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2014 BRFSS Asthma Call-Back Survey Prevalence Tables


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, 2014

State/Territory Sample
size±		 Current Former
Sample
size		 % SE§ 95% CI† Sample
size		 % SE 95% CI
Alabama 270 219 82.9 4.7 (73.7 – 92.1) 51 17.1 4.7 (7.9 – 26.3)
Florida 308 215 67.9 5.7 (56.7 – 79.1) 93 32.1 5.7 (20.9 – 43.3)
Kansas 351 265 75.7 4.4 (67.1 – 84.3) 86 24.3 4.4 (15.7 – 32.9)
Louisiana 135 95 64.3 9.4 (45.9 – 82.7) 40 35.7 9.4 (17.3 – 54.1)
Massachusetts 185 139 76.6 7.1 (62.7 – 90.5) 46 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
5 state total 1,249 933 71.9 3.4 (65.2 – 78.6) 316 28.1 3.4 (21.4 – 34.8)
Median     75.7       28.2    
Range     64.3-82.9       17.1-35.7    

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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