TABLE 14. Estimated percent with asthma caused or made worse by their current job among adults1 with current2 asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2009
| State/Territory | Current | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size± |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | |
| Arizona | 115 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| California | 512 | 12.4 | 1.9 | (8.7 – 16.1) |
| Connecticut | 235 | 21.3 | 4.9 | (11.7 – 30.9) |
| District of Columbia | 131 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Florida | 418 | 12.4 | 2.8 | (6.9 – 17.9) |
| Georgia | 190 | 27.5 | 5.5 | (16.7 – 38.3) |
| Hawaii | 272 | 17.2 | 2.9 | (11.5 – 22.9) |
| Illinois | 186 | 16.4 | 3.7 | (9.1 – 23.7) |
| Indiana | 393 | 18.7 | 3.7 | (11.4 – 26.0) |
| Iowa | 232 | 19.6 | 5.8 | (8.2 – 31.0) |
| Kansas | 829 | 17.6 | 1.9 | (13.9 – 21.3) |
| Louisiana | 195 | 12.1 | 3.2 | (5.8 – 18.4) |
| Maine | 232 | 10.2 | 2.4 | (5.5 – 14.9) |
| Maryland | 265 | 18.1 | 4.2 | (9.9 – 26.3) |
| Massachusetts | 221 | 22.6 | 5.0 | (12.8 – 32.4) |
| Michigan | 476 | 11.9 | 1.9 | (8.2 – 15.6) |
| Montana | 304 | 19.5 | 3.7 | (12.2 – 26.8) |
| Nebraska | 541 | 23.3 | 3.9 | (15.7 – 30.9) |
| Nevada | 131 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| New Hampshire | 255 | 12.0 | 3.1 | (5.9 – 18.1) |
| New Jersey | 362 | 21.6 | 4.3 | (13.2 – 30.0) |
| New Mexico | 203 | 20.9 | 4.6 | (11.9 – 29.9) |
| New York | 319 | 14.3 | 3.1 | (8.2 – 20.4) |
| North Dakota | 186 | 24.2 | 4.6 | (15.2 – 33.2) |
| Ohio | 273 | 17.0 | 3.9 | (9.4 – 24.6) |
| Oklahoma | 281 | 25.1 | 5.7 | (13.9 – 36.3) |
| Oregon | 147 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Rhode Island | 299 | 18.4 | 4.6 | (9.4 – 27.4) |
| Texas | 469 | 16.7 | 3.2 | (10.4 – 23.0) |
| Utah | 430 | 17.3 | 2.7 | (12.0 – 22.6) |
| Vermont | 351 | 14.5 | 4.0 | (6.7 – 22.3) |
| Virginia | 187 | 14.6 | 4.1 | (6.6 – 22.6) |
| Washington | 498 | 10.3 | 1.9 | (6.6 – 14.0) |
| West Virginia | 252 | 10.9 | 3.0 | (5.0 – 16.8) |
| Wisconsin | 222 | 17.9 | 4.4 | (9.3 – 26.5) |
| Puerto Rico | 165 | 19.2 | 4.7 | (10.0 – 28.4) |
| 36 state total | 10,777 | 16.3 | 0.8 | (14.7 – 17.9) |
| Median | 17.5 | |||
| Range | 10.2-27.5 | |||
1 Aged ≥ 18 years
2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
± Sample size excludes “DK/Refused”
§ Standard error
† Confidence interval
N/A: Estimate not available (N/A) if the unweighted sample size for the denominator was < 50 or if the relative standard error was > 0.30
Page last reviewed: August 1, 2014