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2013 BRFSS Asthma Call-Back Survey Prevalence Tables

TABLE 1. Estimated percent of current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2013

State/TerritorySample
size±
CurrentFormer
Sample
size
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alabama16413364.39.6(45.5 - 83.1)3135.79.6(16.9 - 54.5)
Arizona13310366.311.5(43.8 - 88.8)30N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California26416859.65.6(48.6 - 70.6)9640.45.6(29.4 - 51.4)
Connecticut30821460.36.7(47.2 - 73.4)9439.76.7(26.6 - 52.8)
Florida97972969.44.3(61.0 - 77.8)25030.64.3(22.2 - 39.0)
Georgia18812366.86.6(53.9 - 79.7)6533.26.6(20.3 - 46.1)
Hawaii17011062.98.1(47.0 - 78.8)6037.18.1(21.2 - 53.0)
Indiana41432372.14.6(63.1 - 81.1)9127.94.6(18.9 - 36.9)
Iowa27820962.66.5(49.9 - 75.3)6937.46.5(24.7 - 50.1)
Kansas80463174.13.2(67.8 - 80.4)17325.93.2(19.6 - 32.2)
Kentucky40933571.64.6(62.6 - 80.6)7428.44.6(19.4 - 37.4)
Louisiana17812660.18.7(43.0 - 77.2)5239.98.7(22.8 - 57.0)
Maine28422375.64.2(67.4 - 83.8)6124.44.2(16.2 - 32.6)
Maryland30222973.44.8(64.0 - 82.8)7326.64.8(17.2 - 36.0)
Massachusetts18614363.99.9(44.5 - 83.3)4336.19.9(16.7 - 55.5)
Michigan56446175.83.9(68.2 - 83.4)10324.23.9(16.6 - 31.8)
Mississippi27321576.26.7(63.1 - 89.3)5823.86.7(10.7 - 36.9)
Missouri27021472.25.2(62.0 - 82.4)5627.85.2(17.6 - 38.0)
Montana34325973.46.4(60.9 - 85.9)8426.66.4(14.1 - 39.1)
Nebraska35626769.36.4(56.8 - 81.8)8930.76.4(18.2 - 43.2)
Nevada15010055.011.3(32.9 - 77.1)5045.011.3(22.9 - 67.1)
New Hampshire28521670.25.4(59.6 - 80.8)6929.85.4(19.2 - 40.4)
New Jersey33125271.74.9(62.1 - 81.3)7928.34.9(18.7 - 37.9)
New Mexico30022463.95.9(52.3 - 75.5)7636.15.9(24.5 - 47.7)
New York14611379.55.9(67.9 - 91.1)3320.55.9(8.9 - 32.1)
North Carolina14610866.07.5(51.3 - 80.7)3834.07.5(19.3 - 48.7)
Ohio31624773.75.1(63.7 - 83.7)6926.35.1(16.3 - 36.3)
Oklahoma30822765.35.5(54.5 - 76.1)8134.75.5(23.9 - 45.5)
Oregon23316675.85.2(65.6 - 86.0)6724.25.2(14.0 - 34.4)
Pennsylvania33125070.24.5(61.4 - 79.0)8129.84.5(21.0 - 38.6)
Rhode Island24119783.53.7(76.2 - 90.8)4416.53.7(9.2 - 23.8)
Texas30121359.47.2(45.3 - 73.5)8840.67.2(26.5 - 54.7)
Utah43531072.13.9(64.5 - 79.7)12527.93.9(20.3 - 35.5)
Vermont25719072.54.7(63.3 - 81.7)6727.54.7(18.3 - 36.7)
Washington39329071.65.3(61.2 - 82.0)10328.45.3(18.0 - 38.8)
West Virginia14612680.25.3(69.8 - 90.6)2019.85.3(9.4 - 30.2)
Wisconsin22819068.99.2(50.9 - 86.9)3831.19.2(13.1 - 49.1)
Puerto Rico31420555.55.1(45.5 - 65.5)10944.55.1(34.5 - 54.5)
38 state total11,7288,83968.01.5(65.1 - 70.9)2,88932.01.5(29.1 - 34.9)
Median  70.2   29.8  
Range  55.0-83.5   16.5-45.0  

1 "Yes" response to "Do you still have asthma?"

2 "No" response to "Do you still have asthma?"

3 Aged ≥ 18 years

± 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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