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, 2010

State/Territory Current Active
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alabama 271 42.2 4.1 (34.2 – 50.2) 285 39.8 4.2 (31.6 – 48.0)
Arizona 266 29.4 5.2 (19.2 – 39.6) 266 30.3 5.3 (19.9 – 40.7)
California 502 37.1 3.2 (30.8 – 43.4) 545 35.2 3.0 (29.3 – 41.1)
Connecticut 244 31.9 5.0 (22.1 – 41.7) 276 31.1 4.6 (22.1 – 40.1)
District of Columbia 129 27.2 5.4 (16.6 – 37.8) 138 29.6 5.5 (18.8 – 40.4)
Florida 380 27.6 3.9 (20.0 – 35.2) 414 29.3 4.0 (21.5 – 37.1)
Georgia 157 34.8 5.4 (24.2 – 45.4) 162 36.1 5.3 (25.7 – 46.5)
Hawaii 267 22.7 4.2 (14.5 – 30.9) 281 25.7 4.3 (17.3 – 34.1)
Illinois 162 35.1 5.3 (24.7 – 45.5) 169 34.3 5.1 (24.3 – 44.3)
Indiana 447 34.7 3.5 (27.8 – 41.6) 473 35.5 3.4 (28.8 – 42.2)
Iowa 252 25.0 4.3 (16.6 – 33.4) 261 27.5 4.6 (18.5 – 36.5)
Kansas 398 28.0 4.4 (19.4 – 36.6) 416 26.9 4.2 (18.7 – 35.1)
Louisiana 169 46.2 6.1 (34.2 – 58.2) 185 46.5 5.4 (35.9 – 57.1)
Maine 439 32.8 3.4 (26.1 – 39.5) 460 33.0 3.3 (26.5 – 39.5)
Maryland 248 32.9 5.8 (21.5 – 44.3) 274 33.3 5.5 (22.5 – 44.1)
Massachusetts 212 27.4 5.3 (17.0 – 37.8) 225 29.6 5.3 (19.2 – 40.0)
Michigan 521 28.1 3.0 (22.2 – 34.0) 552 27.4 2.9 (21.7 – 33.1)
Mississippi 302 45.5 4.5 (36.7 – 54.3) 310 44.7 4.4 (36.1 – 53.3)
Missouri 256 41.1 5.3 (30.7 – 51.5) 270 38.9 5.0 (29.1 – 48.7)
Montana 310 29.1 5.3 (18.7 – 39.5) 323 27.6 5.1 (17.6 – 37.6)
Nebraska 586 28.9 4.3 (20.5 – 37.3) 612 30.8 4.0 (23.0 – 38.6)
Nevada 141 33.3 6.3 (21.0 – 45.6) 166 35.1 6.2 (22.9 – 47.3)
New Hampshire 268 19.4 3.5 (12.5 – 26.3) 284 19.5 3.4 (12.8 – 26.2)
New Jersey 330 27.7 3.8 (20.3 – 35.1) 360 25.4 3.4 (18.7 – 32.1)
New Mexico 318 36.0 4.8 (26.6 – 45.4) 337 37.3 4.7 (28.1 – 46.5)
New York 121 36.8 5.9 (25.2 – 48.4) 134 36.0 5.6 (25.0 – 47.0)
North Dakota 176 25.9 5.5 (15.1 – 36.7) 183 25.5 5.4 (14.9 – 36.1)
Ohio 343 35.6 4.4 (27.0 – 44.2) 367 34.2 4.1 (26.2 – 42.2)
Oklahoma 289 29.2 4.3 (20.8 – 37.6) 308 28.5 4.1 (20.5 – 36.5)
Oregon 199 29.9 5.9 (18.3 – 41.5) 223 26.4 5.4 (15.8 – 37.0)
Pennsylvania 396 30.6 3.2 (24.3 – 36.9) 421 30.0 3.0 (24.1 – 35.9)
Rhode Island 323 28.3 3.9 (20.7 – 35.9) 341 27.2 3.7 (19.9 – 34.5)
Texas 613 33.7 4.4 (25.1 – 42.3) 677 31.9 4.2 (23.7 – 40.1)
Utah 421 25.7 4.2 (17.5 – 33.9) 448 27.4 3.9 (19.8 – 35.0)
Vermont 393 25.5 3.5 (18.6 – 32.4) 422 25.1 3.3 (18.6 – 31.6)
Washington 649 21.8 2.4 (17.1 – 26.5) 671 22.4 2.4 (17.7 – 27.1)
West Virginia 186 42.1 4.9 (32.5 – 51.7) 184 41.0 5.1 (31.0 – 51.0)
Wisconsin 218 26.9 4.6 (17.9 – 35.9) 240 25.8 4.3 (17.4 – 34.2)
Puerto Rico 95 53.0 11.9 (29.7 – 76.3) 135 54.3 7.8 (39.0 – 69.6)
39 state total 11,997 32.9 1.0 (30.9 – 34.9) 12,798 32.5 1.0 (30.5 – 34.5)
Median   29.9       30.3    
Range   19.4-53.0       19.5-54.3    

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