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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Childhood Asthma

How many of these child/ren still have asthma?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 43,421 5,316 11.9 11.3-12.5 38,105 88.1 87.5-88.7
Alabama 1,044 132 12.1 10.0-14.7 912 87.9 85.3-90.0
Alaska 1,177 103 9.0 7.0-11.6 1,074 91.0 88.4-93.0
California 1,623 205 12.2 10.4-14.3 1,418 87.8 85.7-89.6
Delaware 1,406 199 12.5 10.4-15.0 1,207 87.5 85.0-89.6
Hawaii 2,315 333 13.5 11.9-15.3 1,982 86.5 84.7-88.1
Illinois 1,036 110 9.3 7.6-11.3 926 90.7 88.7-92.4
Indiana 2,161 274 11.4 10.0-13.0 1,887 88.6 87.0-90.0
Iowa 1,182 104 8.7 6.9-10.8 1,078 91.3 89.2-93.1
Louisiana 1,882 218 11.0 9.4-12.9 1,664 89.0 87.1-90.6
Massachusetts 2,266 335 14.1 12.4-16.0 1,931 85.9 84.0-87.6
Michigan 2,141 309 14.8 13.0-16.8 1,832 85.2 83.2-87.0
Mississippi 1,469 179 10.8 9.1-12.7 1,290 89.2 87.3-90.9
New Hampshire 1,814 217 11.9 10.2-13.8 1,597 88.1 86.2-89.8
New Jersey 2,094 231 11.5 8.8-14.7 1,863 88.5 85.3-91.2
North Carolina 2,318 308 13.7 11.7-16.0 2,010 86.3 84.0-88.3
North Dakota 975 95 9.4 7.6-11.5 880 90.6 88.5-92.4
Ohio 1,384 157 10.7 9.0-12.8 1,227 89.3 87.2-91.0
Oklahoma 2,203 292 12.3 10.8-14.0 1,911 87.7 86.0-89.2
Oregon 1,051 103 9.4 7.6-11.5 948 90.6 88.5-92.4
Rhode Island 1,299 188 13.4 11.4-15.5 1,111 86.6 84.5-88.6
South Carolina 1,534 201 13.5 11.3-16.0 1,333 86.5 84.0-88.7
South Dakota 1,582 120 7.3 6.0- 9.0 1,462 92.7 91.0-94.0
Texas 2,423 313 11.6 10.2-13.1 2,110 88.4 86.9-89.8
Vermont 1,441 177 11.5 9.9-13.4 1,264 88.5 86.6-90.1
Wisconsin 1,502 176 10.1 8.5-12.0 1,326 89.9 88.0-91.5
Wyoming 1,186 135 11.1 9.2-13.2 1,051 88.9 86.8-90.8
Virgin Islands 913 102 10.3 8.1-12.9 811 89.7 87.1-91.9

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported child/ren with asthma living in the same household.

#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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