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, United States, 2008

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State/TerritoryActiveInactive
Sample
size±
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Arizona15536.28.5(19.5 - 52.9)46N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California44332.03.1(25.9 - 38.1)15622.34.1(14.3 - 30.3)
Connecticut25342.35.1(32.3 - 52.3)10328.96.6(16.0 - 41.8)
District of Columbia16048.35.9(36.7 - 59.9)7829.36.6(16.4 - 42.2)
Florida34536.05.1(26.0 - 46.0)11226.46.4(13.9 - 38.9)
Georgia22646.56.4(34.0 - 59.0)46N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Hawaii32443.24.2(35.0 - 51.4)15226.65.2(16.4 - 36.8)
Illinois25846.64.5(37.8 - 55.4)58N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Indiana25942.24.5(33.4 - 51.0)6232.49.5(13.8 - 51.0)
Iowa25532.44.7(23.2 - 41.6)7423.95.8(12.5 - 35.3)
Kansas44030.63.1(24.5 - 36.7)11920.65.8(9.2 - 32.0)
Maine42545.33.4(38.6 - 52.0)12828.35.6(17.3 - 39.3)
Maryland35249.64.1(41.6 - 57.6)13239.47.8(24.1 - 54.7)
Massachusetts33337.14.4(28.5 - 45.7)81N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Michigan56245.43.7(38.1 - 52.7)12726.56.9(13.0 - 40.0)
Missouri26631.84.6(22.8 - 40.8)6341.29.1(23.4 - 59.0)
Montana24441.94.8(32.5 - 51.3)85N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Nebraska61542.24.4(33.6 - 50.8)17926.56.0(14.7 - 38.3)
Nevada21040.65.9(29.0 - 52.2)74N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Hampshire35645.03.5(38.1 - 51.9)10028.55.8(17.1 - 39.9)
New Jersey35847.94.5(39.1 - 56.7)10632.28.5(15.5 - 48.9)
New Mexico28836.74.9(27.1 - 46.3)10124.36.1(12.3 - 36.3)
New York35837.13.7(29.8 - 44.4)11321.35.5(10.5 - 32.1)
North Dakota21138.15.1(28.1 - 48.1)68N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Ohio38238.04.4(29.4 - 46.6)9036.08.2(19.9 - 52.1)
Oklahoma30043.74.2(35.5 - 51.9)9227.26.9(13.7 - 40.7)
Oregon30041.44.5(32.6 - 50.2)13125.84.9(16.2 - 35.4)
Rhode Island30335.04.4(26.4 - 43.6)8012.63.6(5.5 - 19.7)
Texas42437.65.0(27.8 - 47.4)15231.76.5(19.0 - 44.4)
Utah24841.84.8(32.4 - 51.2)10318.85.3(8.4 - 29.2)
Vermont42839.03.0(33.1 - 44.9)12823.84.4(15.2 - 32.4)
Virginia23538.36.0(26.5 - 50.1)8327.37.1(13.4 - 41.2)
Washington56040.13.4(33.4 - 46.8)20231.06.7(17.9 - 44.1)
West Virginia26434.83.7(27.5 - 42.1)5330.68.8(13.4 - 47.8)
Wisconsin24846.65.5(35.8 - 57.4)64N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
35 areas total11,38839.11.1(36.9 - 41.3)3,54126.31.6(23.2 - 29.4)
Median 40.6   27.2  
Range 30.6-49.6   12.6-41.2  

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

± 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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