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TABLE 2. Estimated percent of active1and inactive2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2011

State/TerritorySample
size±
ActiveInactive
Sample
size
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alabama25121480.65.0(70.8 - 90.4)3719.45.0(9.6 - 29.2)
Arizona33225277.34.8(67.9 - 86.7)8022.74.8(13.3 - 32.1)
California71853669.53.2(63.2 - 75.8)18230.53.2(24.2 - 36.8)
Connecticut34227978.24.6(69.2 - 87.2)6321.84.6(12.8 - 30.8)
District of Columbia22117076.05.1(66.0 - 86.0)5124.05.1(14.0 - 34.0)
Florida53141675.24.3(66.8 - 83.6)11524.84.3(16.4 - 33.2)
Georgia35827677.54.8(68.1 - 86.9)8222.54.8(13.1 - 31.9)
Hawaii38325753.85.3(43.4 - 64.2)12646.25.3(35.8 - 56.6)
Illinois24518772.16.7(59.0 - 85.2)5827.96.7(14.8 - 41.0)
Indiana42734273.54.1(65.5 - 81.5)8526.54.1(18.5 - 34.5)
Iowa26420779.83.8(72.4 - 87.2)5720.23.8(12.8 - 27.6)
Kansas98276972.62.7(67.3 - 77.9)21327.42.7(22.1 - 32.7)
Louisiana38528559.77.1(45.8 - 73.6)10040.37.1(26.4 - 54.2)
Maine35529583.43.1(77.3 - 89.5)6016.63.1(10.5 - 22.7)
Maryland29322775.84.1(67.8 - 83.8)6624.24.1(16.2 - 32.2)
Massachusetts31725172.96.2(60.7 - 85.1)6627.16.2(14.9 - 39.3)
Michigan64554779.63.4(72.9 - 86.3)9820.43.4(13.7 - 27.1)
Mississippi35628173.55.0(63.7 - 83.3)7526.55.0(16.7 - 36.3)
Missouri28222273.05.4(62.4 - 83.6)6027.05.4(16.4 - 37.6)
Montana45135777.63.3(71.1 - 84.1)9422.43.3(15.9 - 28.9)
Nebraska93772670.33.3(63.8 - 76.8)21129.73.3(23.2 - 36.2)
Nevada17514280.75.3(70.3 - 91.1)3319.35.3(8.9 - 29.7)
New Hampshire29124079.04.2(70.8 - 87.2)5121.04.2(12.8 - 29.2)
New Jersey46237278.53.3(72.0 - 85.0)9021.53.3(15.0 - 28.0)
New Mexico41334178.23.4(71.5 - 84.9)7221.83.4(15.1 - 28.5)
New York19014771.86.1(59.8 - 83.8)4328.26.1(16.2 - 40.2)
North Carolina30724477.84.4(69.2 - 86.4)6322.24.4(13.6 - 30.8)
North Dakota23818871.86.5(59.1 - 84.5)5028.26.5(15.5 - 40.9)
Ohio41134079.13.9(71.5 - 86.7)7120.93.9(13.3 - 28.5)
Oklahoma39931470.14.4(61.5 - 78.7)8529.94.4(21.3 - 38.5)
Oregon25520070.16.3(57.8 - 82.4)5529.96.3(17.6 - 42.2)
Pennsylvania51741370.54.2(62.3 - 78.7)10429.54.2(21.3 - 37.7)
Rhode Island33827381.13.3(74.6 - 87.6)6518.93.3(12.4 - 25.4)
Texas75857165.25.2(55.0 - 75.4)18734.85.2(24.6 - 45.0)
Utah60246071.93.6(64.8 - 79.0)14228.13.6(21.0 - 35.2)
Vermont42431772.03.5(65.1 - 78.9)10728.03.5(21.1 - 34.9)
Washington94567868.12.7(62.8 - 73.4)26731.92.7(26.6 - 37.2)
West Virginia24020283.93.4(77.2 - 90.6)3816.13.4(9.4 - 22.8)
Wisconsin28724476.45.5(65.6 - 87.2)4323.65.5(12.8 - 34.4)
Puerto Rico36632687.13.0(81.2 - 93.0)4012.93.0(7.0 - 18.8)
40 state total16,69313,10873.31.1(71.1 - 75.5)3,58526.71.1(24.5 - 28.9)
Median  75.5   24.5  
Range  53.8-87.1   12.9-46.2  

1 Aged ≥ 18 years
2 "Yes" response to "Do you still have asthma?"
3 Reported any of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma
± Landline sample size excludes "DK/Refused"
§ Standard error
Confidence interval

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