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, United States, 2006

State/Territory Current Active
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alaska 125 35.6 7.2 (21.5 – 49.7) 128 37.2 7.0 (23.5 – 50.9)
Arizona 151 35.1 7.5 (20.4 – 49.8) 160 33.2 7.0 (19.5 – 46.9)
California 240 29.3 3.8 (21.9 – 36.7) 261 28.0 3.6 (20.9 – 35.1)
Colorado 266 24.6 3.4 (17.9 – 31.3) 288 24.2 3.2 (17.9 – 30.5)
Connecticut 317 30.1 3.8 (22.7 – 37.5) 349 25.6 3.2 (19.3 – 31.9)
District of Columbia 126 17.4 4.5 (8.6 – 26.2) 135 18.5 4.5 (9.7 – 27.3)
Georgia 236 38.2 5.7 (27.0 – 49.4) 250 38.2 5.5 (27.4 – 49.0)
Hawaii 219 24.8 3.8 (17.4 – 32.2) 245 30.9 4.1 (22.9 – 38.9)
Indiana 296 32.8 3.4 (26.1 – 39.5) 314 33.7 3.5 (26.8 – 40.6)
Iowa 170 25.4 3.7 (18.1 – 32.7) 183 24.3 3.6 (17.2 – 31.4)
Kansas 366 26.3 3.3 (19.8 – 32.8) 370 26.6 3.3 (20.1 – 33.1)
Maine 177 31.0 4.8 (21.6 – 40.4) 191 31.9 4.6 (22.9 – 40.9)
Maryland 286 24.2 3.3 (17.7 – 30.7) 329 22.2 3.0 (16.3 – 28.1)
Massachusetts 254 24.3 4.0 (16.5 – 32.1) 270 25.2 4.3 (16.8 – 33.6)
Michigan 306 39.2 3.6 (32.1 – 46.3) 331 36.4 3.4 (29.7 – 43.1)
Missouri 248 40.8 5.8 (29.4 – 52.2) 263 40.3 5.7 (29.1 – 51.5)
Montana 194 21.5 3.4 (14.8 – 28.2) 202 21.6 3.4 (14.9 – 28.3)
Nebraska 210 29.9 5.4 (19.3 – 40.5) 224 26.8 4.9 (17.2 – 36.4)
New Hampshire 228 30.5 3.6 (23.4 – 37.6) 254 28.9 3.4 (22.2 – 35.6)
New York 262 31.2 3.9 (23.6 – 38.8) 284 29.1 3.7 (21.8 – 36.4)
Oregon 280 27.7 4.9 (18.1 – 37.3) 313 25.9 4.4 (17.3 – 34.5)
Texas 214 41.7 6.6 (28.8 – 54.6) 234 34.5 6.2 (22.3 – 46.7)
Vermont 394 23.8 2.6 (18.7 – 28.9) 416 25.0 2.6 (19.9 – 30.1)
Washington 1,401 24.4 1.6 (21.3 – 27.5) 1,535 24.0 1.5 (21.1 – 26.9)
Wisconsin 218 22.3 4.1 (14.3 – 30.3) 222 22.6 4.1 (14.6 – 30.6)
25 areas total 7,184 31.6 1.4 (28.9 – 34.3) 7,751 29.8 1.3 (27.3 – 32.3)
Median   29.3       26.8    
Range   17.4-41.7       18.5-40.3    

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

± Sample size excludes “DK/Refused”

§ Standard error

Confidence interval