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TABLE 8b. Estimated percent advised to make environmental changes for active1 and inactive2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2009

State/TerritoryActiveInactive
Sample
size±
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Arizona12035.47.3(21.1 - 49.7)46N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California54827.92.8(22.4 - 33.4)15816.53.5(9.6 - 23.4)
Connecticut25847.54.8(38.1 - 56.9)9527.56.8(14.2 - 40.8)
District of Columbia15055.85.3(45.4 - 66.2)5536.610.2(16.6 - 56.6)
Florida45834.74.7(25.5 - 43.9)127N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Georgia20038.96.1(26.9 - 50.9)58N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Hawaii27628.75.0(18.9 - 38.5)13819.95.5(9.1 - 30.7)
Illinois20532.24.3(23.8 - 40.6)7431.87.5(17.1 - 46.5)
Indiana42638.14.0(30.3 - 45.9)9122.76.8(9.4 - 36.0)
Iowa24628.03.7(20.7 - 35.3)92N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Kansas88236.02.6(30.9 - 41.1)24430.14.8(20.7 - 39.5)
Louisiana21937.96.6(25.0 - 50.8)64N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Maine25445.04.9(35.4 - 54.6)60N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Maryland29246.95.2(36.7 - 57.1)9723.65.8(12.2 - 35.0)
Massachusetts25144.65.4(34.0 - 55.2)6333.09.0(15.4 - 50.6)
Michigan53247.13.4(40.4 - 53.8)13226.65.9(15.0 - 38.2)
Montana32027.83.8(20.4 - 35.2)12329.87.3(15.5 - 44.1)
Nebraska55538.64.1(30.6 - 46.6)19719.75.4(9.1 - 30.3)
Nevada14032.76.9(19.2 - 46.2)38N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Hampshire28146.24.6(37.2 - 55.2)6727.98.2(11.8 - 44.0)
New Jersey39439.24.2(31.0 - 47.4)11129.76.3(17.4 - 42.0)
New Mexico22435.84.6(26.8 - 44.8)7622.46.6(9.5 - 35.3)
New York35542.74.5(33.9 - 51.5)7841.68.7(24.5 - 58.7)
North Dakota20038.65.1(28.6 - 48.6)50N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Ohio30232.64.6(23.6 - 41.6)84N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Oklahoma29238.85.0(29.0 - 48.6)9826.35.4(15.7 - 36.9)
Oregon16428.34.8(18.9 - 37.7)57N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Rhode Island32840.94.8(31.5 - 50.3)7517.95.0(8.1 - 27.7)
Texas50740.44.6(31.4 - 49.4)17924.77.2(10.6 - 38.8)
Utah48328.93.3(22.4 - 35.4)17220.35.4(9.7 - 30.9)
Vermont38345.64.5(36.8 - 54.4)8026.06.6(13.1 - 38.9)
Virginia19132.75.2(22.5 - 42.9)66N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Washington53637.23.4(30.5 - 43.9)22621.34.3(12.9 - 29.7)
West Virginia26241.84.8(32.4 - 51.2)56N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Wisconsin23639.95.3(29.5 - 50.3)52N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Puerto Rico25041.34.4(32.7 - 49.9)10829.25.9(17.6 - 40.8)
36 state total11,72036.91.0(34.9 - 38.9)3,58724.81.8(21.3 - 28.3)
Median 38.6   26.3  
Range 27.8-55.8   16.5-41.6  

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

2 Reported none of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for 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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