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2014 ACBS Landline-Cellphone Combined Prevalence Tables

TABLE 4b. Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past year among adults1 with active2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line And Cell Phone Combined Sample, United States, 2014

State/Territory Sample
size±		 Attack in past year No attack in past year No symptoms in past year
Sample
size		 % SE§ 95% CI† Sample
size		 % SE 95% CI Sample
size		 % SE 95% CI
Connecticut 226 114 52.6 5.7 (41.4 – 63.8) 85 36.1 5.4 (25.5 – 46.7) 27 11.3 2.8 (5.8 – 16.8)
District of Columbia 111 54 53.4 10.0 (33.8 – 73.0) 41 40.8 10.0 (21.2 – 60.4) 16 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Georgia 139 73 60.7 6.9 (47.2 – 74.2) 53 33.6 6.6 (20.7 – 46.5) 13 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Hawaii 195 92 41.1 6.1 (29.1 – 53.1) 78 42.0 5.7 (30.8 – 53.2) 25 16.9 4.7 (7.7 – 26.1)
Illinois 202 101 51.0 5.1 (41.0 – 61.0) 82 39.2 4.8 (29.8 – 48.6) 19 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Indiana 511 260 52.2 3.5 (45.3 – 59.1) 204 36.9 3.3 (30.4 – 43.4) 47 10.9 2.5 (6.0 – 15.8)
Iowa 250 99 40.3 4.5 (31.5 – 49.1) 118 50.6 4.6 (41.6 – 59.6) 33 9.1 2.0 (5.2 – 13.0)
Maine 309 156 55.0 4.0 (47.2 – 62.8) 123 36.8 3.9 (29.2 – 44.4) 30 8.2 2.0 (4.3 – 12.1)
Maryland 220 92 36.0 5.2 (25.8 – 46.2) 96 48.9 5.9 (37.3 – 60.5) 32 15.2 3.8 (7.8 – 22.6)
Michigan 445 213 45.9 3.2 (39.6 – 52.2) 201 46.3 3.3 (39.8 – 52.8) 31 7.7 1.8 (4.2 – 11.2)
Mississippi 137 74 59.7 6.7 (46.6 – 72.8) 55 38.8 6.7 (25.7 – 51.9) 8 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Missouri 259 131 54.3 4.9 (44.7 – 63.9) 108 41.1 4.8 (31.7 – 50.5) 20 4.6 1.3 (2.1 – 7.1)
Montana 261 130 50.6 4.9 (41.0 – 60.2) 110 40.6 4.9 (31.0 – 50.2) 21 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Nebraska 716 332 43.5 3.3 (37.0 – 50.0) 309 41.4 3.3 (34.9 – 47.9) 75 15.1 3.4 (8.4 – 21.8)
Nevada 150 78 61.0 5.9 (49.4 – 72.6) 53 30.0 5.5 (19.2 – 40.8) 19 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New Hampshire 224 109 47.8 5.1 (37.8 – 57.8) 91 46.2 5.3 (35.8 – 56.6) 24 5.9 1.5 (3.0 – 8.8)
New Jersey 449 218 47.1 3.9 (39.5 – 54.7) 171 36.6 3.6 (29.5 – 43.7) 60 16.3 3.0 (10.4 – 22.2)
New Mexico 257 112 45.3 4.8 (35.9 – 54.7) 112 45.8 4.9 (36.2 – 55.4) 33 8.9 2.1 (4.8 – 13.0)
New York 118 62 52.3 7.5 (37.6 – 67.0) 47 44.2 7.5 (29.5 – 58.9) 9 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
North Carolina 135 78 63.2 6.4 (50.7 – 75.7) 49 32.8 6.2 (20.6 – 45.0) 8 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Ohio 360 177 53.4 4.1 (45.4 – 61.4) 152 36.2 3.9 (28.6 – 43.8) 31 10.4 2.6 (5.3 – 15.5)
Oklahoma 215 133 62.7 4.3 (54.3 – 71.1) 65 27.7 3.8 (20.3 – 35.1) 17 9.7 2.7 (4.4 – 15.0)
Oregon 191 90 50.7 5.7 (39.5 – 61.9) 81 41.4 5.7 (30.2 – 52.6) 20 7.9 2.1 (3.8 – 12.0)
Pennsylvania 431 228 53.5 3.8 (46.1 – 60.9) 164 36.5 3.6 (29.4 – 43.6) 39 10.0 2.3 (5.5 – 14.5)
Rhode Island 211 108 51.3 5.8 (39.9 – 62.7) 83 40.0 5.7 (28.8 – 51.2) 20 8.6 2.4 (3.9 – 13.3)
Texas 529 274 49.9 3.9 (42.3 – 57.5) 216 43.6 3.9 (36.0 – 51.2) 39 6.5 1.6 (3.4 – 9.6)
Utah 543 276 50.7 2.8 (45.2 – 56.2) 226 42.7 2.8 (37.2 – 48.2) 41 6.7 1.4 (4.0 – 9.4)
Vermont 251 128 49.3 4.0 (41.5 – 57.1) 100 41.7 4.0 (33.9 – 49.5) 23 9.0 2.2 (4.7 – 13.3)
Washington 386 205 51.6 5.1 (41.6 – 61.6) 147 39.3 5.1 (29.3 – 49.3) 34 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
West Virginia 238 120 48.1 4.2 (39.9 – 56.3) 102 46.8 4.2 (38.6 – 55.0) 16 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Wisconsin 250 126 55.9 4.9 (46.3 – 65.5) 102 37.0 4.7 (27.8 – 46.2) 22 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Puerto Rico 390 157 41.6 3.4 (34.9 – 48.3) 205 51.1 3.5 (44.2 – 58.0) 28 7.3 1.9 (3.6 – 11.0)
32 state total 9,309 4,600 51.7 1.3 (49.2 – 54.2) 3,829 40.2 1.3 (37.7 – 42.7) 880 8.1 0.5 (7.1 – 9.1)
Median 51.2 40.7 9.0
Range 36.0-63.2 27.7-51.1 4.6-16.9

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

± Landline and cell phone combined 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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