TABLE 5a. Estimated percent reporting routine doctor visits in the past year among adults1 with current2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2006

State/Territory Sample
size±
One or more routine visits No routine visits3
Sample
size
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alaska 128 65 49.4 7.3 (35.1 – 63.7) 63 50.6 7.3 (36.3 – 64.9)
Arizona 151 88 45.5 7.7 (30.4 – 60.6) 63 54.5 7.7 (39.4 – 69.6)
California 244 126 45.8 4.2 (37.6 – 54.0) 118 54.2 4.2 (46.0 – 62.4)
Colorado 273 132 49.1 3.9 (41.5 – 56.7) 141 50.9 3.9 (43.3 – 58.5)
Connecticut 324 210 61.2 4.0 (53.4 – 69.0) 114 38.8 4.0 (31.0 – 46.6)
District of Columbia 127 71 45.7 6.9 (32.2 – 59.2) 56 54.3 6.9 (40.8 – 67.8)
Georgia 255 145 54.4 5.0 (44.6 – 64.2) 110 45.6 5.0 (35.8 – 55.4)
Hawaii 221 114 47.4 4.7 (38.2 – 56.6) 107 52.6 4.7 (43.4 – 61.8)
Indiana 316 190 51.8 3.6 (44.7 – 58.9) 126 48.2 3.6 (41.1 – 55.3)
Iowa 179 95 51.2 4.3 (42.8 – 59.6) 84 48.8 4.3 (40.4 – 57.2)
Kansas 392 196 48.4 3.4 (41.7 – 55.1) 196 51.6 3.4 (44.9 – 58.3)
Maine 181 112 56.7 4.8 (47.3 – 66.1) 69 43.3 4.8 (33.9 – 52.7)
Maryland 288 175 60.0 4.2 (51.8 – 68.2) 113 40.0 4.2 (31.8 – 48.2)
Massachusetts 263 178 69.7 4.6 (60.7 – 78.7) 85 30.3 4.6 (21.3 – 39.3)
Michigan 318 188 54.0 3.6 (46.9 – 61.1) 130 46.0 3.6 (38.9 – 53.1)
Missouri 256 145 50.9 6.1 (38.9 – 62.9) 111 49.1 6.1 (37.1 – 61.1)
Montana 204 97 42.5 5.1 (32.5 – 52.5) 107 57.5 5.1 (47.5 – 67.5)
Nebraska 228 136 55.7 6.2 (43.5 – 67.9) 92 44.3 6.2 (32.1 – 56.5)
New Hampshire 232 152 65.4 4.1 (57.4 – 73.4) 80 34.6 4.1 (26.6 – 42.6)
New York 270 166 60.5 4.1 (52.5 – 68.5) 104 39.5 4.1 (31.5 – 47.5)
Oregon 289 134 44.9 4.8 (35.5 – 54.3) 155 55.1 4.8 (45.7 – 64.5)
Texas 224 129 55.7 6.6 (42.8 – 68.6) 95 44.3 6.6 (31.4 – 57.2)
Vermont 411 226 47.6 3.2 (41.3 – 53.9) 185 52.4 3.2 (46.1 – 58.7)
Washington 1,458 721 44.0 2.1 (39.9 – 48.1) 737 56.0 2.1 (51.9 – 60.1)
Wisconsin 220 134 54.9 5.6 (43.9 – 65.9) 86 45.1 5.6 (34.1 – 56.1)
25 areas total 7,452 4,125 52.8 1.5 (49.9 – 55.7) 3,327 47.2 1.5 (44.3 – 50.1)
Median     51.2       48.8    
Range     42.5-69.7       30.3-57.5    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”

3 No doctor visits or no routine doctor visits

± Sample size excludes “DK/Refused”

§ Standard error

Confidence interval