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TABLE 1. Estimated percent of current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2009

State/TerritorySample
size±
CurrentFormer
Sample
size
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Arizona15811567.38.4(50.8 - 83.8)4332.78.4(16.2 - 49.2)
California70251764.23.4(57.5 - 70.9)18535.83.4(29.1 - 42.5)
Connecticut34623763.64.1(55.6 - 71.6)10936.44.1(28.4 - 44.4)
District of Columbia19613461.65.3(51.2 - 72.0)6238.45.3(28.0 - 48.8)
Florida58141959.55.3(49.1 - 69.9)16240.55.3(30.1 - 50.9)
Georgia25719263.16.0(51.3 - 74.9)6536.96.0(25.1 - 48.7)
Hawaii40527961.94.1(53.9 - 69.9)12638.14.1(30.1 - 46.1)
Illinois27818760.14.3(51.7 - 68.5)9139.94.3(31.5 - 48.3)
Indiana51039676.22.9(70.5 - 81.9)11423.82.9(18.1 - 29.5)
Iowa33323360.34.7(51.1 - 69.5)10039.74.7(30.5 - 48.9)
Kansas1,10683472.62.3(68.1 - 77.1)27227.42.3(22.9 - 31.9)
Louisiana27919866.05.5(55.2 - 76.8)8134.05.5(23.2 - 44.8)
Maine30723678.53.1(72.4 - 84.6)7121.53.1(15.4 - 27.6)
Maryland37726963.14.3(54.7 - 71.5)10836.94.3(28.5 - 45.3)
Massachusetts31222766.24.5(57.4 - 75.0)8533.84.5(25.0 - 42.6)
Michigan64848067.83.4(61.1 - 74.5)16832.23.4(25.5 - 38.9)
Montana43730966.43.7(59.1 - 73.7)12833.63.7(26.3 - 40.9)
Nebraska73754969.23.8(61.8 - 76.6)18830.83.8(23.4 - 38.2)
Nevada17513275.05.0(65.2 - 84.8)4325.05.0(15.2 - 34.8)
New Hampshire34225969.44.1(61.4 - 77.4)8330.64.1(22.6 - 38.6)
New Jersey50436565.93.7(58.6 - 73.2)13934.13.7(26.8 - 41.4)
New Mexico29420560.94.9(51.3 - 70.5)8939.14.9(29.5 - 48.7)
New York43032774.43.4(67.7 - 81.1)10325.63.4(18.9 - 32.3)
North Dakota24619277.44.0(69.6 - 85.2)5422.64.0(14.8 - 30.4)
Ohio38327868.14.4(59.5 - 76.7)10531.94.4(23.3 - 40.5)
Oklahoma38528469.13.5(62.2 - 76.0)10130.93.5(24.0 - 37.8)
Oregon21515070.74.8(61.3 - 80.1)6529.34.8(19.9 - 38.7)
Rhode Island39330372.73.9(65.1 - 80.3)9027.33.9(19.7 - 34.9)
Texas67547654.34.2(46.1 - 62.5)19945.74.2(37.5 - 53.9)
Utah64643860.93.3(54.4 - 67.4)20839.13.3(32.6 - 45.6)
Vermont46536078.82.8(73.3 - 84.3)10521.22.8(15.7 - 26.7)
Virginia25618868.26.1(56.2 - 80.2)6831.86.1(19.8 - 43.8)
Washington74949961.63.1(55.5 - 67.7)25038.43.1(32.3 - 44.5)
West Virginia31525372.83.7(65.5 - 80.1)6227.23.7(19.9 - 34.5)
Wisconsin28722473.94.6(64.9 - 82.9)6326.14.6(17.1 - 35.1)
Puerto Rico35816842.73.6(35.6 - 49.8)19057.33.6(50.2 - 64.4)
36 state total15,08710,91265.11.0(63.1 - 67.1)4,17534.91.0(32.9 - 36.9)
Median  66.9   33.2  
Range  42.7-78.8   21.2-57.3  

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

2 "No" response to "Do you still have asthma?"

3 Aged ≥ 18 years

± Sample size excludes "DK/Refused"

§ Standard error

Confidence interval

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