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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Adult Asthma History

During the past 30 days how often did you take asthma medication that was prescribed or given to you by a doctor? This includes using an inhaler.*

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  Total
Respond.#
Less than once a week Once or twice a week > Twice a week not every day Everyday None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 6,799 692 10.7 9.3-12.3 710 12.0 10.3-14.0 465 7.1 6.1- 8.4 2,932 39.4 37.2-41.6 2,000 30.7 28.5-32.9
California 311 35 11.6 7.8-16.8 29 13.2 8.2-20.4 25 6.9 4.4-10.5 117 32.2 26.6-38.4 105 36.2 30.0-42.8
Delaware 298 25 9.8 5.3-17.2 18 6.9 3.8-12.1 12 6.1 2.6-13.6 155 52.1 43.9-60.2 88 25.2 19.3-32.2
District of Columbia 205 18 12.5 5.7-25.1 15 6.6 3.5-12.0 18 10.2 6.1-16.7 84 39.4 30.9-48.5 70 31.3 23.9-39.9
Idaho 392 48 12.2 8.8-16.7 44 10.6 7.6-14.5 21 5.2 3.2- 8.4 163 37.7 32.2-43.5 116 34.3 28.7-40.5
Iowa 220 21 8.3 5.1-13.2 14 9.5 4.6-18.6 15 6.6 3.7-11.6 96 40.8 32.8-49.2 74 34.8 27.5-43.0
Louisiana 298 29 8.5 5.6-12.7 39 14.1 10.0-19.4 27 8.5 5.4-13.2 111 34.7 28.7-41.2 92 34.2 28.0-41.0
Massachusetts 612 65 12.7 9.5-16.9 58 7.8 5.7-10.7 44 7.0 4.8-10.2 266 40.0 35.1-45.2 179 32.4 27.6-37.7
Michigan 484 38 7.7 5.3-10.9 46 9.0 6.4-12.6 24 4.5 2.8- 7.1 247 50.3 44.8-55.8 129 28.5 23.7-33.8
New Hampshire 424 45 10.6 7.8-14.3 41 9.3 6.6-13.0 23 4.9 3.1- 7.6 177 43.0 37.5-48.6 138 32.2 27.4-37.4
New Jersey 410 37 7.4 4.0-13.4 40 15.4 8.7-25.9 27 6.1 3.1-11.6 181 45.1 35.0-55.5 125 26.0 17.7-36.5
New Mexico 371 41 13.3 9.3-18.5 44 11.8 8.3-16.5 28 9.3 5.9-14.4 147 35.8 30.1-42.0 111 29.8 24.3-35.9
North Carolina 406 38 10.9 6.0-19.0 43 14.6 9.6-21.7 34 7.3 4.5-11.7 192 42.1 34.5-50.1 99 25.0 18.6-32.6
Ohio 296 28 8.2 5.2-12.6 32 10.9 7.5-15.7 18 8.4 4.6-14.6 134 45.1 38.4-52.0 84 27.4 22.0-33.7
Oklahoma 497 53 14.0 10.2-19.0 52 13.0 9.5-17.6 40 8.1 5.7-11.4 237 41.4 36.3-46.6 115 23.5 19.3-28.4
Rhode Island 337 29 8.0 5.1-12.3 37 10.7 7.5-15.1 21 6.0 3.8- 9.5 164 48.7 42.5-54.9 86 26.7 21.4-32.7
Texas 448 58 13.6 10.2-17.8 54 12.3 9.3-16.1 34 8.3 5.4-12.7 173 37.3 32.2-42.6 129 28.5 23.8-33.6
Utah 325 42 10.7 7.2-15.6 48 11.9 7.9-17.4 19 7.3 4.0-12.8 109 32.6 25.7-40.2 107 37.6 30.5-45.4
Wisconsin 369 33 10.0 6.7-14.6 45 12.3 8.8-17.1 30 8.2 5.1-13.0 153 40.0 34.1-46.3 108 29.5 24.1-35.5
Virgin Islands 96 9 10.1 3.6-24.9 11 12.3 6.0-23.3 5 3.1 1.0- 8.6 26 24.9 15.3-37.8 45 49.7 36.8-62.7

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

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

#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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