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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