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, 2012

State/Territory Current Active
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alabama 249 49.1 6.3 (36.8 – 61.4) 252 49.5 6.3 (37.2 – 61.8)
Arizona 215 33.7 7.2 (19.6 – 47.8) 222 24.9 7.2 (10.8 – 39.0)
California 311 38.2 4.4 (29.6 – 46.8) 328 36.7 4.3 (28.3 – 45.1)
Connecticut 236 40.4 6.0 (28.6 – 52.2) 245 38.0 5.9 (26.4 – 49.6)
District of Columbia 92 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 101 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Florida 201 43.5 8.2 (27.4 – 59.6) 217 46.6 7.8 (31.3 – 61.9)
Georgia 132 32.5 6.9 (19.0 – 46.0) 149 30.1 6.2 (17.9 – 42.3)
Hawaii 142 39.9 9.3 (21.7 – 58.1) 150 31.9 6.1 (19.9 – 43.9)
Illinois 203 33.8 6.0 (22.0 – 45.6) 217 36.3 7.3 (22.0 – 50.6)
Indiana 219 28.7 5.2 (18.5 – 38.9) 241 25.5 4.7 (16.3 – 34.7)
Iowa 186 37.3 6.8 (24.0 – 50.6) 188 38.1 6.8 (24.8 – 51.4)
Kansas 360 26.5 4.7 (17.3 – 35.7) 374 26.5 4.6 (17.5 – 35.5)
Louisiana 214 39.8 7.9 (24.3 – 55.3) 226 32.0 7.2 (17.9 – 46.1)
Maine 199 34.0 5.6 (23.0 – 45.0) 211 34.3 5.4 (23.7 – 44.9)
Massachusetts 190 21.0 4.3 (12.6 – 29.4) 223 20.4 3.9 (12.8 – 28.0)
Michigan 436 32.0 4.0 (24.2 – 39.8) 475 30.9 3.8 (23.5 – 38.3)
Mississippi 217 59.8 6.4 (47.3 – 72.3) 218 61.4 6.2 (49.2 – 73.6)
Missouri 205 32.0 5.3 (21.6 – 42.4) 219 28.6 4.9 (19.0 – 38.2)
Montana 262 25.4 4.3 (17.0 – 33.8) 275 25.9 4.3 (17.5 – 34.3)
Nebraska 478 33.5 4.3 (25.1 – 41.9) 491 34.8 4.5 (26.0 – 43.6)
Nevada 133 41.5 8.5 (24.8 – 58.2) 148 41.1 8.0 (25.4 – 56.8)
New Hampshire 259 27.5 5.3 (17.1 – 37.9) 276 28.3 5.2 (18.1 – 38.5)
New Jersey 370 38.4 5.1 (28.4 – 48.4) 394 36.7 4.9 (27.1 – 46.3)
New Mexico 275 36.6 5.3 (26.2 – 47.0) 290 35.2 5.1 (25.2 – 45.2)
New York 166 31.0 6.8 (17.7 – 44.3) 182 28.2 6.6 (15.3 – 41.1)
North Carolina 147 38.1 6.7 (25.0 – 51.2) 167 32.5 6.1 (20.5 – 44.5)
North Dakota 138 20.5 5.4 (9.9 – 31.1) 137 18.8 5.2 (8.6 – 29.0)
Ohio 373 47.6 5.5 (36.8 – 58.4) 398 40.7 5.9 (29.1 – 52.3)
Oklahoma 197 39.7 6.8 (26.4 – 53.0) 199 35.5 6.7 (22.4 – 48.6)
Oregon 193 33.9 5.6 (22.9 – 44.9) 215 32.4 5.2 (22.2 – 42.6)
Pennsylvania 555 28.1 4.9 (18.5 – 37.7) 592 27.7 4.7 (18.5 – 36.9)
Rhode Island 177 33.6 5.9 (22.0 – 45.2) 181 36.2 6.6 (23.3 – 49.1)
Texas 199 41.1 9.1 (23.3 – 58.9) 207 38.2 8.9 (20.8 – 55.6)
Vermont 234 23.0 3.8 (15.6 – 30.4) 244 21.6 3.6 (14.5 – 28.7)
Washington 456 29.5 3.7 (22.2 – 36.8) 481 29.8 3.5 (22.9 – 36.7)
West Virginia 182 42.1 4.8 (32.7 – 51.5) 180 40.4 4.8 (31.0 – 49.8)
Wisconsin 180 33.5 6.9 (20.0 – 47.0) 184 33.8 6.9 (20.3 – 47.3)
37 state total 8,981 36.0 1.5 (33.1 – 38.9) 9,497 34.3 1.4 (31.6 – 37.0)
Median   33.9       33.2    
Range   20.5-59.8       18.8-61.4    

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

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