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2014 BRFSS Asthma Call-Back Survey Prevalence Tables


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 Land Line Sample, United States, 2014

State/Territory Active Inactive
Sample
size±		 % SE§ 95% CI† Sample
size		 % SE 95% CI
Alabama 231 37.1 7.6 (22.2 – 52.0) 41 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Florida 229 38.3 6.1 (26.3 – 50.3) 76 37.3 10.7 (16.3 – 58.3)
Kansas 274 37.9 6.2 (25.7 – 50.1) 77 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Louisiana 106 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 23 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Massachusetts 141 51.4 8.1 (35.5 – 67.3) 43 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
5 state total 981 40.5 3.7 (33.2 – 47.8) 260 37.1 7.7 (22.0 – 52.2)
Median   38.1       37.3    
Range   37.1-51.4       37.3-37.3    

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

± 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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