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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Adult Asthma History

(Besides those emergency room visit)During the past 12 months, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or other health professional for urgent treatment of worsening asthma symptoms?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Once Twice Three or more times None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 6,831 808 13.8 12.0-15.9 474 6.0 5.1- 7.1 660 8.8 7.7-10.2 4,889 71.3 69.1-73.5
California 311 47 16.8 11.6-23.7 17 4.8 2.9- 8.0 26 8.3 5.3-12.8 221 70.1 63.1-76.2
Delaware 300 28 9.6 5.8-15.6 20 7.3 4.1-12.9 30 8.7 5.6-13.4 222 74.3 66.9-80.5
District of Columbia 209 23 12.0 7.1-19.4 17 8.0 4.5-13.9 12 7.7 4.1-14.0 157 72.3 63.6-79.6
Idaho 392 30 6.9 4.5-10.6 30 6.5 4.3- 9.7 27 6.5 4.2- 9.8 305 80.1 75.1-84.3
Iowa 217 20 7.6 4.8-12.0 10 5.8 2.7-12.1 9 2.9 1.4- 5.9 178 83.7 77.1-88.6
Louisiana 306 44 15.8 11.7-21.0 26 7.3 4.7-11.1 38 11.0 7.8-15.4 198 65.9 59.6-71.7
Massachusetts 615 72 11.2 8.5-14.8 38 4.1 2.7- 6.3 61 7.4 5.4-10.2 444 77.2 72.9-81.0
Michigan 481 53 10.5 7.6-14.3 42 7.9 5.4-11.2 44 9.4 6.6-13.3 342 72.3 67.1-76.9
New Hampshire 430 61 14.5 10.9-18.9 25 8.1 4.9-13.2 32 7.2 5.0-10.4 312 70.2 64.6-75.3
New Jersey 415 45 9.3 5.4-15.5 32 4.7 2.0-10.5 50 9.5 5.8-15.3 288 76.5 68.1-83.3
New Mexico 368 51 14.3 10.1-19.8 26 7.7 4.9-12.1 37 8.9 6.1-12.7 254 69.1 62.8-74.7
North Carolina 410 55 15.6 10.4-22.9 36 8.9 4.9-15.7 61 14.9 10.3-21.0 258 60.5 52.4-68.1
Ohio 297 29 12.1 7.8-18.3 21 5.3 3.3- 8.5 34 12.1 8.2-17.5 213 70.4 63.5-76.4
Oklahoma 493 54 12.3 9.0-16.6 43 9.7 6.9-13.6 66 10.7 8.2-13.9 330 67.3 62.0-72.2
Rhode Island 341 38 9.9 7.0-13.8 18 5.3 3.0- 9.4 49 12.0 8.9-16.1 236 72.7 67.1-77.7
Texas 453 69 17.0 12.9-22.0 33 6.8 4.7- 9.9 36 7.0 4.9- 9.9 315 69.2 63.8-74.1
Utah 324 35 12.4 8.0-18.7 10 2.0 0.8- 4.7 19 5.5 3.0-10.0 260 80.1 73.3-85.5
Wisconsin 372 43 11.6 7.8-17.0 22 5.3 3.3- 8.4 24 5.8 3.7- 9.2 283 77.2 71.4-82.2
Virgin Islands 97 11 18.9 9.1-34.9 8 9.3 3.8-21.1 5 4.7 1.8-12.0 73 67.1 52.4-79.0

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having asthma CURRENTLY.

#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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