(7.8 - 22.0)
West Virginia20910851.04.6(42.0 - 60.0)7636.74.7(27.5 - 45.9)2512.22.9(6.5 - 17.9)
Wisconsin1818760.57.2(46.4 - 74.6)6928.25.8(16.8 - 39.6)25N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
37 state total9,4594,81352.31.5(49.4 - 55.2)3,56935.81.3(33.3 - 38.3)1,07711.91.1(9.7 - 14.1)
Median  48.9   37.7   11.1  
Range  35.5-60.6   25.3-55.0   4.4-37.4  
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