TABLE 4a. Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past year among adults1 with current2 asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2010

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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
Alabama30317359.24.2(51.0 - 67.4)9933.54.1(25.5 - 41.5)317.31.7(4.0 - 10.6)
Arizona27415151.76.3(39.4 - 64.0)8030.15.6(19.1 - 41.1)43N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California50227456.03.2(49.7 - 62.3)17733.43.0(27.5 - 39.3)5110.62.0(6.7 - 14.5)
Connecticut25013352.35.4(41.7 - 62.9)8535.44.9(25.8 - 45.0)32N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
District of Columbia1355542.95.8(31.5 - 54.3)5236.05.7(24.8 - 47.2)2821.14.7(11.9 - 30.3)
Florida40822556.54.9(46.9 - 66.1)14732.04.3(23.6 - 40.4)36N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Georgia1677341.75.4(31.1 - 52.3)7443.15.6(32.1 - 54.1)2015.23.8(7.8 - 22.6)
Hawaii27211841.14.9(31.5 - 50.7)11642.24.8(32.8 - 51.6)3816.84.3(8.4 - 25.2)
Illinois1668243.45.4(32.8 - 54.0)6545.75.7(34.5 - 56.9)1910.93.1(4.8 - 17.0)
Indiana48024854.63.4(47.9 - 61.3)18935.93.2(29.6 - 42.2)439.41.9(5.7 - 13.1)
Iowa26212650.24.5(41.4 - 59.0)10439.64.3(31.2 - 48.0)3210.22.2(5.9 - 14.5)
Kansas41520854.44.1(46.4 - 62.4)16335.93.9(28.3 - 43.5)449.72.1(5.6 - 13.8)
Louisiana18810160.36.5(47.6 - 73.0)6222.14.1(14.1 - 30.1)25N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Maine45724757.53.4(50.8 - 64.2)15931.23.1(25.1 - 37.3)5111.32.4(6.6 - 16.0)
Maryland25710640.85.8(29.4 - 52.2)12345.45.6(34.4 - 56.4)2813.83.6(6.7 - 20.9)
Massachusetts21910749.36.1(37.3 - 61.3)8234.35.7(23.1 - 45.5)3016.44.8(7.0 - 25.8)
Michigan54127654.33.4(47.6 - 61.0)21438.03.2(31.7 - 44.3)517.71.5(4.8 - 10.6)
Mississippi33418358.24.3(49.8 - 66.6)11730.73.8(23.3 - 38.1)3411.13.2(4.8 - 17.4)
Missouri26615558.95.1(48.9 - 68.9)8930.04.6(21.0 - 39.0)22N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Montana32315648.95.0(39.1 - 58.7)13543.15.0(33.3 - 52.9)328.02.0(4.1 - 11.9)
Nebraska60228545.34.6(36.3 - 54.3)24437.94.3(29.5 - 46.3)73N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Nevada1447955.86.5(43.1 - 68.5)5537.36.3(25.0 - 49.6)10N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Hampshire28212641.44.7(32.2 - 50.6)12446.74.8(37.3 - 56.1)3211.83.0(5.9 - 17.7)
New Jersey34415440.64.5(31.8 - 49.4)15345.64.8(36.2 - 55.0)3713.83.9(6.2 - 21.4)
New Mexico32916749.95.0(40.1 - 59.7)12737.94.9(28.3 - 47.5)3512.23.5(5.3 - 19.1)
New York1326049.65.9(38.0 - 61.2)5636.25.4(25.6 - 46.8)1614.24.2(6.0 - 22.4)
North Dakota1799145.76.6(32.8 - 58.6)7147.77.1(33.8 - 61.6)176.61.9(2.9 - 10.3)
Ohio35517552.94.4(44.3 - 61.5)13933.03.7(25.7 - 40.3)4114.14.2(5.9 - 22.3)
Oklahoma33618857.54.2(49.3 - 65.7)11529.83.6(22.7 - 36.9)3312.73.8(5.3 - 20.1)
Oregon20712665.05.3(54.6 - 75.4)6227.24.9(17.6 - 36.8)19N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Pennsylvania41023053.03.7(45.7 - 60.3)13133.33.6(26.2 - 40.4)4913.72.6(8.6 - 18.8)
Rhode Island32716452.44.4(43.8 - 61.0)12035.54.4(26.9 - 44.1)4312.12.7(6.8 - 17.4)
Texas64635458.94.6(49.9 - 67.9)23229.64.3(21.2 - 38.0)6011.52.9(5.8 - 17.2)
Utah43922947.74.7(38.5 - 56.9)15331.43.9(23.8 - 39.0)5720.95.3(10.5 - 31.3)
Vermont39917445.63.8(38.2 - 53.0)18346.73.8(39.3 - 54.1)427.71.4(5.0 - 10.4)
Washington65930742.43.2(36.1 - 48.7)27342.23.3(35.7 - 48.7)7915.52.8(10.0 - 21.0)
West Virginia20410251.74.9(42.1 - 61.3)7233.94.7(24.7 - 43.1)3014.53.4(7.8 - 21.2)
Wisconsin22011755.76.2(43.5 - 67.9)8234.15.7(22.9 - 45.3)21N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Puerto Rico1166957.110.7(36.1 - 78.1)3621.55.8(10.1 - 32.9)11N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
39 state total12,5496,39452.41.1(50.2 - 54.6)4,76035.21.0(33.2 - 37.2)1,39512.40.7(11.0 - 13.8)
Median  52.3   35.5   12.1  
Range  40.6-65.0   21.5-47.7   6.6-21.1  

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

± 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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