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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, 2009

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
Arizona1145542.87.8(27.5 - 58.1)4246.28.0(30.5 - 61.9)17N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California51728156.33.3(49.8 - 62.8)17431.33.1(25.2 - 37.4)6212.32.0(8.4 - 16.2)
Connecticut23611849.95.2(39.7 - 60.1)9137.64.9(28.0 - 47.2)2712.53.3(6.0 - 19.0)
District of Columbia1346048.05.7(36.8 - 59.2)5639.85.5(29.0 - 50.6)1812.33.6(5.2 - 19.4)
Florida41021751.64.6(42.6 - 60.6)15138.04.6(29.0 - 47.0)4210.42.3(5.9 - 14.9)
Georgia1899947.95.9(36.3 - 59.5)6842.96.1(30.9 - 54.9)22N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Hawaii27811339.64.8(30.2 - 49.0)11646.75.0(36.9 - 56.5)4913.73.2(7.4 - 20.0)
Illinois1877744.15.2(33.9 - 54.3)8943.15.0(33.3 - 52.9)2112.93.3(6.4 - 19.4)
Indiana39319049.14.2(40.9 - 57.3)16839.94.0(32.1 - 47.7)3511.13.3(4.6 - 17.6)
Iowa23210941.84.7(32.6 - 51.0)9447.95.3(37.5 - 58.3)2910.32.4(5.6 - 15.0)
Kansas82142745.92.8(40.4 - 51.4)32142.32.9(36.6 - 48.0)7311.92.1(7.8 - 16.0)
Louisiana19712160.56.0(48.7 - 72.3)5629.85.5(19.0 - 40.6)20N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Maine23211954.15.2(43.9 - 64.3)9236.14.6(27.1 - 45.1)21N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Maryland26913350.15.7(38.9 - 61.3)9937.95.7(26.7 - 49.1)3712.02.9(6.3 - 17.7)
Massachusetts22510053.95.4(43.3 - 64.5)10337.25.2(27.0 - 47.4)228.92.5(4.0 - 13.8)
Michigan47226153.03.7(45.7 - 60.3)17333.73.4(27.0 - 40.4)3813.33.5(6.4 - 20.2)
Montana30114045.44.9(35.8 - 55.0)11934.34.1(26.3 - 42.3)4220.24.9(10.6 - 29.8)
Nebraska54025643.14.1(35.1 - 51.1)21344.94.3(36.5 - 53.3)7112.02.8(6.5 - 17.5)
Nevada1317363.77.9(48.2 - 79.2)4626.96.8(13.6 - 40.2)12N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Hampshire25712646.04.9(36.4 - 55.6)10545.14.9(35.5 - 54.7)269.02.5(4.1 - 13.9)
New Jersey36117043.74.3(35.3 - 52.1)14341.04.4(32.4 - 49.6)4815.33.4(8.6 - 22.0)
New Mexico20411355.15.0(45.3 - 64.9)7435.84.8(26.4 - 45.2)179.22.6(4.1 - 14.3)
New York32217651.45.1(41.4 - 61.4)11341.05.4(30.4 - 51.6)337.62.1(3.5 - 11.7)
North Dakota1919048.95.2(38.7 - 59.1)8437.24.7(28.0 - 46.4)17N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Ohio27514552.05.4(41.4 - 62.6)10238.55.5(27.7 - 49.3)289.52.5(4.6 - 14.4)
Oklahoma28015054.25.0(44.4 - 64.0)10839.05.2(28.8 - 49.2)226.81.9(3.1 - 10.5)
Oregon1478052.26.1(40.2 - 64.2)5138.66.1(26.6 - 50.6)16N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Rhode Island30116058.84.6(49.8 - 67.8)10630.13.9(22.5 - 37.7)3511.12.8(5.6 - 16.6)
Texas47026053.24.6(44.2 - 62.2)15937.34.6(28.3 - 46.3)519.52.4(4.8 - 14.2)
Utah43624455.63.8(48.2 - 63.0)15433.93.4(27.2 - 40.6)3810.42.7(5.1 - 15.7)
Vermont35515944.44.6(35.4 - 53.4)16145.94.7(36.7 - 55.1)359.72.6(4.6 - 14.8)
Virginia1888844.16.1(32.1 - 56.1)7547.46.5(34.7 - 60.1)258.42.0(4.5 - 12.3)
Washington48724248.53.9(40.9 - 56.1)18940.23.7(32.9 - 47.5)5611.42.5(6.5 - 16.3)
West Virginia25013958.04.7(48.8 - 67.2)9232.24.4(23.6 - 40.8)199.82.9(4.1 - 15.5)
Wisconsin22411154.95.5(44.1 - 65.7)8434.35.1(24.3 - 44.3)29N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Puerto Rico1679652.35.5(41.5 - 63.1)4932.75.3(22.3 - 43.1)2215.04.0(7.2 - 22.8)
36 state total10,7935,49851.31.1(49.1 - 53.5)4,12037.91.1(35.7 - 40.1)1,17510.70.6(9.5 - 11.9)
Median  50.8   38.3   11.1  
Range  39.6-63.7   26.9-47.9   6.8-20.2  

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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