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TABLE 4b. Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past year among adults1 with active2 asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2012

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
Alabama27117059.06.2(46.8 - 71.2)8434.46.0(22.6 - 46.2)17N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Arizona22712337.29.1(19.4 - 55.0)8134.08.9(16.6 - 51.4)23N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California33618053.64.4(45.0 - 62.2)12435.84.2(27.6 - 44.0)3210.72.8(5.2 - 16.2)
Connecticut24911843.95.5(33.1 - 54.7)9944.75.7(33.5 - 55.9)3211.53.3(5.0 - 18.0)
District of Columbia1074541.810.7(20.8 - 62.8)4224.46.9(10.9 - 37.9)20N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Florida23413056.67.6(41.7 - 71.5)8430.05.4(19.4 - 40.6)20N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Georgia1597341.86.9(28.3 - 55.3)7044.77.2(30.6 - 58.8)16N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Hawaii1547249.36.4(36.8 - 61.8)5937.96.2(25.7 - 50.1)23N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Illinois21910141.36.4(28.8 - 53.8)9336.26.3(23.9 - 48.5)25N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Indiana25914052.56.0(40.7 - 64.3)9241.26.1(29.2 - 53.2)276.31.6(3.2 - 9.4)
Iowa1998945.56.6(32.6 - 58.4)10151.66.7(38.5 - 64.7)9N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Kansas40120148.54.6(39.5 - 57.5)16345.44.7(36.2 - 54.6)376.11.5(3.2 - 9.0)
Louisiana26813441.36.5(28.6 - 54.0)11545.37.0(31.6 - 59.0)19N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Maine22611959.55.1(49.5 - 69.5)8332.54.8(23.1 - 41.9)248.02.2(3.7 - 12.3)
Massachusetts2348435.65.1(25.6 - 45.6)12555.65.4(45.0 - 66.2)258.82.4(4.1 - 13.5)
Michigan48326053.84.1(45.8 - 61.8)18540.14.0(32.3 - 47.9)386.21.7(2.9 - 9.5)
Mississippi25813959.45.9(47.8 - 71.0)10237.35.8(25.9 - 48.7)17N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Missouri23712339.95.9(28.3 - 51.5)8943.86.8(30.5 - 57.1)25N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Montana28613948.55.9(36.9 - 60.1)11138.75.6(27.7 - 49.7)3612.93.5(6.0 - 19.8)
Nebraska50823746.34.2(38.1 - 54.5)23146.84.3(38.4 - 55.2)406.91.9(3.2 - 10.6)
Nevada1558143.67.9(28.1 - 59.1)6050.28.1(34.3 - 66.1)14N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Hampshire28313048.85.0(39.0 - 58.6)11340.55.0(30.7 - 50.3)4010.72.5(5.8 - 15.6)
New Jersey40619245.75.3(35.3 - 56.1)16043.05.2(32.8 - 53.2)5411.22.4(6.5 - 15.9)
New Mexico30517156.54.8(47.1 - 65.9)11239.04.7(29.8 - 48.2)224.41.1(2.2 - 6.6)
New York1899452.07.2(37.9 - 66.1)7729.66.3(17.3 - 41.9)18N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
North Carolina1757348.77.0(35.0 - 62.4)8545.77.2(31.6 - 59.8)17N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
North Dakota1486242.57.5(27.8 - 57.2)7146.07.3(31.7 - 60.3)15N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Ohio41619848.05.7(36.8 - 59.2)18046.05.8(34.6 - 57.4)386.01.8(2.5 - 9.5)
Oklahoma21313259.86.4(47.3 - 72.3)6131.96.0(20.1 - 43.7)20N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Oregon22312253.05.9(41.4 - 64.6)8035.75.7(24.5 - 46.9)21N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Pennsylvania61029941.74.5(32.9 - 50.5)24943.64.9(34.0 - 53.2)62N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Rhode Island1909551.26.5(38.5 - 63.9)7943.76.4(31.2 - 56.2)16N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Texas22011653.79.1(35.9 - 71.5)8038.89.0(21.2 - 56.4)24N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Vermont24311346.85.5(36.0 - 57.6)9339.45.4(28.8 - 50.0)3713.83.6(6.7 - 20.9)
Washington48827054.04.2(45.8 - 62.2)16134.84.1(26.8 - 42.8)5711.22.5(6.3 - 16.1)
West Virginia20911255.24.7(46.0 - 64.4)7837.94.7(28.7 - 47.1)196.91.8(3.4 - 10.4)
Wisconsin1858761.57.1(47.6 - 75.4)7730.86.1(18.8 - 42.8)21N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
37 state total9,9735,02449.81.5(46.9 - 52.7)3,94938.51.4(35.8 - 41.2)1,00011.71.2(9.3 - 14.1)
Median  48.7   39.4   8.4  
Range  35.6-61.5   24.4-55.6   4.4-13.8  

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

2 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

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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