TABLE 4b. Estimated percent reporting an asthma attack or episode in the past year among adults1 with active2 asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2011

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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
Alabama21112874.24.6(65.2 - 83.2)6620.34.2(12.1 - 28.5)17N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Arizona24813056.77.4(42.2 - 71.2)8033.07.7(17.9 - 48.1)38N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California53626846.23.3(39.7 - 52.7)20942.43.4(35.7 - 49.1)5911.42.4(6.7 - 16.1)
Connecticut27712848.55.5(37.7 - 59.3)10533.44.9(23.8 - 43.0)4418.15.1(8.1 - 28.1)
District of Columbia1677843.57.0(29.8 - 57.2)6645.47.1(31.5 - 59.3)2311.13.3(4.6 - 17.6)
Florida41023447.75.3(37.3 - 58.1)13941.65.4(31.0 - 52.2)37N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Georgia26915057.06.0(45.2 - 68.8)9231.15.5(20.3 - 41.9)27N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Hawaii25710842.25.8(30.8 - 53.6)11145.26.1(33.2 - 57.2)3812.63.2(6.3 - 18.9)
Illinois1879551.46.9(37.9 - 64.9)7341.06.9(27.5 - 54.5)19N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Indiana34018958.04.5(49.2 - 66.8)13133.74.1(25.7 - 41.7)20N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Iowa2069935.65.3(25.2 - 46.0)8955.86.1(43.8 - 67.8)18N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Kansas75141154.13.5(47.2 - 61.0)28038.53.4(31.8 - 45.2)607.41.7(4.1 - 10.7)
Louisiana27715948.17.4(33.6 - 62.6)9547.27.8(31.9 - 62.5)23N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Maine29414754.35.1(44.3 - 64.3)12336.14.8(26.7 - 45.5)24N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Maryland2249741.95.5(31.1 - 52.7)10146.05.6(35.0 - 57.0)2612.13.5(5.2 - 19.0)
Massachusetts24612137.85.7(26.6 - 49.0)9854.16.3(41.8 - 66.4)27N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Michigan54129452.14.2(43.9 - 60.3)21041.04.3(32.6 - 49.4)376.91.7(3.6 - 10.2)
Mississippi27713041.75.8(30.3 - 53.1)12153.56.0(41.7 - 65.3)26N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Missouri21911960.76.5(48.0 - 73.4)8636.56.6(23.6 - 49.4)14N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Montana35118651.94.9(42.3 - 61.5)12240.25.1(30.2 - 50.2)437.91.6(4.8 - 11.0)
Nebraska71533548.23.9(40.6 - 55.8)31441.63.8(34.2 - 49.0)6610.32.5(5.4 - 15.2)
Nevada1408162.28.2(46.1 - 78.3)4629.67.6(14.7 - 44.5)13N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Hampshire23912342.95.5(32.1 - 53.7)9446.96.3(34.6 - 59.2)2210.22.7(4.9 - 15.5)
New Jersey36816641.84.8(32.4 - 51.2)15647.05.1(37.0 - 57.0)4611.22.3(6.7 - 15.7)
New Mexico33717453.85.3(43.4 - 64.2)13240.15.2(29.9 - 50.3)316.01.3(3.5 - 8.5)
New York1478563.75.8(52.3 - 75.1)4525.54.8(16.1 - 34.9)17N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
North Carolina23912948.05.6(37.0 - 59.0)8642.05.9(30.4 - 53.6)24N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
North Dakota1877635.75.9(24.1 - 47.3)9549.67.2(35.5 - 63.7)16N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Ohio33617357.35.5(46.5 - 68.1)13934.34.7(25.1 - 43.5)24N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Oklahoma31017965.14.1(57.1 - 73.1)10027.73.9(20.1 - 35.3)317.21.7(3.9 - 10.5)
Oregon20012564.46.9(50.9 - 77.9)6128.76.8(15.4 - 42.0)14N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Pennsylvania40920450.64.4(42.0 - 59.2)17642.84.5(34.0 - 51.6)296.61.9(2.9 - 10.3)
Rhode Island26911939.64.8(30.2 - 49.0)11851.95.2(41.7 - 62.1)328.52.1(4.4 - 12.6)
Texas56631262.03.9(54.4 - 69.6)20832.03.8(24.6 - 39.4)466.01.7(2.7 - 9.3)
Utah45424852.34.6(43.3 - 61.3)16437.04.5(28.2 - 45.8)42N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Vermont31616555.94.3(47.5 - 64.3)12137.34.3(28.9 - 45.7)306.91.7(3.6 - 10.2)
Washington65431148.93.3(42.4 - 55.4)27943.83.3(37.3 - 50.3)647.31.3(4.8 - 9.8)
West Virginia20111050.25.5(39.4 - 61.0)7544.85.7(33.6 - 56.0)165.01.4(2.3 - 7.7)
Wisconsin24312560.75.6(49.7 - 71.7)10035.75.5(24.9 - 46.5)18N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Puerto Rico32517642.94.5(34.1 - 51.7)13953.54.6(44.5 - 62.5)10N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
40 state total12,9436,68752.51.1(50.3 - 54.7)5,04538.61.1(36.4 - 40.8)1,2118.90.7(7.5 - 10.3)
Median  51.0   41.0   7.9  
Range  35.6-74.2   20.3-55.8   5.0-18.1  

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 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 > .30

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