TABLE 15. Estimated percent reporting their asthma was caused or made worse by any job for current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey Land Line Sample, United States, 2012
| State/Territory | Current | Former | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size± |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | |
| Alabama | 261 | 67.4 | 6.0 | (55.6 – 79.2) | 51 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Arizona | 209 | 51.6 | 7.8 | (36.3 – 66.9) | 35 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| California | 311 | 46.7 | 4.6 | (37.7 – 55.7) | 101 | 23.4 | 6.0 | (11.6 – 35.2) |
| Connecticut | 228 | 50.7 | 5.5 | (39.9 – 61.5) | 42 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| District of Columbia | 97 | 35.8 | 9.7 | (16.8 – 54.8) | 12 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Florida | 199 | 67.2 | 7.2 | (53.1 – 81.3) | 53 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Georgia | 132 | 65.6 | 6.8 | (52.3 – 78.9) | 63 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Hawaii | 141 | 43.3 | 8.2 | (27.2 – 59.4) | 59 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Illinois | 203 | 58.6 | 6.5 | (45.9 – 71.3) | 57 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Indiana | 226 | 55.8 | 6.0 | (44.0 – 67.6) | 51 | 46.5 | 11.4 | (24.2 – 68.8) |
| Iowa | 185 | 56.2 | 6.9 | (42.7 – 69.7) | 49 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Kansas | 372 | 50.2 | 4.9 | (40.6 – 59.8) | 84 | 26.3 | 6.9 | (12.8 – 39.8) |
| Louisiana | 246 | 44.5 | 6.8 | (31.2 – 57.8) | 75 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Maine | 202 | 53.4 | 6.0 | (41.6 – 65.2) | 44 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Massachusetts | 190 | 49.7 | 6.3 | (37.4 – 62.0) | 68 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Michigan | 433 | 55.7 | 4.4 | (47.1 – 64.3) | 99 | 18.1 | 5.3 | (7.7 – 28.5) |
| Mississippi | 244 | 56.2 | 6.5 | (43.5 – 68.9) | 62 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Missouri | 211 | 68.1 | 6.1 | (56.1 – 80.1) | 65 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Montana | 267 | 55.9 | 6.3 | (43.6 – 68.2) | 74 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Nebraska | 484 | 57.6 | 4.4 | (49.0 – 66.2) | 161 | 17.1 | 4.0 | (9.3 – 24.9) |
| Nevada | 129 | 59.7 | 8.6 | (42.8 – 76.6) | 42 | 54.5 | 12.5 | (30.0 – 79.0) |
| New Hampshire | 258 | 52.6 | 5.9 | (41.0 – 64.2) | 45 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| New Jersey | 364 | 55.0 | 5.1 | (45.0 – 65.0) | 101 | 17.5 | 5.2 | (7.3 – 27.7) |
| New Mexico | 279 | 59.5 | 4.9 | (49.9 – 69.1) | 48 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| New York | 165 | 40.8 | 6.8 | (27.5 – 54.1) | 50 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| North Carolina | 148 | 63.7 | 6.7 | (50.6 – 76.8) | 50 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| North Dakota | 142 | 44.1 | 7.1 | (30.2 – 58.0) | 28 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Ohio | 374 | 63.4 | 4.8 | (54.0 – 72.8) | 77 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Oklahoma | 207 | 60.0 | 6.7 | (46.9 – 73.1) | 52 | 46.7 | 13.2 | (20.8 – 72.6) |
| Oregon | 189 | 63.7 | 5.9 | (52.1 – 75.3) | 65 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Pennsylvania | 550 | 48.7 | 5.2 | (38.5 – 58.9) | 150 | 14.7 | 4.3 | (6.3 – 23.1) |
| Rhode Island | 174 | 60.4 | 6.4 | (47.9 – 72.9) | 21 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Texas | 202 | 54.4 | 9.5 | (35.8 – 73.0) | 71 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Vermont | 221 | 55.8 | 5.8 | (44.4 – 67.2) | 24 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Washington | 436 | 46.5 | 4.4 | (37.9 – 55.1) | 53 | 38.1 | 10.6 | (17.3 – 58.9) |
| West Virginia | 197 | 61.1 | 4.6 | (52.1 – 70.1) | 24 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Wisconsin | 178 | 69.1 | 6.7 | (56.0 – 82.2) | 35 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| 37 state total | 9,054 | 54.4 | 1.5 | (51.5 – 57.3) | 2,241 | 25.6 | 2.7 | (20.3 – 30.9) |
| Median | 55.8 | 24.9 | ||||||
| Range | 35.8-69.1 | 14.7-54.5 | ||||||
1 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
2 “No” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
3 Aged ≥ 18 years
± Landline 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
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