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, 2009

State/Territory Current Active
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Arizona 111 36.2 7.3 (21.9 – 50.5) 116 40.7 7.4 (26.2 – 55.2)
California 399 36.4 3.7 (29.1 – 43.7) 427 34.5 3.8 (27.1 – 41.9)
Connecticut 231 28.4 4.4 (19.8 – 37.0) 253 29.6 4.2 (21.4 – 37.8)
District of Columbia 130 22.5 4.5 (13.7 – 31.3) 147 20.8 4.1 (12.8 – 28.8)
Florida 388 37.7 4.8 (28.3 – 47.1) 425 38.0 5.3 (27.6 – 48.4)
Georgia 179 37.2 6.1 (25.2 – 49.2) 185 32.8 6.1 (20.8 – 44.8)
Hawaii 276 30.4 4.5 (21.6 – 39.2) 273 30.1 4.5 (21.3 – 38.9)
Illinois 179 31.6 4.9 (22.0 – 41.2) 198 29.9 4.6 (20.9 – 38.9)
Indiana 359 33.6 4.2 (25.4 – 41.8) 393 31.7 3.9 (24.1 – 39.3)
Iowa 224 25.2 3.8 (17.8 – 32.6) 238 22.7 3.4 (16.0 – 29.4)
Kansas 770 21.2 2.1 (17.1 – 25.3) 824 21.6 2.0 (17.7 – 25.5)
Louisiana 183 36.9 7.1 (23.0 – 50.8) 200 35.8 6.8 (22.5 – 49.1)
Maine 228 22.5 3.3 (16.0 – 29.0) 247 23.1 3.3 (16.6 – 29.6)
Maryland 259 30.7 5.7 (19.5 – 41.9) 282 30.4 5.3 (20.0 – 40.8)
Massachusetts 205 29.2 5.1 (19.2 – 39.2) 230 25.5 4.4 (16.9 – 34.1)
Michigan 453 28.8 3.2 (22.5 – 35.1) 509 24.3 2.7 (19.0 – 29.6)
Montana 292 23.8 3.6 (16.7 – 30.9) 303 25.7 3.7 (18.4 – 33.0)
Nebraska 529 23.3 3.2 (17.0 – 29.6) 536 23.2 3.2 (16.9 – 29.5)
Nevada 129 33.3 7.3 (19.0 – 47.6) 136 31.3 6.9 (17.8 – 44.8)
New Hampshire 254 26.2 3.9 (18.6 – 33.8) 278 25.7 3.9 (18.1 – 33.3)
New Jersey 339 30.5 3.8 (23.1 – 37.9) 371 29.0 3.5 (22.1 – 35.9)
New Mexico 200 39.4 5.0 (29.6 – 49.2) 222 37.0 4.8 (27.6 – 46.4)
New York 304 28.5 4.0 (20.7 – 36.3) 334 27.2 3.7 (19.9 – 34.5)
North Dakota 182 30.3 5.1 (20.3 – 40.3) 192 27.7 4.5 (18.9 – 36.5)
Ohio 263 32.3 4.9 (22.7 – 41.9) 286 32.4 4.6 (23.4 – 41.4)
Oklahoma 255 32.8 4.3 (24.4 – 41.2) 265 33.7 4.3 (25.3 – 42.1)
Oregon 144 22.9 5.0 (13.1 – 32.7) 162 20.2 4.4 (11.6 – 28.8)
Rhode Island 289 30.6 4.6 (21.6 – 39.6) 314 29.9 4.5 (21.1 – 38.7)
Texas 446 27.7 4.0 (19.9 – 35.5) 478 24.7 3.5 (17.8 – 31.6)
Utah 419 25.0 2.8 (19.5 – 30.5) 466 22.7 2.6 (17.6 – 27.8)
Vermont 334 15.5 2.6 (10.4 – 20.6) 360 15.5 2.5 (10.6 – 20.4)
Virginia 178 31.1 4.9 (21.5 – 40.7) 182 31.9 4.9 (22.3 – 41.5)
Washington 469 20.4 2.7 (15.1 – 25.7) 508 19.1 2.5 (14.2 – 24.0)
West Virginia 222 40.1 5.2 (29.9 – 50.3) 229 40.6 5.1 (30.6 – 50.6)
Wisconsin 219 31.9 5.7 (20.7 – 43.1) 232 30.3 5.5 (19.5 – 41.1)
Puerto Rico 143 49.2 5.8 (37.8 – 60.6) 217 47.5 4.8 (38.1 – 56.9)
36 state total 10,184 31.4 1.0 (29.4 – 33.4) 11,018 30.1 1.0 (28.1 – 32.1)
Median   30.5       29.8    
Range   15.5-49.2       15.5-47.5    

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