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 Land Line Sample, United States, 2012

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State/TerritoryActiveInactive
Sample
size±
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alabama27449.16.1(37.1 - 61.1)56N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Arizona22838.99.6(20.1 - 57.7)64N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California33530.94.1(22.9 - 38.9)9016.24.5(7.4 - 25.0)
Connecticut25334.75.4(24.1 - 45.3)6940.110.9(18.7 - 61.5)
District of Columbia10620.05.9(8.4 - 31.6)35N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Florida23343.27.4(28.7 - 57.7)47N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Georgia16041.17.3(26.8 - 55.4)47N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Hawaii15423.45.3(13.0 - 33.8)57N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Illinois21944.66.9(31.1 - 58.1)45N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Indiana26437.55.7(26.3 - 48.7)42N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Iowa20128.35.6(17.3 - 39.3)53N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Kansas40430.44.0(22.6 - 38.2)80N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Louisiana27326.75.2(16.5 - 36.9)74N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Maine22650.95.4(40.3 - 61.5)38N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Massachusetts23537.45.3(27.0 - 47.8)40N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Michigan49039.24.1(31.2 - 47.2)7926.57.7(11.4 - 41.6)
Mississippi26337.36.1(25.3 - 49.3)63N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Missouri23942.76.7(29.6 - 55.8)57N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Montana29032.05.2(21.8 - 42.2)7242.712.0(19.2 - 66.2)
Nebraska52139.54.3(31.1 - 47.9)17312.53.2(6.2 - 18.8)
Nevada15638.77.9(23.2 - 54.2)35N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Hampshire28441.74.9(32.1 - 51.3)7138.09.4(19.6 - 56.4)
New Jersey40637.15.0(27.3 - 46.9)85N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Mexico31034.94.6(25.9 - 43.9)40N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New York18732.15.9(20.5 - 43.7)39N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
North Carolina17640.77.6(25.8 - 55.6)39N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
North Dakota14627.66.6(14.7 - 40.5)33N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Ohio41935.05.7(23.8 - 46.2)58N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Oklahoma21731.35.5(20.5 - 42.1)52N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Oregon22236.05.3(25.6 - 46.4)51N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Pennsylvania61633.74.7(24.5 - 42.9)140N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Rhode Island19237.76.3(25.4 - 50.0)48N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Texas21944.19.4(25.7 - 62.5)7353.310.9(31.9 - 74.7)
Vermont24743.65.2(33.4 - 53.8)53N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Washington48537.23.9(29.6 - 44.8)14618.54.5(9.7 - 27.3)
West Virginia21334.74.5(25.9 - 43.5)26N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Wisconsin18653.37.8(38.0 - 68.6)31N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
37 state total10,04937.31.4(34.6 - 40.0)2,30127.12.6(22.0 - 32.2)
Median 37.3   32.3  
Range 20.0-53.3   12.5-53.3  

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

± 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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