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TABLE 8a. Estimated percent advised to make environmental changes for current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2009

State/TerritoryCurrentFormer
Sample
size±
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Arizona11532.17.3(17.8 - 46.4)43N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California51629.92.9(24.2 - 35.6)18515.23.0(9.3 - 21.1)
Connecticut23648.15.2(37.9 - 58.3)10829.56.0(17.7 - 41.3)
District of Columbia13359.35.4(48.7 - 69.9)6236.99.8(17.7 - 56.1)
Florida41937.44.7(28.2 - 46.6)159N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Georgia19241.95.9(30.3 - 53.5)64N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Hawaii27925.54.9(15.9 - 35.1)12624.86.1(12.8 - 36.8)
Illinois18633.34.6(24.3 - 42.3)9130.06.6(17.1 - 42.9)
Indiana39239.94.2(31.7 - 48.1)11321.85.9(10.2 - 33.4)
Iowa23228.83.9(21.2 - 36.4)100N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Kansas82838.02.8(32.5 - 43.5)26825.54.3(17.1 - 33.9)
Louisiana19742.36.9(28.8 - 55.8)8014.74.2(6.5 - 22.9)
Maine23544.45.2(34.2 - 54.6)6725.96.6(13.0 - 38.8)
Maryland26947.65.6(36.6 - 58.6)10826.25.9(14.6 - 37.8)
Massachusetts22645.65.8(34.2 - 57.0)8532.77.6(17.8 - 47.6)
Michigan47647.63.6(40.5 - 54.7)16729.65.7(18.4 - 40.8)
Montana30926.93.8(19.5 - 34.3)12631.37.5(16.6 - 46.0)
Nebraska54937.64.1(29.6 - 45.6)18721.36.1(9.3 - 33.3)
Nevada13235.17.5(20.4 - 49.8)43N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Hampshire25747.24.8(37.8 - 56.6)8330.97.4(16.4 - 45.4)
New Jersey36440.14.3(31.7 - 48.5)13730.66.0(18.8 - 42.4)
New Mexico20335.14.8(25.7 - 44.5)8924.56.2(12.3 - 36.7)
New York32542.14.7(32.9 - 51.3)10044.37.7(29.2 - 59.4)
North Dakota19035.15.0(25.3 - 44.9)5333.59.9(14.1 - 52.9)
Ohio27832.54.8(23.1 - 41.9)10420.05.5(9.2 - 30.8)
Oklahoma28438.35.1(28.3 - 48.3)10026.15.4(15.5 - 36.7)
Oregon14729.95.1(19.9 - 39.9)65N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Rhode Island30342.94.9(33.3 - 52.5)90N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Texas47538.54.7(29.3 - 47.7)19630.07.2(15.9 - 44.1)
Utah43431.13.5(24.2 - 38.0)20518.64.7(9.4 - 27.8)
Vermont35742.84.7(33.6 - 52.0)10237.56.7(24.4 - 50.6)
Virginia18730.35.1(20.3 - 40.3)68N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Washington49439.33.6(32.2 - 46.4)24820.83.7(13.5 - 28.1)
West Virginia25340.84.9(31.2 - 50.4)61N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Wisconsin22438.45.4(27.8 - 49.0)62N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Puerto Rico16836.05.0(26.2 - 45.8)18838.15.0(28.3 - 47.9)
36 state total10,86437.41.0(35.4 - 39.4)4,13326.11.7(22.8 - 29.4)
Median 38.4   27.9  
Range 25.5-59.3   14.7-44.3  

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

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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