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 Land Line And Cell Phone Combined Sample, United States, 2012

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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
California36819953.94.1(45.9 - 61.9)11732.03.9(24.4 - 39.6)5214.12.7(8.8 - 19.4)
Hawaii22810742.95.8(31.5 - 54.3)8432.05.0(22.2 - 41.8)3725.26.8(11.9 - 38.5)
Illinois21810654.95.2(44.7 - 65.1)8834.24.8(24.8 - 43.6)2411.03.2(4.7 - 17.3)
Indiana33118757.23.9(49.6 - 64.8)10933.03.8(25.6 - 40.4)359.82.1(5.7 - 13.9)
Iowa23310846.94.5(38.1 - 55.7)10846.34.5(37.5 - 55.1)17N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Michigan55130156.63.2(50.3 - 62.9)20534.93.0(29.0 - 40.8)458.41.6(5.3 - 11.5)
Mississippi31817052.94.6(43.9 - 61.9)11838.24.6(29.2 - 47.2)308.92.2(4.6 - 13.2)
Missouri28016056.44.9(46.8 - 66.0)9233.24.7(24.0 - 42.4)28N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Montana29114145.14.7(35.9 - 54.3)10738.64.8(29.2 - 48.0)4316.43.4(9.7 - 23.1)
Nebraska63729947.32.9(41.6 - 53.0)26442.22.9(36.5 - 47.9)7410.51.7(7.2 - 13.8)
Nevada1609250.76.4(38.2 - 63.2)4939.96.6(27.0 - 52.8)199.42.8(3.9 - 14.9)
New Hampshire29414753.44.5(44.6 - 62.2)11135.74.2(27.5 - 43.9)3610.93.2(4.6 - 17.2)
New Mexico37121054.63.8(47.2 - 62.0)13238.83.8(31.4 - 46.2)296.71.5(3.8 - 9.6)
New York1949453.66.0(41.8 - 65.4)7830.34.9(20.7 - 39.9)22N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Ohio42821048.34.2(40.1 - 56.5)17439.74.2(31.5 - 47.9)4412.02.8(6.5 - 17.5)
Oklahoma25214452.94.6(43.9 - 61.9)8337.94.4(29.3 - 46.5)259.22.4(4.5 - 13.9)
Oregon22212351.34.9(41.7 - 60.9)8041.65.0(31.8 - 51.4)197.22.1(3.1 - 11.3)
Pennsylvania70536649.13.1(43.0 - 55.2)26136.62.9(30.9 - 42.3)7814.32.6(9.2 - 19.4)
Texas25513153.15.2(42.9 - 63.3)9337.74.9(28.1 - 47.3)319.32.2(5.0 - 13.6)
Vermont27113049.34.5(40.5 - 58.1)9936.04.3(27.6 - 44.4)4214.72.9(9.0 - 20.4)
Washington52329655.93.3(49.4 - 62.4)15529.12.9(23.4 - 34.8)7215.02.7(9.7 - 20.3)
Wisconsin21910854.95.4(44.3 - 65.5)8233.85.0(24.0 - 43.6)2911.33.3(4.8 - 17.8)
22 state total7,3493,82953.11.4(50.4 - 55.8)2,68934.71.3(32.2 - 37.2)83112.21.0(10.2 - 14.2)
Median  53.0   36.3   10.9  
Range  42.9-57.2   29.1-46.3   6.7-25.2  

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

± Landline and cell phone combined 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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