TABLE 12. Estimated percent missing days of work or usual activity among adults1 with current2 or active3 asthma status by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2009
| State/Territory | Current | Active | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size± |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | |
| Arizona | 111 | 36.2 | 7.3 | (21.9 – 50.5) | 116 | 40.7 | 7.4 | (26.2 – 55.2) |
| California | 399 | 36.4 | 3.7 | (29.1 – 43.7) | 427 | 34.5 | 3.8 | (27.1 – 41.9) |
| Connecticut | 231 | 28.4 | 4.4 | (19.8 – 37.0) | 253 | 29.6 | 4.2 | (21.4 – 37.8) |
| District of Columbia | 130 | 22.5 | 4.5 | (13.7 – 31.3) | 147 | 20.8 | 4.1 | (12.8 – 28.8) |
| Florida | 388 | 37.7 | 4.8 | (28.3 – 47.1) | 425 | 38.0 | 5.3 | (27.6 – 48.4) |
| Georgia | 179 | 37.2 | 6.1 | (25.2 – 49.2) | 185 | 32.8 | 6.1 | (20.8 – 44.8) |
| Hawaii | 276 | 30.4 | 4.5 | (21.6 – 39.2) | 273 | 30.1 | 4.5 | (21.3 – 38.9) |
| Illinois | 179 | 31.6 | 4.9 | (22.0 – 41.2) | 198 | 29.9 | 4.6 | (20.9 – 38.9) |
| Indiana | 359 | 33.6 | 4.2 | (25.4 – 41.8) | 393 | 31.7 | 3.9 | (24.1 – 39.3) |
| Iowa | 224 | 25.2 | 3.8 | (17.8 – 32.6) | 238 | 22.7 | 3.4 | (16.0 – 29.4) |
| Kansas | 770 | 21.2 | 2.1 | (17.1 – 25.3) | 824 | 21.6 | 2.0 | (17.7 – 25.5) |
| Louisiana | 183 | 36.9 | 7.1 | (23.0 – 50.8) | 200 | 35.8 | 6.8 | (22.5 – 49.1) |
| Maine | 228 | 22.5 | 3.3 | (16.0 – 29.0) | 247 | 23.1 | 3.3 | (16.6 – 29.6) |
| Maryland | 259 | 30.7 | 5.7 | (19.5 – 41.9) | 282 | 30.4 | 5.3 | (20.0 – 40.8) |
| Massachusetts | 205 | 29.2 | 5.1 | (19.2 – 39.2) | 230 | 25.5 | 4.4 | (16.9 – 34.1) |
| Michigan | 453 | 28.8 | 3.2 | (22.5 – 35.1) | 509 | 24.3 | 2.7 | (19.0 – 29.6) |
| Montana | 292 | 23.8 | 3.6 | (16.7 – 30.9) | 303 | 25.7 | 3.7 | (18.4 – 33.0) |
| Nebraska | 529 | 23.3 | 3.2 | (17.0 – 29.6) | 536 | 23.2 | 3.2 | (16.9 – 29.5) |
| Nevada | 129 | 33.3 | 7.3 | (19.0 – 47.6) | 136 | 31.3 | 6.9 | (17.8 – 44.8) |
| New Hampshire | 254 | 26.2 | 3.9 | (18.6 – 33.8) | 278 | 25.7 | 3.9 | (18.1 – 33.3) |
| New Jersey | 339 | 30.5 | 3.8 | (23.1 – 37.9) | 371 | 29.0 | 3.5 | (22.1 – 35.9) |
| New Mexico | 200 | 39.4 | 5.0 | (29.6 – 49.2) | 222 | 37.0 | 4.8 | (27.6 – 46.4) |
| New York | 304 | 28.5 | 4.0 | (20.7 – 36.3) | 334 | 27.2 | 3.7 | (19.9 – 34.5) |
| North Dakota | 182 | 30.3 | 5.1 | (20.3 – 40.3) | 192 | 27.7 | 4.5 | (18.9 – 36.5) |
| Ohio | 263 | 32.3 | 4.9 | (22.7 – 41.9) | 286 | 32.4 | 4.6 | (23.4 – 41.4) |
| Oklahoma | 255 | 32.8 | 4.3 | (24.4 – 41.2) | 265 | 33.7 | 4.3 | (25.3 – 42.1) |
| Oregon | 144 | 22.9 | 5.0 | (13.1 – 32.7) | 162 | 20.2 | 4.4 | (11.6 – 28.8) |
| Rhode Island | 289 | 30.6 | 4.6 | (21.6 – 39.6) | 314 | 29.9 | 4.5 | (21.1 – 38.7) |
| Texas | 446 | 27.7 | 4.0 | (19.9 – 35.5) | 478 | 24.7 | 3.5 | (17.8 – 31.6) |
| Utah | 419 | 25.0 | 2.8 | (19.5 – 30.5) | 466 | 22.7 | 2.6 | (17.6 – 27.8) |
| Vermont | 334 | 15.5 | 2.6 | (10.4 – 20.6) | 360 | 15.5 | 2.5 | (10.6 – 20.4) |
| Virginia | 178 | 31.1 | 4.9 | (21.5 – 40.7) | 182 | 31.9 | 4.9 | (22.3 – 41.5) |
| Washington | 469 | 20.4 | 2.7 | (15.1 – 25.7) | 508 | 19.1 | 2.5 | (14.2 – 24.0) |
| West Virginia | 222 | 40.1 | 5.2 | (29.9 – 50.3) | 229 | 40.6 | 5.1 | (30.6 – 50.6) |
| Wisconsin | 219 | 31.9 | 5.7 | (20.7 – 43.1) | 232 | 30.3 | 5.5 | (19.5 – 41.1) |
| Puerto Rico | 143 | 49.2 | 5.8 | (37.8 – 60.6) | 217 | 47.5 | 4.8 | (38.1 – 56.9) |
| 36 state total | 10,184 | 31.4 | 1.0 | (29.4 – 33.4) | 11,018 | 30.1 | 1.0 | (28.1 – 32.1) |
| Median | 30.5 | 29.8 | ||||||
| Range | 15.5-49.2 | 15.5-47.5 | ||||||
1 Aged ≥ 18 years
2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
3 Reported any of the following during the past year: asthma medication use, asthma symptoms, or MD visits for asthma
± Sample size excludes “DK/Refused”
§ Standard error
† Confidence interval
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