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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, United States, 2006

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
Alaska1297153.47.4(38.9 - 67.9)4638.87.3(24.5 - 53.1)12N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Arizona1528545.77.8(30.4 - 61.0)4846.78.3(30.4 - 63.0)19N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California24513354.44.2(46.2 - 62.6)8935.23.9(27.6 - 42.8)2310.42.7(5.1 - 15.7)
Colorado27313853.43.9(45.8 - 61.0)11540.33.8(32.9 - 47.7)206.31.5(3.4 - 9.2)
Connecticut32316649.14.2(40.9 - 57.3)12236.73.8(29.3 - 44.1)3514.23.3(7.7 - 20.7)
District of Columbia1306548.17.1(34.2 - 62.0)5142.37.6(27.4 - 57.2)14N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Georgia25614652.65.3(42.2 - 63.0)7934.65.4(24.0 - 45.2)3112.83.3(6.3 - 19.3)
Hawaii2219237.14.5(28.3 - 45.9)8041.14.6(32.1 - 50.1)4921.83.7(14.5 - 29.1)
Indiana31517857.43.5(50.5 - 64.3)11232.53.2(26.2 - 38.8)2510.02.6(4.9 - 15.1)
Iowa1788749.44.2(41.2 - 57.6)7136.74.0(28.9 - 44.5)2013.93.2(7.6 - 20.2)
Kansas39119351.13.4(44.4 - 57.8)15036.83.4(30.1 - 43.5)4812.22.2(7.9 - 16.5)
Maine18010657.54.8(48.1 - 66.9)6236.34.6(27.3 - 45.3)12N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Maryland29114546.44.3(38.0 - 54.8)11437.44.2(29.2 - 45.6)3216.24.0(8.4 - 24.0)
Massachusetts26312749.35.1(39.3 - 59.3)10236.84.8(27.4 - 46.2)3413.83.5(6.9 - 20.7)
Michigan31816654.33.5(47.4 - 61.2)11635.93.3(29.4 - 42.4)369.81.9(6.1 - 13.5)
Missouri25614954.95.5(44.1 - 65.7)8732.34.9(22.7 - 41.9)2012.83.8(5.4 - 20.2)
Montana20610848.05.2(37.8 - 58.2)6537.85.6(26.8 - 48.8)3314.12.8(8.6 - 19.6)
Nebraska22911550.36.3(38.0 - 62.6)9237.76.2(25.5 - 49.9)22N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Hampshire23513052.54.3(44.1 - 60.9)8640.94.2(32.7 - 49.1)196.71.7(3.4 - 10.0)
New York27313944.84.2(36.6 - 53.0)10845.04.3(36.6 - 53.4)2610.22.5(5.3 - 15.1)
Oregon28714854.94.4(46.3 - 63.5)10734.74.0(26.9 - 42.5)3210.42.4(5.7 - 15.1)
Texas22812456.26.5(43.5 - 68.9)7434.46.7(21.3 - 47.5)309.42.3(4.9 - 13.9)
Vermont41518842.13.1(36.0 - 48.2)18444.53.2(38.2 - 50.8)4313.42.5(8.5 - 18.3)
Washington1,45580052.32.2(48.0 - 56.6)51937.52.1(33.4 - 41.6)13610.21.3(7.7 - 12.7)
Wisconsin1829653.46.3(41.1 - 65.7)6739.26.3(26.9 - 51.5)19N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
25 areas total7,4313,89552.01.5(49.1 - 54.9)2,74637.41.4(34.7 - 40.1)79010.60.8(9.0 - 12.2)
Median  52.3   37.4   12.2  
Range  37.1-57.5   32.3-46.7   6.3-21.8  

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

± 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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