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2013 BRFSS Asthma Call-Back Survey Prevalence Tables

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, 2013

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
Alabama1298460.49.0(42.8 - 78.0)32N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)13N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Arizona1026152.111.3(30.0 - 74.2)26N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)15N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California1667634.86.1(22.8 - 46.8)7449.97.2(35.8 - 64.0)16N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Connecticut21211151.66.8(38.3 - 64.9)8542.76.9(29.2 - 56.2)16N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Florida72242661.75.3(51.3 - 72.1)22626.24.4(17.6 - 34.8)7012.23.6(5.1 - 19.3)
Georgia1216464.57.9(49.0 - 80.0)4531.87.8(16.5 - 47.1)12N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Hawaii1104650.19.8(30.9 - 69.3)3424.86.6(11.9 - 37.7)3025.07.3(10.7 - 39.3)
Indiana31818750.55.5(39.7 - 61.3)9434.15.4(23.5 - 44.7)37N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Iowa2088840.26.9(26.7 - 53.7)9040.87.5(26.1 - 55.5)30N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Kansas62231546.93.8(39.5 - 54.3)23739.53.9(31.9 - 47.1)7013.62.6(8.5 - 18.7)
Kentucky33121256.25.3(45.8 - 66.6)10236.15.2(25.9 - 46.3)17N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Louisiana1216660.17.7(45.0 - 75.2)4230.77.3(16.4 - 45.0)13N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Maine21911751.86.0(40.0 - 63.6)8239.16.0(27.3 - 50.9)20N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Maryland22811149.26.1(37.2 - 61.2)9240.66.0(28.8 - 52.4)25N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Massachusetts1406953.59.7(34.5 - 72.5)5129.47.3(15.1 - 43.7)20N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Michigan45825761.44.0(53.6 - 69.2)16231.73.8(24.3 - 39.1)397.02.1(2.9 - 11.1)
Mississippi21111836.56.7(23.4 - 49.6)8148.08.6(31.1 - 64.9)12N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Missouri21110146.36.3(34.0 - 58.6)9543.76.6(30.8 - 56.6)15N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Montana25712145.48.1(29.5 - 61.3)10344.58.4(28.0 - 61.0)33N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Nebraska26413248.69.3(30.4 - 66.8)10739.38.5(22.6 - 56.0)25N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Nevada994959.09.1(41.2 - 76.8)3927.66.5(14.9 - 40.3)11N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Hampshire21210350.96.7(37.8 - 64.0)9234.95.9(23.3 - 46.5)17N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Jersey25011343.06.2(30.8 - 55.2)11644.26.2(32.0 - 56.4)21N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Mexico22211544.96.0(33.1 - 56.7)8242.76.0(30.9 - 54.5)2512.53.2(6.2 - 18.8)
New York1106356.78.7(39.6 - 73.8)3525.77.1(11.8 - 39.6)12N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
North Carolina1076467.76.7(54.6 - 80.8)3628.37.0(14.6 - 42.0)7N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Ohio24513552.56.2(40.3 - 64.7)9135.46.0(23.6 - 47.2)19N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Oklahoma22411954.45.9(42.8 - 66.0)6727.95.1(17.9 - 37.9)38N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Oregon1639873.75.5(62.9 - 84.5)4918.64.6(9.6 - 27.6)16N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Pennsylvania24712851.46.1(39.4 - 63.4)9842.26.3(29.9 - 54.5)216.41.7(3.1 - 9.7)
Rhode Island1948844.07.2(29.9 - 58.1)8442.26.7(29.1 - 55.3)22N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Texas2109938.17.3(23.8 - 52.4)9043.67.7(28.5 - 58.7)21N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Utah30415553.06.3(40.7 - 65.3)12339.86.1(27.8 - 51.8)26N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Vermont1887943.87.0(30.1 - 57.5)8647.07.1(33.1 - 60.9)239.22.7(3.9 - 14.5)
Washington28713442.15.6(31.1 - 53.1)11439.96.3(27.6 - 52.2)3917.95.3(7.5 - 28.3)
West Virginia1256857.65.9(46.0 - 69.2)4434.95.7(23.7 - 46.1)13N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Wisconsin1898540.76.4(28.2 - 53.2)8145.87.0(32.1 - 59.5)23N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Puerto Rico2058950.16.5(37.4 - 62.8)9735.85.5(25.0 - 46.6)19N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
38 state total8,7314,54650.71.7(47.4 - 54.0)3,28436.31.6(33.2 - 39.4)90113.01.5(10.1 - 15.9)
Median  51.2   39.2   12.4  
Range  34.8-73.7   18.6-49.9   6.4-25.0  

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

± 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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