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, 2012
| State/Territory | Current | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size± |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | |
| Alabama | 272 | 16.1 | 4.4 | (7.5 – 24.7) |
| Arizona | 221 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| California | 314 | 14.6 | 3.5 | (7.7 – 21.5) |
| Connecticut | 241 | 22.6 | 4.6 | (13.6 – 31.6) |
| District of Columbia | 99 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Florida | 216 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Georgia | 141 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Hawaii | 143 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Illinois | 204 | 25.6 | 6.8 | (12.3 – 38.9) |
| Indiana | 237 | 18.4 | 4.1 | (10.4 – 26.4) |
| Iowa | 197 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Kansas | 388 | 21.3 | 3.8 | (13.9 – 28.7) |
| Louisiana | 260 | 8.5 | 2.4 | (3.8 – 13.2) |
| Maine | 211 | 10.9 | 2.6 | (5.8 – 16.0) |
| Massachusetts | 200 | 13.8 | 3.8 | (6.4 – 21.2) |
| Michigan | 444 | 16.9 | 2.8 | (11.4 – 22.4) |
| Mississippi | 262 | 15.0 | 4.0 | (7.2 – 22.8) |
| Missouri | 224 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Montana | 276 | 17.4 | 3.6 | (10.3 – 24.5) |
| Nebraska | 508 | 19.7 | 3.6 | (12.6 – 26.8) |
| Nevada | 141 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| New Hampshire | 265 | 21.2 | 4.7 | (12.0 – 30.4) |
| New Jersey | 380 | 24.8 | 5.9 | (13.2 – 36.4) |
| New Mexico | 292 | 16.7 | 4.1 | (8.7 – 24.7) |
| New York | 171 | 17.8 | 5.3 | (7.4 – 28.2) |
| North Carolina | 156 | 19.0 | 5.1 | (9.0 – 29.0) |
| North Dakota | 147 | 17.1 | 5.1 | (7.1 – 27.1) |
| Ohio | 391 | 18.3 | 4.4 | (9.7 – 26.9) |
| Oklahoma | 211 | 23.4 | 5.3 | (13.0 – 33.8) |
| Oregon | 198 | 10.7 | 2.9 | (5.0 – 16.4) |
| Pennsylvania | 572 | 13.9 | 2.9 | (8.2 – 19.6) |
| Rhode Island | 183 | 15.6 | 4.6 | (6.6 – 24.6) |
| Texas | 212 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Vermont | 235 | 20.0 | 5.2 | (9.8 – 30.2) |
| Washington | 460 | 11.0 | 2.2 | (6.7 – 15.3) |
| West Virginia | 211 | 13.9 | 3.1 | (7.8 – 20.0) |
| Wisconsin | 182 | 27.0 | 7.7 | (11.9 – 42.1) |
| 37 state total | 9,465 | 16.9 | 1.1 | (14.7 – 19.1) |
| Median | 17.3 | |||
| Range | 8.5-27.0 | |||
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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