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TABLE 4b. Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past year among adults with active asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line And Cell Phone Combined 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
California38821154.04.0(46.2 - 61.8)13936.13.8(28.7 - 43.5)389.92.4(5.2 - 14.6)
Hawaii24211349.15.0(39.3 - 58.9)9438.44.8(29.0 - 47.8)3512.52.8(7.0 - 18.0)
Illinois23411249.25.6(38.2 - 60.2)9633.15.0(23.3 - 42.9)26N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Indiana35919955.23.7(47.9 - 62.5)12537.13.7(29.8 - 44.4)357.71.7(4.4 - 11.0)
Iowa24111045.34.4(36.7 - 53.9)12049.84.5(41.0 - 58.6)11N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Michigan59832353.93.2(47.6 - 60.2)22736.83.0(30.9 - 42.7)489.32.3(4.8 - 13.8)
Mississippi31717254.54.6(45.5 - 63.5)12340.34.6(31.3 - 49.3)22N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Missouri29716253.84.7(44.6 - 63.0)10334.64.6(25.6 - 43.6)3211.63.1(5.5 - 17.7)
Montana30114745.94.6(36.9 - 54.9)11741.94.7(32.7 - 51.1)3712.22.8(6.7 - 17.7)
Nebraska65430645.42.9(39.7 - 51.1)29545.83.0(39.9 - 51.7)538.81.7(5.5 - 12.1)
Nevada1799444.26.0(32.4 - 56.0)6845.96.2(33.7 - 58.1)17N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Hampshire31315152.04.2(43.8 - 60.2)12237.74.1(29.7 - 45.7)4010.42.3(5.9 - 14.9)
New Mexico38821853.23.8(45.8 - 60.6)14140.43.8(33.0 - 47.8)296.41.5(3.5 - 9.3)
New York21410452.05.7(40.8 - 63.2)9034.55.1(24.5 - 44.5)20N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Ohio44921646.44.2(38.2 - 54.6)19346.84.2(38.6 - 55.0)406.81.6(3.7 - 9.9)
Oklahoma26215153.54.6(44.5 - 62.5)8637.14.4(28.5 - 45.7)259.32.5(4.4 - 14.2)
Oregon25113647.84.6(38.8 - 56.8)9036.94.5(28.1 - 45.7)2515.34.3(6.9 - 23.7)
Pennsylvania75138448.03.0(42.1 - 53.9)29438.72.9(33.0 - 44.4)7313.32.4(8.6 - 18.0)
Texas27113951.25.2(41.0 - 61.4)10641.45.1(31.4 - 51.4)267.42.1(3.3 - 11.5)
Vermont28313550.04.3(41.6 - 58.4)10737.84.2(29.6 - 46.0)4112.22.5(7.3 - 17.1)
Washington55131557.23.2(50.9 - 63.5)17331.02.9(25.3 - 36.7)6311.82.2(7.5 - 16.1)
Wisconsin22410855.65.3(45.2 - 66.0)9236.55.0(26.7 - 46.3)24N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
22 state total7,7674,00651.81.4(49.1 - 54.5)3,00137.71.3(35.2 - 40.2)76010.51.0(8.5 - 12.5)
Median  51.6   37.8   10.2  
Range  44.2-57.2   31.0-49.8   6.4-15.3  

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 and cell phone combined 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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