2013 BRFSS Asthma Call-Back Survey Prevalence Tables

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, 2013

State/Territory Current Active
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alabama 119 53.9 8.9 (36.5 – 71.3) 125 51.8 9.1 (34.0 – 69.6)
Arizona 101 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 104 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
California 163 28.3 5.9 (16.7 – 39.9) 177 30.4 5.6 (19.4 – 41.4)
Connecticut 206 35.7 6.6 (22.8 – 48.6) 226 37.0 6.4 (24.5 – 49.5)
Florida 682 46.9 5.9 (35.3 – 58.5) 725 49.1 5.6 (38.1 – 60.1)
Georgia 117 29.6 7.4 (15.1 – 44.1) 127 28.3 7.0 (14.6 – 42.0)
Hawaii 109 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 109 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Indiana 292 34.4 5.3 (24.0 – 44.8) 308 35.1 5.1 (25.1 – 45.1)
Iowa 201 29.6 6.8 (16.3 – 42.9) 204 29.6 6.6 (16.7 – 42.5)
Kansas 584 24.5 3.1 (18.4 – 30.6) 610 25.2 3.1 (19.1 – 31.3)
Kentucky 296 47.2 5.8 (35.8 – 58.6) 323 46.2 5.5 (35.4 – 57.0)
Louisiana 106 34.4 7.0 (20.7 – 48.1) 124 40.6 10.1 (20.8 – 60.4)
Maine 217 26.8 5.0 (17.0 – 36.6) 234 25.0 4.7 (15.8 – 34.2)
Maryland 220 35.2 5.6 (24.2 – 46.2) 239 34.6 5.4 (24.0 – 45.2)
Massachusetts 140 46.2 10.5 (25.6 – 66.8) 149 44.8 9.8 (25.6 – 64.0)
Michigan 445 38.9 4.7 (29.7 – 48.1) 478 36.6 4.5 (27.8 – 45.4)
Mississippi 179 40.7 8.8 (23.5 – 57.9) 182 40.8 8.9 (23.4 – 58.2)
Missouri 207 43.2 6.6 (30.3 – 56.1) 215 43.5 6.5 (30.8 – 56.2)
Montana 248 30.9 7.7 (15.8 – 46.0) 267 31.8 7.4 (17.3 – 46.3)
Nebraska 251 38.3 10.3 (18.1 – 58.5) 271 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Nevada 90 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A) 106 22.1 6.3 (9.8 – 34.4)
New Hampshire 202 21.9 4.6 (12.9 – 30.9) 216 21.3 4.4 (12.7 – 29.9)
New Jersey 241 36.6 7.0 (22.9 – 50.3) 272 32.7 6.4 (20.2 – 45.2)
New Mexico 208 33.5 5.8 (22.1 – 44.9) 222 32.6 5.6 (21.6 – 43.6)
New York 105 22.6 6.0 (10.8 – 34.4) 105 26.0 6.5 (13.3 – 38.7)
North Carolina 99 46.9 8.5 (30.2 – 63.6) 114 40.3 7.8 (25.0 – 55.6)
Ohio 228 45.2 6.7 (32.1 – 58.3) 241 45.5 6.4 (33.0 – 58.0)
Oklahoma 209 26.6 4.9 (17.0 – 36.2) 219 27.9 4.8 (18.5 – 37.3)
Oregon 155 24.2 6.2 (12.0 – 36.4) 173 23.6 5.9 (12.0 – 35.2)
Pennsylvania 234 26.8 4.4 (18.2 – 35.4) 250 25.1 4.1 (17.1 – 33.1)
Rhode Island 181 23.2 5.3 (12.8 – 33.6) 193 23.2 5.2 (13.0 – 33.4)
Texas 199 24.1 7.1 (10.2 – 38.0) 220 23.8 6.8 (10.5 – 37.1)
Utah 298 21.3 4.3 (12.9 – 29.7) 314 19.6 4.0 (11.8 – 27.4)
Vermont 176 21.2 5.3 (10.8 – 31.6) 186 21.3 5.2 (11.1 – 31.5)
Washington 271 24.1 4.8 (14.7 – 33.5) 279 26.1 4.8 (16.7 – 35.5)
West Virginia 119 44.4 6.2 (32.2 – 56.6) 119 44.7 6.2 (32.5 – 56.9)
Wisconsin 188 20.4 4.7 (11.2 – 29.6) 188 18.8 4.6 (9.8 – 27.8)
Puerto Rico 193 49.2 6.6 (36.3 – 62.1) 234 53.0 6.1 (41.0 – 65.0)
38 state total 8,279 32.8 1.5 (29.9 – 35.7) 8,848 33.3 1.4 (30.6 – 36.0)
Median   33.5       31.8    
Range   20.4-53.9       18.8-53.0    

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