2018 Adult Prevalence Tables

Table 12: Estimated percent with asthma caused or made worse by their current job among adults 1 with current 2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2018.

Table 12: Estimated percent with asthma caused or made worse by their current job among adults 1 with current 2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2018.
State/Territory Current Job
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI
Arizona 168 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
California 220 12.3 3.1 (6.2 – 18.4)
Connecticut 279 20.3 3.9 (12.7 – 27.9)
Florida 464 18.0 3.9 (10.4 – 25.6)
Georgia 152 19.4 4.6 (10.4 – 28.4)
Hawaii 217 13.1 2.8 (7.6 – 18.6)
Illinois 153 18.1 4.1 (10.1 – 26.1)
Indiana 183 24.6 5.5 (13.8 – 35.4)
Iowa 247 16.8 2.9 (11.1 – 22.5)
Kansas 278 18.6 3.7 (11.3 – 25.9)
Maine 477 13.7 2.7 (8.4 – 19.0)
Maryland 292 15.6 3.2 (9.3 – 21.9)
Massachusetts 184 14.4 3.4 (7.7 – 21.1)
Michigan 478 21.1 2.8 (15.6 – 26.6)
Minnesota 560 20.9 2.3 (16.4 – 25.4)
Missouri 186 25.8 5.0 (16.0 – 35.6)
Montana 150 22.5 4.6 (13.5 – 31.5)
Nebraska 411 18.7 3.0 (12.8 – 24.6)
Nevada 98 18.0 5.1 (8.0 – 28.0)
New Hampshire 178 15.4 3.6 (8.3 – 22.5)
New Mexico 202 21.0 4.4 (12.4 – 29.6)
New York 314 14.8 4.1 (6.8 – 22.8)
Ohio 392 15.7 3.1 (9.6 – 21.8)
Oregon 236 16.4 3.0 (10.5 – 22.3)
Pennsylvania 204 19.6 4.7 (10.4 – 28.8)
Rhode Island 176 26.7 5.5 (15.9 – 37.5)
Texas 206 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Utah 342 18.3 2.7 (13.0 – 23.6)
Vermont 225 18.4 3.9 (10.8 – 26.0)
Wisconsin 206 17.4 3.8 (10.0 – 24.8)
Puerto Rico 204 17.9 3.8 (10.5 – 25.3)
31 States / Area 8,082 17.2 1.1 (15.0 – 19.4)
Median 18.1
Range 12.3-26.7

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

2 “Yes” response to “Do you still have asthma?”

± Sample size for adults with current asthma, 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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