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Multiple Year (2006 ~ 2010) Child Asthma Call-back Survey Prevalence Tables

TABLE 4b. Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past year among children1 with active2 asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006-2010
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
Arizona1508457.16.5(44.4 - 69.8)5132.66.3(20.3 - 44.9)15N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California21411655.84.6(46.8 - 64.8)6631.44.4(22.8 - 40.0)3212.82.9(7.1 - 18.5)
Connecticut42722251.23.1(45.1 - 57.3)13028.12.8(22.6 - 33.6)7520.72.7(15.4 - 26.0)
District of Columbia1487249.35.1(39.3 - 59.3)4931.24.6(22.2 - 40.2)2719.54.1(11.5 - 27.5)
Georgia41422350.23.5(43.3 - 57.1)12934.93.4(28.2 - 41.6)6214.92.4(10.2 - 19.6)
Hawaii45320545.83.0(39.9 - 51.7)16837.12.9(31.4 - 42.8)8017.12.2(12.8 - 21.4)
Illinois20010153.44.5(44.6 - 62.2)6329.24.1(21.2 - 37.2)3617.43.2(11.1 - 23.7)
Indiana39422255.73.4(49.0 - 62.4)12833.83.2(27.5 - 40.1)4410.52.0(6.6 - 14.4)
Iowa28013450.83.5(43.9 - 57.7)9635.13.3(28.6 - 41.6)5014.12.3(9.6 - 18.6)
Kansas66733550.62.3(46.1 - 55.1)23133.22.1(29.1 - 37.3)10116.11.8(12.6 - 19.6)
Louisiana1216048.75.5(37.9 - 59.5)4542.75.5(31.9 - 53.5)168.62.3(4.1 - 13.1)
Maine34417251.73.1(45.6 - 57.8)11831.92.9(26.2 - 37.6)5416.52.4(11.8 - 21.2)
Maryland47725452.63.0(46.7 - 58.5)13429.62.7(24.3 - 34.9)8917.82.3(13.3 - 22.3)
Massachusetts32015048.54.0(40.7 - 56.3)11834.63.7(27.3 - 41.9)5216.93.4(10.2 - 23.6)
Michigan54229956.32.8(50.8 - 61.8)14527.22.5(22.3 - 32.1)9816.52.0(12.6 - 20.4)
Mississippi955354.86.7(41.7 - 67.9)3438.46.7(25.3 - 51.5)8N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Missouri25914052.84.5(44.0 - 61.6)8934.24.2(26.0 - 42.4)3013.03.7(5.7 - 20.3)
Montana25813956.43.8(49.0 - 63.8)7829.13.5(22.2 - 36.0)4114.52.6(9.4 - 19.6)
Nebraska54726050.53.6(43.4 - 57.6)19133.23.5(26.3 - 40.1)9616.32.8(10.8 - 21.8)
New Hampshire1779353.04.5(44.2 - 61.8)5732.74.4(24.1 - 41.3)2714.33.4(7.6 - 21.0)
New Jersey34615743.13.8(35.7 - 50.5)12437.03.8(29.6 - 44.4)6519.93.2(13.6 - 26.2)
New Mexico26813052.84.2(44.6 - 61.0)8829.63.6(22.5 - 36.7)5017.63.2(11.3 - 23.9)
New York34617251.83.8(44.4 - 59.2)11530.43.5(23.5 - 37.3)5917.83.2(11.5 - 24.1)
North Dakota1246250.05.4(39.4 - 60.6)4436.85.2(26.6 - 47.0)1813.23.3(6.7 - 19.7)
Ohio26612648.74.5(39.9 - 57.5)9435.74.5(26.9 - 44.5)4615.52.9(9.8 - 21.2)
Oklahoma26114457.93.8(50.5 - 65.3)8431.43.6(24.3 - 38.5)3310.72.1(6.6 - 14.8)
Oregon22610955.34.1(47.3 - 63.3)6727.63.6(20.5 - 34.7)5017.02.6(11.9 - 22.1)
Pennsylvania1557753.05.5(42.2 - 63.8)5032.04.9(22.4 - 41.6)2815.03.7(7.7 - 22.3)
Rhode Island18910154.24.2(46.0 - 62.4)4825.23.8(17.8 - 32.6)4020.63.3(14.1 - 27.1)
Texas57230652.13.5(45.2 - 59.0)18033.43.5(26.5 - 40.3)8614.52.6(9.4 - 19.6)
Utah42225763.13.4(56.4 - 69.8)11325.63.1(19.5 - 31.7)5211.31.9(7.6 - 15.0)
Vermont44921651.12.9(45.4 - 56.8)16233.32.6(28.2 - 38.4)7115.62.0(11.7 - 19.5)
Virginia1015358.28.2(42.1 - 74.3)3130.48.2(14.3 - 46.5)1711.42.9(5.7 - 17.1)
Washington38619649.33.3(42.8 - 55.8)12533.83.1(27.7 - 39.9)6516.92.7(11.6 - 22.2)
West Virginia22411653.83.9(46.2 - 61.4)8437.63.7(30.3 - 44.9)248.61.9(4.9 - 12.3)
Wisconsin20010254.34.6(45.3 - 63.3)6932.84.3(24.4 - 41.2)2912.92.9(7.2 - 18.6)
36 state total11,0225,65852.91.1(50.7 - 55.1)3,59832.31.0(30.3 - 34.3)1,76614.80.7(13.4 - 16.2)
Median  52.7   32.8   15.6  
Range  43.1-63.1   25.2-42.7   8.6-20.7  

1 Aged < 18 years

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

± Sample size is for multiple years of participation. Responses of “Don’t Know” and “Refused” are excluded.

§ 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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