TABLE 14. Estimated percent with asthma caused or made worse by their current job among adults1 with current2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2009

State/Territory Current
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI
Arizona 115 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
California 512 12.4 1.9 (8.7 – 16.1)
Connecticut 235 21.3 4.9 (11.7 – 30.9)
District of Columbia 131 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Florida 418 12.4 2.8 (6.9 – 17.9)
Georgia 190 27.5 5.5 (16.7 – 38.3)
Hawaii 272 17.2 2.9 (11.5 – 22.9)
Illinois 186 16.4 3.7 (9.1 – 23.7)
Indiana 393 18.7 3.7 (11.4 – 26.0)
Iowa 232 19.6 5.8 (8.2 – 31.0)
Kansas 829 17.6 1.9 (13.9 – 21.3)
Louisiana 195 12.1 3.2 (5.8 – 18.4)
Maine 232 10.2 2.4 (5.5 – 14.9)
Maryland 265 18.1 4.2 (9.9 – 26.3)
Massachusetts 221 22.6 5.0 (12.8 – 32.4)
Michigan 476 11.9 1.9 (8.2 – 15.6)
Montana 304 19.5 3.7 (12.2 – 26.8)
Nebraska 541 23.3 3.9 (15.7 – 30.9)
Nevada 131 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
New Hampshire 255 12.0 3.1 (5.9 – 18.1)
New Jersey 362 21.6 4.3 (13.2 – 30.0)
New Mexico 203 20.9 4.6 (11.9 – 29.9)
New York 319 14.3 3.1 (8.2 – 20.4)
North Dakota 186 24.2 4.6 (15.2 – 33.2)
Ohio 273 17.0 3.9 (9.4 – 24.6)
Oklahoma 281 25.1 5.7 (13.9 – 36.3)
Oregon 147 N/A N/A (N/A – N/A)
Rhode Island 299 18.4 4.6 (9.4 – 27.4)
Texas 469 16.7 3.2 (10.4 – 23.0)
Utah 430 17.3 2.7 (12.0 – 22.6)
Vermont 351 14.5 4.0 (6.7 – 22.3)
Virginia 187 14.6 4.1 (6.6 – 22.6)
Washington 498 10.3 1.9 (6.6 – 14.0)
West Virginia 252 10.9 3.0 (5.0 – 16.8)
Wisconsin 222 17.9 4.4 (9.3 – 26.5)
Puerto Rico 165 19.2 4.7 (10.0 – 28.4)
36 state total 10,777 16.3 0.8 (14.7 – 17.9)
Median   17.5    
Range   10.2-27.5    

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

± Sample size 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