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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Adult Asthma History

During the past 12 months, how many times did you visit an emergency room or urgent care center because of your asthma?*

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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 6,904 582 9.3 7.7-11.0 281 4.8 3.9- 5.9 319 4.5 3.6- 5.6 5,722 81.4 79.4-83.4
California 311 30 10.5 6.2-17.2 18 5.6 3.3- 9.3 13 4.8 2.5- 9.2 250 79.0 72.1-84.6
Delaware 300 35 13.9 9.0-20.9 11 6.2 2.6-13.9 13 4.8 2.5- 8.9 241 75.1 66.9-81.9
District of Columbia 211 14 11.5 5.1-23.7 5 5.2 1.9-13.8 17 10.0 5.8-16.8 175 73.3 62.3-81.9
Idaho 394 26 6.1 3.7- 9.8 15 4.5 2.5- 7.9 10 1.7 0.8- 3.3 343 87.7 83.2-91.1
Iowa 222 14 8.5 3.9-17.2 2 1.3 0.2- 7.2 3 1.3 0.4- 4.3 203 88.9 80.3-94.1
Louisiana 307 33 10.2 7.0-14.8 21 8.4 5.3-13.2 24 7.2 4.5-11.3 229 74.1 68.0-79.5
Massachusetts 620 46 5.5 3.7- 8.1 24 3.7 2.2- 6.4 34 5.9 3.8- 9.0 516 84.9 80.8-88.2
Michigan 484 32 7.0 4.7-10.4 18 3.8 2.1- 6.6 15 3.3 1.8- 6.1 419 85.9 81.6-89.4
New Hampshire 431 39 10.4 7.3-14.7 17 4.4 2.4- 7.7 16 4.7 2.3- 9.4 359 80.5 75.0-85.0
New Jersey 424 21 4.7 2.3- 9.5 13 3.8 1.3-10.8 31 5.5 3.1- 9.4 359 86.0 78.9-91.0
New Mexico 372 36 11.3 7.3-17.1 14 3.2 1.8- 5.8 11 2.7 1.3- 5.3 311 82.8 76.9-87.4
North Carolina 421 47 14.4 9.4-21.5 22 5.0 2.8- 8.6 28 8.0 4.9-12.9 324 72.6 65.0-79.0
Ohio 304 30 11.4 7.4-17.1 17 6.2 3.2-11.6 20 6.5 4.0-10.4 237 75.9 69.2-81.6
Oklahoma 502 51 9.9 7.2-13.5 16 3.3 1.9- 5.5 17 2.5 1.4- 4.2 418 84.4 80.3-87.7
Rhode Island 346 25 5.5 3.6- 8.4 18 3.8 2.3- 6.3 27 8.0 5.2-12.0 276 82.7 77.9-86.6
Texas 457 42 9.7 7.0-13.5 16 5.0 2.9- 8.4 13 2.4 1.2- 4.7 386 82.9 78.3-86.7
Utah 325 22 5.0 2.6- 9.2 7 1.8 0.7- 4.3 5 1.3 0.4- 3.8 291 92.0 87.4-95.0
Wisconsin 375 27 7.4 4.5-11.8 15 3.6 1.9- 6.5 13 3.2 1.7- 6.1 320 85.8 80.8-89.7
Virgin Islands 98 12 20.1 10.6-34.8 12 10.8 5.3-20.8 9 10.8 4.4-23.9 65 58.3 44.6-70.8

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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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