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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide

Asthma

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 212165 24,067 11.1 10.9-11.3 188098 88.9 88.7-89.1
Alabama 2,792 289 9.7 8.5-11.0 2,503 90.3 89.0-91.5
Alaska 2,871 311 11.5 9.8-13.4 2,560 88.5 86.6-90.2
Arizona 3,261 403 12.4 10.8-14.2 2,858 87.6 85.8-89.2
Arkansas 2,927 304 10.6 9.3-12.0 2,623 89.4 88.0-90.7
California 4,170 553 12.4 11.3-13.6 3,617 87.6 86.4-88.7
Colorado 2,030 258 12.1 10.7-13.8 1,772 87.9 86.2-89.3
Connecticut 7,745 966 12.3 11.4-13.3 6,779 87.7 86.7-88.6
Delaware 3,510 379 12.0 10.6-13.5 3,131 88.0 86.5-89.4
District of Colum 1,886 237 12.0 10.4-13.9 1,649 88.0 86.1-89.6
Florida 4,675 491 9.9 9.0-10.9 4,184 90.1 89.1-91.0
Georgia 4,530 485 11.0 9.8-12.2 4,045 89.0 87.8-90.2
Hawaii 4,492 542 12.2 10.8-13.6 3,950 87.8 86.4-89.2
Idaho 4,830 577 11.7 10.7-12.8 4,253 88.3 87.2-89.3
Illinois 4,007 466 11.3 10.2-12.5 3,541 88.7 87.5-89.8
Indiana 3,991 478 11.3 10.3-12.4 3,513 88.7 87.6-89.7
Iowa 3,629 343 9.7 8.6-10.9 3,286 90.3 89.1-91.4
Kansas 4,593 530 11.7 10.6-12.8 4,063 88.3 87.2-89.4
Kentucky 7,518 928 10.9 10.0-11.9 6,590 89.1 88.1-90.0
Louisiana 4,999 468 9.1 8.3-10.1 4,531 90.9 89.9-91.7
Maine 2,413 304 12.6 11.2-14.2 2,109 87.4 85.8-88.8
Maryland 4,464 506 11.1 9.8-12.5 3,958 88.9 87.5-90.2
Massachusetts 8,614 1,146 13.1 12.2-14.0 7,468 86.9 86.0-87.8
Michigan 3,823 461 12.4 11.2-13.7 3,362 87.6 86.3-88.8
Minnesota 3,958 403 10.1 9.1-11.2 3,555 89.9 88.8-90.9
Mississippi 3,040 273 9.2 8.0-10.4 2,767 90.8 89.6-92.0
Missouri 4,175 469 12.0 10.7-13.4 3,706 88.0 86.6-89.3
Montana 3,334 386 11.8 10.4-13.4 2,948 88.2 86.6-89.6
Nebraska 3,696 304 8.4 7.3- 9.7 3,392 91.6 90.3-92.7
Nevada 2,571 327 13.3 11.6-15.2 2,244 86.7 84.8-88.4
New Hampshire 4,063 481 12.5 11.3-13.7 3,582 87.5 86.3-88.7
New Jersey 6,009 609 9.4 8.5-10.4 5,400 90.6 89.6-91.5
New Mexico 3,618 405 10.8 9.6-12.0 3,213 89.2 88.0-90.4
New York 3,894 434 11.1 9.9-12.3 3,460 88.9 87.7-90.1
North Carolina 6,201 628 10.1 8.9-11.4 5,573 89.9 88.6-91.1
North Dakota 2,509 233 9.1 7.9-10.4 2,276 90.9 89.6-92.1
Ohio 3,431 379 9.8 8.7-11.0 3,052 90.2 89.0-91.3
Oklahoma 4,545 498 10.1 9.1-11.2 4,047 89.9 88.8-90.9
Oregon 2,529 351 13.0 11.6-14.4 2,178 87.0 85.6-88.4
Pennsylvania 3,658 394 10.7 9.5-12.0 3,264 89.3 88.0-90.5
Rhode Island 4,109 498 12.1 11.0-13.4 3,611 87.9 86.6-89.0
South Carolina 3,196 341 10.8 9.6-12.1 2,855 89.2 87.9-90.4
South Dakota 5,109 389 7.7 6.9- 8.6 4,720 92.3 91.4-93.1
Tennessee 2,921 303 9.3 8.2-10.6 2,618 90.7 89.4-91.8
Texas 5,911 596 9.6 8.8-10.5 5,315 90.4 89.5-91.2
Utah 3,649 397 10.7 9.5-12.1 3,252 89.3 87.9-90.5
Vermont 4,292 525 12.1 11.0-13.3 3,767 87.9 86.7-89.0
Virginia 2,937 328 11.4 10.1-12.8 2,609 88.6 87.2-89.9
Washington 4,193 514 12.0 10.9-13.1 3,679 88.0 86.9-89.1
West Virginia 3,091 400 12.5 11.2-13.8 2,691 87.5 86.2-88.8
Wisconsin 3,350 372 10.9 9.6-12.3 2,978 89.1 87.7-90.4
Wyoming 3,038 337 11.6 10.4-13.0 2,701 88.4 87.0-89.6
Guam 871 77 7.5 5.8- 9.6 794 92.5 90.4-94.2
Puerto Rico 4,234 792 19.6 17.8-21.5 3,442 80.4 78.5-82.2
Virgin Islands 2,263 199 9.2 7.7-10.9 2,064 90.8 89.1-92.3

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

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