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 Land Line Sample, United States, 2011
| State/Territory | Current | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size± |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | |
| Alabama | 195 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Arizona | 232 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| California | 507 | 10.9 | 2.2 | (6.6 – 15.2) |
| Connecticut | 247 | 14.9 | 3.8 | (7.5 – 22.3) |
| District of Columbia | 148 | 12.5 | 3.7 | (5.2 – 19.8) |
| Florida | 364 | 21.3 | 5.7 | (10.1 – 32.5) |
| Georgia | 265 | 9.7 | 2.6 | (4.6 – 14.8) |
| Hawaii | 243 | 22.8 | 5.2 | (12.6 – 33.0) |
| Illinois | 176 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Indiana | 329 | 13.5 | 3.0 | (7.6 – 19.4) |
| Iowa | 194 | 17.8 | 5.1 | (7.8 – 27.8) |
| Kansas | 725 | 21.2 | 3.5 | (14.3 – 28.1) |
| Louisiana | 266 | 7.1 | 2.1 | (3.0 – 11.2) |
| Maine | 270 | 15.9 | 3.4 | (9.2 – 22.6) |
| Maryland | 210 | 18.0 | 4.3 | (9.6 – 26.4) |
| Massachusetts | 235 | 15.1 | 4.1 | (7.1 – 23.1) |
| Michigan | 496 | 18.6 | 3.6 | (11.5 – 25.7) |
| Mississippi | 266 | 24.1 | 6.5 | (11.4 – 36.8) |
| Missouri | 219 | 16.3 | 3.7 | (9.0 – 23.6) |
| Montana | 334 | 19.9 | 3.5 | (13.0 – 26.8) |
| Nebraska | 667 | 19.8 | 3.6 | (12.7 – 26.9) |
| Nevada | 133 | 20.9 | 6.1 | (8.9 – 32.9) |
| New Hampshire | 219 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| New Jersey | 339 | 25.6 | 5.4 | (15.0 – 36.2) |
| New Mexico | 316 | 16.2 | 4.4 | (7.6 – 24.8) |
| New York | 135 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| North Carolina | 230 | 20.1 | 5.9 | (8.5 – 31.7) |
| North Dakota | 170 | 12.9 | 3.5 | (6.0 – 19.8) |
| Ohio | 316 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Oklahoma | 295 | 13.1 | 3.6 | (6.0 – 20.2) |
| Oregon | 182 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Pennsylvania | 373 | 9.9 | 2.0 | (6.0 – 13.8) |
| Rhode Island | 244 | 20.1 | 5.5 | (9.3 – 30.9) |
| Texas | 514 | 17.5 | 3.6 | (10.4 – 24.6) |
| Utah | 412 | 17.0 | 3.4 | (10.3 – 23.7) |
| Vermont | 304 | 18.7 | 3.7 | (11.4 – 26.0) |
| Washington | 666 | 13.8 | 2.4 | (9.1 – 18.5) |
| West Virginia | 193 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Wisconsin | 234 | 17.0 | 4.5 | (8.2 – 25.8) |
| Puerto Rico | 295 | 13.5 | 2.9 | (7.8 – 19.2) |
| 40 state total | 12,158 | 15.8 | 0.9 | (14.0 – 17.6) |
| Median | 17.0 | |||
| Range | 7.1-25.6 | |||
1 Aged ≥ 18 years
2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”
± 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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