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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 Land Line Sample, United States, 2012
| State/Territory | Current | Active | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size± |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | |
| Alabama | 249 | 49.1 | 6.3 | (36.8 – 61.4) | 252 | 49.5 | 6.3 | (37.2 – 61.8) |
| Arizona | 215 | 33.7 | 7.2 | (19.6 – 47.8) | 222 | 24.9 | 7.2 | (10.8 – 39.0) |
| California | 311 | 38.2 | 4.4 | (29.6 – 46.8) | 328 | 36.7 | 4.3 | (28.3 – 45.1) |
| Connecticut | 236 | 40.4 | 6.0 | (28.6 – 52.2) | 245 | 38.0 | 5.9 | (26.4 – 49.6) |
| District of Columbia | 92 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) | 101 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Florida | 201 | 43.5 | 8.2 | (27.4 – 59.6) | 217 | 46.6 | 7.8 | (31.3 – 61.9) |
| Georgia | 132 | 32.5 | 6.9 | (19.0 – 46.0) | 149 | 30.1 | 6.2 | (17.9 – 42.3) |
| Hawaii | 142 | 39.9 | 9.3 | (21.7 – 58.1) | 150 | 31.9 | 6.1 | (19.9 – 43.9) |
| Illinois | 203 | 33.8 | 6.0 | (22.0 – 45.6) | 217 | 36.3 | 7.3 | (22.0 – 50.6) |
| Indiana | 219 | 28.7 | 5.2 | (18.5 – 38.9) | 241 | 25.5 | 4.7 | (16.3 – 34.7) |
| Iowa | 186 | 37.3 | 6.8 | (24.0 – 50.6) | 188 | 38.1 | 6.8 | (24.8 – 51.4) |
| Kansas | 360 | 26.5 | 4.7 | (17.3 – 35.7) | 374 | 26.5 | 4.6 | (17.5 – 35.5) |
| Louisiana | 214 | 39.8 | 7.9 | (24.3 – 55.3) | 226 | 32.0 | 7.2 | (17.9 – 46.1) |
| Maine | 199 | 34.0 | 5.6 | (23.0 – 45.0) | 211 | 34.3 | 5.4 | (23.7 – 44.9) |
| Massachusetts | 190 | 21.0 | 4.3 | (12.6 – 29.4) | 223 | 20.4 | 3.9 | (12.8 – 28.0) |
| Michigan | 436 | 32.0 | 4.0 | (24.2 – 39.8) | 475 | 30.9 | 3.8 | (23.5 – 38.3) |
| Mississippi | 217 | 59.8 | 6.4 | (47.3 – 72.3) | 218 | 61.4 | 6.2 | (49.2 – 73.6) |
| Missouri | 205 | 32.0 | 5.3 | (21.6 – 42.4) | 219 | 28.6 | 4.9 | (19.0 – 38.2) |
| Montana | 262 | 25.4 | 4.3 | (17.0 – 33.8) | 275 | 25.9 | 4.3 | (17.5 – 34.3) |
| Nebraska | 478 | 33.5 | 4.3 | (25.1 – 41.9) | 491 | 34.8 | 4.5 | (26.0 – 43.6) |
| Nevada | 133 | 41.5 | 8.5 | (24.8 – 58.2) | 148 | 41.1 | 8.0 | (25.4 – 56.8) |
| New Hampshire | 259 | 27.5 | 5.3 | (17.1 – 37.9) | 276 | 28.3 | 5.2 | (18.1 – 38.5) |
| New Jersey | 370 | 38.4 | 5.1 | (28.4 – 48.4) | 394 | 36.7 | 4.9 | (27.1 – 46.3) |
| New Mexico | 275 | 36.6 | 5.3 | (26.2 – 47.0) | 290 | 35.2 | 5.1 | (25.2 – 45.2) |
| New York | 166 | 31.0 | 6.8 | (17.7 – 44.3) | 182 | 28.2 | 6.6 | (15.3 – 41.1) |
| North Carolina | 147 | 38.1 | 6.7 | (25.0 – 51.2) | 167 | 32.5 | 6.1 | (20.5 – 44.5) |
| North Dakota | 138 | 20.5 | 5.4 | (9.9 – 31.1) | 137 | 18.8 | 5.2 | (8.6 – 29.0) |
| Ohio | 373 | 47.6 | 5.5 | (36.8 – 58.4) | 398 | 40.7 | 5.9 | (29.1 – 52.3) |
| Oklahoma | 197 | 39.7 | 6.8 | (26.4 – 53.0) | 199 | 35.5 | 6.7 | (22.4 – 48.6) |
| Oregon | 193 | 33.9 | 5.6 | (22.9 – 44.9) | 215 | 32.4 | 5.2 | (22.2 – 42.6) |
| Pennsylvania | 555 | 28.1 | 4.9 | (18.5 – 37.7) | 592 | 27.7 | 4.7 | (18.5 – 36.9) |
| Rhode Island | 177 | 33.6 | 5.9 | (22.0 – 45.2) | 181 | 36.2 | 6.6 | (23.3 – 49.1) |
| Texas | 199 | 41.1 | 9.1 | (23.3 – 58.9) | 207 | 38.2 | 8.9 | (20.8 – 55.6) |
| Vermont | 234 | 23.0 | 3.8 | (15.6 – 30.4) | 244 | 21.6 | 3.6 | (14.5 – 28.7) |
| Washington | 456 | 29.5 | 3.7 | (22.2 – 36.8) | 481 | 29.8 | 3.5 | (22.9 – 36.7) |
| West Virginia | 182 | 42.1 | 4.8 | (32.7 – 51.5) | 180 | 40.4 | 4.8 | (31.0 – 49.8) |
| Wisconsin | 180 | 33.5 | 6.9 | (20.0 – 47.0) | 184 | 33.8 | 6.9 | (20.3 – 47.3) |
| 37 state total | 8,981 | 36.0 | 1.5 | (33.1 – 38.9) | 9,497 | 34.3 | 1.4 | (31.6 – 37.0) |
| Median | 33.9 | 33.2 | ||||||
| Range | 20.5-59.8 | 18.8-61.4 | ||||||
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
± Landline 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