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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, 2008
| State/Territory | Current | Active | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size± |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | |
| Arizona | 144 | 29.6 | 7.6 | (14.7 – 44.5) | 150 | 29.5 | 7.4 | (15.0 – 44.0) |
| California | 406 | 26.0 | 3.1 | (19.9 – 32.1) | 438 | 25.3 | 2.9 | (19.6 – 31.0) |
| Connecticut | 237 | 23.2 | 4.2 | (15.0 – 31.4) | 250 | 24.1 | 4.1 | (16.1 – 32.1) |
| District of Columbia | 146 | 35.1 | 6.5 | (22.4 – 47.8) | 159 | 39.0 | 6.3 | (26.7 – 51.3) |
| Florida | 285 | 58.4 | 6.1 | (46.4 – 70.4) | 318 | 55.6 | 5.6 | (44.6 – 66.6) |
| Georgia | 194 | 63.2 | 5.7 | (52.0 – 74.4) | 207 | 61.4 | 5.7 | (50.2 – 72.6) |
| Hawaii | 309 | 31.3 | 3.8 | (23.9 – 38.7) | 319 | 32.4 | 3.9 | (24.8 – 40.0) |
| Illinois | 226 | 30.5 | 4.2 | (22.3 – 38.7) | 251 | 26.8 | 3.8 | (19.4 – 34.2) |
| Indiana | 222 | 33.3 | 4.0 | (25.5 – 41.1) | 243 | 33.1 | 3.9 | (25.5 – 40.7) |
| Iowa | 238 | 20.1 | 3.7 | (12.8 – 27.4) | 246 | 20.2 | 3.7 | (12.9 – 27.5) |
| Kansas | 390 | 28.0 | 3.4 | (21.3 – 34.7) | 408 | 27.4 | 3.3 | (20.9 – 33.9) |
| Maine | 387 | 24.3 | 3.0 | (18.4 – 30.2) | 415 | 23.2 | 2.8 | (17.7 – 28.7) |
| Maryland | 329 | 32.1 | 4.0 | (24.3 – 39.9) | 346 | 31.9 | 3.8 | (24.5 – 39.3) |
| Massachusetts | 289 | 37.7 | 4.9 | (28.1 – 47.3) | 316 | 35.4 | 4.6 | (26.4 – 44.4) |
| Michigan | 495 | 26.2 | 3.0 | (20.3 – 32.1) | 540 | 25.7 | 2.8 | (20.2 – 31.2) |
| Missouri | 230 | 46.7 | 6.1 | (34.7 – 58.7) | 253 | 41.3 | 5.7 | (30.1 – 52.5) |
| Montana | 233 | 27.9 | 4.5 | (19.1 – 36.7) | 237 | 29.7 | 4.8 | (20.3 – 39.1) |
| Nebraska | 565 | 23.8 | 3.2 | (17.5 – 30.1) | 598 | 27.4 | 3.6 | (20.3 – 34.5) |
| Nevada | 187 | 32.4 | 5.9 | (20.8 – 44.0) | 203 | 32.4 | 5.8 | (21.0 – 43.8) |
| New Hampshire | 318 | 27.9 | 3.3 | (21.4 – 34.4) | 346 | 27.4 | 3.2 | (21.1 – 33.7) |
| New Jersey | 296 | 47.7 | 4.9 | (38.1 – 57.3) | 327 | 51.1 | 4.5 | (42.3 – 59.9) |
| New Mexico | 264 | 34.0 | 5.2 | (23.8 – 44.2) | 281 | 31.9 | 5.0 | (22.1 – 41.7) |
| New York | 302 | 31.8 | 3.7 | (24.5 – 39.1) | 348 | 29.5 | 3.4 | (22.8 – 36.2) |
| North Dakota | 192 | 33.4 | 5.3 | (23.0 – 43.8) | 199 | 30.6 | 4.9 | (21.0 – 40.2) |
| Ohio | 336 | 35.5 | 5.3 | (25.1 – 45.9) | 371 | 33.7 | 4.9 | (24.1 – 43.3) |
| Oklahoma | 271 | 35.5 | 4.1 | (27.5 – 43.5) | 289 | 35.6 | 4.0 | (27.8 – 43.4) |
| Oregon | 259 | 27.3 | 4.1 | (19.3 – 35.3) | 288 | 29.2 | 4.5 | (20.4 – 38.0) |
| Rhode Island | 268 | 28.1 | 4.2 | (19.9 – 36.3) | 293 | 27.7 | 4.0 | (19.9 – 35.5) |
| Texas | 361 | 33.4 | 4.4 | (24.8 – 42.0) | 393 | 30.1 | 4.2 | (21.9 – 38.3) |
| Utah | 229 | 34.1 | 4.4 | (25.5 – 42.7) | 244 | 34.1 | 4.3 | (25.7 – 42.5) |
| Vermont | 380 | 18.6 | 2.4 | (13.9 – 23.3) | 420 | 17.0 | 2.2 | (12.7 – 21.3) |
| Virginia | 210 | 27.3 | 4.8 | (17.9 – 36.7) | 226 | 27.1 | 4.6 | (18.1 – 36.1) |
| Washington | 486 | 27.3 | 3.0 | (21.4 – 33.2) | 542 | 24.8 | 2.7 | (19.5 – 30.1) |
| West Virginia | 217 | 41.4 | 4.3 | (33.0 – 49.8) | 235 | 41.4 | 4.1 | (33.4 – 49.4) |
| Wisconsin | 238 | 23.0 | 4.2 | (14.8 – 31.2) | 247 | 24.2 | 4.7 | (15.0 – 33.4) |
| 35 areas total | 10,139 | 33.5 | 1.1 | (31.3 – 35.7) | 10,946 | 32.4 | 1.0 | (30.4 – 34.4) |
| Median | 31.3 | 29.7 | ||||||
| Range | 18.6-63.2 | 17.0-61.4 | ||||||
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