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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Asthma

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 247646 29,712 11.9 11.7-12.1 217934 88.1 87.9-88.3
Alabama 3,087 363 11.0 9.8-12.3 2,724 89.0 87.7-90.2
Alaska 2,690 312 11.6 9.8-13.7 2,378 88.4 86.3-90.2
Arizona 3,223 425 13.9 12.1-15.9 2,798 86.1 84.1-87.9
Arkansas 3,894 451 12.1 10.9-13.4 3,443 87.9 86.6-89.1
California 4,210 570 12.7 11.5-13.9 3,640 87.3 86.1-88.5
Colorado 4,050 490 12.1 11.0-13.3 3,560 87.9 86.7-89.0
Connecticut 5,554 749 13.2 12.1-14.4 4,805 86.8 85.6-87.9
Delaware 4,029 475 11.8 10.5-13.3 3,554 88.2 86.7-89.5
District of Columbia 2,405 337 14.2 12.4-16.3 2,068 85.8 83.7-87.6
Florida 6,134 658 10.5 9.6-11.5 5,476 89.5 88.5-90.4
Georgia 5,060 615 11.7 10.5-12.9 4,445 88.3 87.1-89.5
Hawaii 5,994 822 13.4 12.3-14.6 5,172 86.6 85.4-87.7
Idaho 5,028 593 11.8 10.8-13.0 4,435 88.2 87.0-89.2
Illinois 5,238 589 10.7 9.8-11.7 4,649 89.3 88.3-90.2
Indiana 5,778 665 11.3 10.4-12.3 5,113 88.7 87.7-89.6
Iowa 3,657 328 9.0 7.9-10.2 3,329 91.0 89.8-92.1
Kansas 4,591 514 11.2 10.2-12.3 4,077 88.8 87.7-89.8
Kentucky 7,052 950 12.8 11.6-14.2 6,102 87.2 85.8-88.4
Louisiana 5,030 528 10.4 9.5-11.5 4,502 89.6 88.5-90.5
Maine 2,436 340 13.6 12.2-15.2 2,096 86.4 84.8-87.8
Maryland 4,394 545 12.7 11.4-14.0 3,849 87.3 86.0-88.6
Massachusetts 7,417 966 12.9 11.9-13.9 6,451 87.1 86.1-88.1
Michigan 5,927 733 12.8 11.8-13.9 5,194 87.2 86.1-88.2
Minnesota 4,477 491 11.3 10.3-12.5 3,986 88.7 87.5-89.7
Mississippi 4,084 428 10.6 9.4-12.0 3,656 89.4 88.0-90.6
Missouri 4,721 572 12.5 11.3-13.9 4,149 87.5 86.1-88.7
Montana 4,027 486 14.5 12.8-16.3 3,541 85.5 83.7-87.2
Nebraska 4,379 431 10.6 9.5-11.8 3,948 89.4 88.2-90.5
Nevada 3,155 386 12.4 10.9-14.2 2,769 87.6 85.8-89.1
New Hampshire 5,034 689 13.9 12.8-15.0 4,345 86.1 85.0-87.2
New Jersey 6,169 688 11.8 10.2-13.7 5,481 88.2 86.3-89.8
New Mexico 4,669 562 11.7 10.6-12.8 4,107 88.3 87.2-89.4
New York 4,456 549 11.5 10.4-12.6 3,907 88.5 87.4-89.6
North Carolina 6,739 738 10.9 9.7-12.1 6,001 89.1 87.9-90.3
North Dakota 2,994 303 10.3 9.1-11.6 2,691 89.7 88.4-90.9
Ohio 4,088 441 10.3 9.2-11.4 3,647 89.7 88.6-90.8
Oklahoma 6,759 754 11.2 10.3-12.2 6,005 88.8 87.8-89.7
Oregon 3,073 444 14.0 12.6-15.4 2,629 86.0 84.6-87.4
Pennsylvania 13,477 1,463 11.5 10.8-12.3 12,014 88.5 87.7-89.2
Rhode Island 3,838 519 12.8 11.7-14.1 3,319 87.2 85.9-88.3
South Carolina 4,496 468 10.0 8.8-11.3 4,028 90.0 88.7-91.2
South Dakota 4,786 395 8.6 7.6- 9.7 4,391 91.4 90.3-92.4
Tennessee 3,204 395 12.2 10.9-13.5 2,809 87.8 86.5-89.1
Texas 6,105 735 11.6 10.7-12.6 5,370 88.4 87.4-89.3
Utah 4,076 506 12.3 10.9-13.7 3,570 87.7 86.3-89.1
Vermont 4,233 522 12.7 11.6-14.0 3,711 87.3 86.0-88.4
Virginia 4,387 551 12.1 10.8-13.4 3,836 87.9 86.6-89.2
Washington 4,880 714 14.3 13.1-15.5 4,166 85.7 84.5-86.9
West Virginia 3,345 440 12.8 11.6-14.1 2,905 87.2 85.9-88.4
Wisconsin 4,352 528 11.7 10.6-12.9 3,824 88.3 87.1-89.4
Wyoming 3,541 381 11.1 10.0-12.4 3,160 88.9 87.6-90.0
Guam 829 110 12.0 9.7-14.8 719 88.0 85.2-90.3
Puerto Rico 4,118 795 19.6 18.1-21.2 3,323 80.4 78.8-81.9
Virgin Islands 2,277 210 9.4 8.0-11.1 2,067 90.6 88.9-92.0

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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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