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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 246995 19,695 7.6 7.4- 7.7 227300 92.4 92.3-92.6
Alabama 3,083 248 7.2 6.2- 8.3 2,835 92.8 91.7-93.8
Alaska 2,681 199 7.4 5.9- 9.3 2,482 92.6 90.7-94.1
Arizona 3,217 273 9.0 7.6-10.7 2,944 91.0 89.3-92.4
Arkansas 3,883 290 7.6 6.6- 8.6 3,593 92.4 91.4-93.4
California 4,207 311 6.4 5.6- 7.4 3,896 93.6 92.6-94.4
Colorado 4,039 327 7.7 6.8- 8.6 3,712 92.3 91.4-93.2
Connecticut 5,538 502 8.5 7.7- 9.5 5,036 91.5 90.5-92.3
Delaware 4,022 305 7.6 6.5- 8.9 3,717 92.4 91.1-93.5
District of Columbia 2,389 212 9.1 7.6-10.8 2,177 90.9 89.2-92.4
Florida 6,119 419 6.5 5.8- 7.3 5,700 93.5 92.7-94.2
Georgia 5,049 398 7.4 6.5- 8.3 4,651 92.6 91.7-93.5
Hawaii 5,977 438 6.9 6.1- 7.7 5,539 93.1 92.3-93.9
Idaho 5,015 401 7.7 6.9- 8.6 4,614 92.3 91.4-93.1
Illinois 5,233 410 7.2 6.4- 8.0 4,823 92.8 92.0-93.6
Indiana 5,760 457 7.5 6.8- 8.3 5,303 92.5 91.7-93.2
Iowa 3,651 234 6.4 5.5- 7.6 3,417 93.6 92.4-94.5
Kansas 4,577 358 7.6 6.8- 8.5 4,219 92.4 91.5-93.2
Kentucky 7,038 737 9.5 8.5-10.7 6,301 90.5 89.3-91.5
Louisiana 5,015 324 6.0 5.3- 6.8 4,691 94.0 93.2-94.7
Maine 2,430 255 10.0 8.8-11.4 2,175 90.0 88.6-91.2
Maryland 4,380 372 8.2 7.3- 9.4 4,008 91.8 90.6-92.7
Massachusetts 7,398 679 8.9 8.1- 9.8 6,719 91.1 90.2-91.9
Michigan 5,909 502 8.8 7.9- 9.7 5,407 91.2 90.3-92.1
Minnesota 4,455 329 7.5 6.6- 8.5 4,126 92.5 91.5-93.4
Mississippi 4,072 276 6.1 5.3- 7.0 3,796 93.9 93.0-94.7
Missouri 4,703 393 8.5 7.4- 9.7 4,310 91.5 90.3-92.6
Montana 4,018 331 8.9 7.7-10.2 3,687 91.1 89.8-92.3
Nebraska 4,370 300 7.2 6.3- 8.3 4,070 92.8 91.7-93.7
Nevada 3,135 241 7.6 6.4- 9.0 2,894 92.4 91.0-93.6
New Hampshire 5,024 446 8.7 7.8- 9.6 4,578 91.3 90.4-92.2
New Jersey 6,153 439 7.8 6.4- 9.4 5,714 92.2 90.6-93.6
New Mexico 4,662 388 7.8 7.0- 8.8 4,274 92.2 91.2-93.0
New York 4,450 390 7.9 7.0- 8.9 4,060 92.1 91.1-93.0
North Carolina 6,725 437 6.5 5.6- 7.5 6,288 93.5 92.5-94.4
North Dakota 2,987 216 7.3 6.3- 8.4 2,771 92.7 91.6-93.7
Ohio 4,076 312 7.3 6.4- 8.3 3,764 92.7 91.7-93.6
Oklahoma 6,740 510 7.1 6.4- 7.9 6,230 92.9 92.1-93.6
Oregon 3,058 287 8.7 7.7- 9.9 2,771 91.3 90.1-92.3
Pennsylvania 13,444 1,020 7.9 7.3- 8.6 12,424 92.1 91.4-92.7
Rhode Island 3,824 365 8.9 7.9-10.0 3,459 91.1 90.0-92.1
South Carolina 4,488 279 5.8 4.9- 6.9 4,209 94.2 93.1-95.1
South Dakota 4,779 285 5.9 5.1- 6.8 4,494 94.1 93.2-94.9
Tennessee 3,198 276 8.2 7.2- 9.3 2,922 91.8 90.7-92.8
Texas 6,092 466 7.1 6.4- 7.9 5,626 92.9 92.1-93.6
Utah 4,068 327 8.0 6.9- 9.2 3,741 92.0 90.8-93.1
Vermont 4,224 351 8.6 7.7- 9.7 3,873 91.4 90.3-92.3
Virginia 4,367 333 7.2 6.3- 8.3 4,034 92.8 91.7-93.7
Washington 4,850 437 8.9 7.9- 9.9 4,413 91.1 90.1-92.1
West Virginia 3,335 319 9.1 8.1-10.2 3,016 90.9 89.8-91.9
Wisconsin 4,344 397 8.5 7.6- 9.6 3,947 91.5 90.4-92.4
Wyoming 3,528 254 7.3 6.4- 8.4 3,274 92.7 91.6-93.6
Guam 829 54 5.7 4.2- 7.7 775 94.3 92.3-95.8
Puerto Rico 4,118 483 11.5 10.4-12.8 3,635 88.5 87.2-89.6
Virgin Islands 2,269 103 4.7 3.7- 6.1 2,166 95.3 93.9-96.3

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*Adults without asthma are included in the denominator to estimate current asthma prevalence.

#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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