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 Land Line Sample, United States, 2011
| State/Territory | Current | Active | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size± |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | |
| Alabama | 172 | 47.7 | 6.8 | (34.4 – 61.0) | 190 | 49.5 | 6.3 | (37.2 – 61.8) |
| Arizona | 226 | 44.3 | 7.3 | (30.0 – 58.6) | 245 | 41.8 | 7.0 | (28.1 – 55.5) |
| California | 501 | 29.8 | 3.1 | (23.7 – 35.9) | 530 | 31.0 | 2.9 | (25.3 – 36.7) |
| Connecticut | 245 | 38.7 | 5.9 | (27.1 – 50.3) | 270 | 36.8 | 5.6 | (25.8 – 47.8) |
| District of Columbia | 150 | 43.9 | 7.4 | (29.4 – 58.4) | 168 | 42.1 | 7.2 | (28.0 – 56.2) |
| Florida | 329 | 38.0 | 5.4 | (27.4 – 48.6) | 377 | 35.4 | 4.9 | (25.8 – 45.0) |
| Georgia | 245 | 36.4 | 6.1 | (24.4 – 48.4) | 255 | 37.0 | 6.0 | (25.2 – 48.8) |
| Hawaii | 242 | 24.5 | 4.6 | (15.5 – 33.5) | 253 | 26.3 | 4.7 | (17.1 – 35.5) |
| Illinois | 176 | 43.1 | 7.5 | (28.4 – 57.8) | 187 | 41.5 | 7.2 | (27.4 – 55.6) |
| Indiana | 315 | 40.4 | 4.5 | (31.6 – 49.2) | 324 | 41.8 | 4.5 | (33.0 – 50.6) |
| Iowa | 188 | 32.7 | 6.2 | (20.5 – 44.9) | 197 | 28.6 | 5.7 | (17.4 – 39.8) |
| Kansas | 663 | 31.5 | 3.7 | (24.2 – 38.8) | 703 | 30.8 | 3.5 | (23.9 – 37.7) |
| Louisiana | 237 | 37.7 | 6.8 | (24.4 – 51.0) | 251 | 37.0 | 6.9 | (23.5 – 50.5) |
| Maine | 265 | 29.6 | 4.2 | (21.4 – 37.8) | 288 | 30.3 | 4.3 | (21.9 – 38.7) |
| Maryland | 201 | 35.1 | 5.5 | (24.3 – 45.9) | 215 | 34.5 | 5.2 | (24.3 – 44.7) |
| Massachusetts | 230 | 28.5 | 5.2 | (18.3 – 38.7) | 243 | 28.8 | 5.1 | (18.8 – 38.8) |
| Michigan | 484 | 34.7 | 4.2 | (26.5 – 42.9) | 529 | 32.8 | 3.9 | (25.2 – 40.4) |
| Mississippi | 225 | 43.1 | 6.9 | (29.6 – 56.6) | 241 | 39.8 | 6.1 | (27.8 – 51.8) |
| Missouri | 208 | 40.1 | 5.9 | (28.5 – 51.7) | 212 | 40.2 | 6.0 | (28.4 – 52.0) |
| Montana | 324 | 31.6 | 5.3 | (21.2 – 42.0) | 338 | 30.2 | 5.1 | (20.2 – 40.2) |
| Nebraska | 633 | 28.1 | 3.6 | (21.0 – 35.2) | 681 | 27.1 | 3.3 | (20.6 – 33.6) |
| Nevada | 129 | 30.8 | 9.1 | (13.0 – 48.6) | 136 | 29.9 | 8.7 | (12.8 – 47.0) |
| New Hampshire | 212 | 23.1 | 4.2 | (14.9 – 31.3) | 230 | 26.4 | 5.3 | (16.0 – 36.8) |
| New Jersey | 326 | 27.7 | 4.4 | (19.1 – 36.3) | 348 | 27.8 | 4.3 | (19.4 – 36.2) |
| New Mexico | 302 | 35.3 | 5.2 | (25.1 – 45.5) | 326 | 33.9 | 5.0 | (24.1 – 43.7) |
| New York | 126 | 34.7 | 6.4 | (22.2 – 47.2) | 136 | 35.6 | 6.1 | (23.6 – 47.6) |
| North Carolina | 210 | 32.2 | 5.0 | (22.4 – 42.0) | 221 | 33.4 | 5.0 | (23.6 – 43.2) |
| North Dakota | 167 | 31.8 | 7.2 | (17.7 – 45.9) | 177 | 32.4 | 7.1 | (18.5 – 46.3) |
| Ohio | 310 | 43.6 | 6.7 | (30.5 – 56.7) | 321 | 45.5 | 6.4 | (33.0 – 58.0) |
| Oklahoma | 272 | 31.3 | 4.3 | (22.9 – 39.7) | 287 | 32.9 | 4.2 | (24.7 – 41.1) |
| Oregon | 171 | 26.7 | 5.4 | (16.1 – 37.3) | 187 | 25.6 | 4.9 | (16.0 – 35.2) |
| Pennsylvania | 365 | 35.9 | 4.3 | (27.5 – 44.3) | 396 | 35.9 | 4.1 | (27.9 – 43.9) |
| Rhode Island | 242 | 32.6 | 5.4 | (22.0 – 43.2) | 266 | 31.1 | 5.1 | (21.1 – 41.1) |
| Texas | 487 | 41.1 | 4.6 | (32.1 – 50.1) | 538 | 43.0 | 4.3 | (34.6 – 51.4) |
| Utah | 399 | 25.8 | 3.9 | (18.2 – 33.4) | 438 | 25.8 | 3.7 | (18.5 – 33.1) |
| Vermont | 294 | 28.2 | 4.1 | (20.2 – 36.2) | 303 | 27.2 | 4.0 | (19.4 – 35.0) |
| Washington | 632 | 29.6 | 3.3 | (23.1 – 36.1) | 634 | 30.4 | 3.3 | (23.9 – 36.9) |
| West Virginia | 170 | 50.6 | 6.1 | (38.6 – 62.6) | 173 | 51.9 | 6.0 | (40.1 – 63.7) |
| Wisconsin | 232 | 32.3 | 5.4 | (21.7 – 42.9) | 234 | 33.6 | 5.4 | (23.0 – 44.2) |
| Puerto Rico | 249 | 42.2 | 5.0 | (32.4 – 52.0) | 276 | 41.7 | 4.8 | (32.3 – 51.1) |
| 40 state total | 11,554 | 35.5 | 1.1 | (33.3 – 37.7) | 12,324 | 35.6 | 1.1 | (33.4 – 37.8) |
| Median | 33.7 | 33.5 | ||||||
| Range | 23.1-50.6 | 25.6-51.9 | ||||||
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
± Landline sample size excludes “DK/Refused”
§ Standard error
† Confidence interval
Page last reviewed: August 1, 2014