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2013 BRFSS Asthma Call-Back Survey Prevalence Tables
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, 2013
| State/Territory | Current | Active | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size± |
% | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size |
% | SE | 95% CI | |
| Alabama | 119 | 53.9 | 8.9 | (36.5 – 71.3) | 125 | 51.8 | 9.1 | (34.0 – 69.6) |
| Arizona | 101 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) | 104 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| California | 163 | 28.3 | 5.9 | (16.7 – 39.9) | 177 | 30.4 | 5.6 | (19.4 – 41.4) |
| Connecticut | 206 | 35.7 | 6.6 | (22.8 – 48.6) | 226 | 37.0 | 6.4 | (24.5 – 49.5) |
| Florida | 682 | 46.9 | 5.9 | (35.3 – 58.5) | 725 | 49.1 | 5.6 | (38.1 – 60.1) |
| Georgia | 117 | 29.6 | 7.4 | (15.1 – 44.1) | 127 | 28.3 | 7.0 | (14.6 – 42.0) |
| Hawaii | 109 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) | 109 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Indiana | 292 | 34.4 | 5.3 | (24.0 – 44.8) | 308 | 35.1 | 5.1 | (25.1 – 45.1) |
| Iowa | 201 | 29.6 | 6.8 | (16.3 – 42.9) | 204 | 29.6 | 6.6 | (16.7 – 42.5) |
| Kansas | 584 | 24.5 | 3.1 | (18.4 – 30.6) | 610 | 25.2 | 3.1 | (19.1 – 31.3) |
| Kentucky | 296 | 47.2 | 5.8 | (35.8 – 58.6) | 323 | 46.2 | 5.5 | (35.4 – 57.0) |
| Louisiana | 106 | 34.4 | 7.0 | (20.7 – 48.1) | 124 | 40.6 | 10.1 | (20.8 – 60.4) |
| Maine | 217 | 26.8 | 5.0 | (17.0 – 36.6) | 234 | 25.0 | 4.7 | (15.8 – 34.2) |
| Maryland | 220 | 35.2 | 5.6 | (24.2 – 46.2) | 239 | 34.6 | 5.4 | (24.0 – 45.2) |
| Massachusetts | 140 | 46.2 | 10.5 | (25.6 – 66.8) | 149 | 44.8 | 9.8 | (25.6 – 64.0) |
| Michigan | 445 | 38.9 | 4.7 | (29.7 – 48.1) | 478 | 36.6 | 4.5 | (27.8 – 45.4) |
| Mississippi | 179 | 40.7 | 8.8 | (23.5 – 57.9) | 182 | 40.8 | 8.9 | (23.4 – 58.2) |
| Missouri | 207 | 43.2 | 6.6 | (30.3 – 56.1) | 215 | 43.5 | 6.5 | (30.8 – 56.2) |
| Montana | 248 | 30.9 | 7.7 | (15.8 – 46.0) | 267 | 31.8 | 7.4 | (17.3 – 46.3) |
| Nebraska | 251 | 38.3 | 10.3 | (18.1 – 58.5) | 271 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) |
| Nevada | 90 | N/A | N/A | (N/A – N/A) | 106 | 22.1 | 6.3 | (9.8 – 34.4) |
| New Hampshire | 202 | 21.9 | 4.6 | (12.9 – 30.9) | 216 | 21.3 | 4.4 | (12.7 – 29.9) |
| New Jersey | 241 | 36.6 | 7.0 | (22.9 – 50.3) | 272 | 32.7 | 6.4 | (20.2 – 45.2) |
| New Mexico | 208 | 33.5 | 5.8 | (22.1 – 44.9) | 222 | 32.6 | 5.6 | (21.6 – 43.6) |
| New York | 105 | 22.6 | 6.0 | (10.8 – 34.4) | 105 | 26.0 | 6.5 | (13.3 – 38.7) |
| North Carolina | 99 | 46.9 | 8.5 | (30.2 – 63.6) | 114 | 40.3 | 7.8 | (25.0 – 55.6) |
| Ohio | 228 | 45.2 | 6.7 | (32.1 – 58.3) | 241 | 45.5 | 6.4 | (33.0 – 58.0) |
| Oklahoma | 209 | 26.6 | 4.9 | (17.0 – 36.2) | 219 | 27.9 | 4.8 | (18.5 – 37.3) |
| Oregon | 155 | 24.2 | 6.2 | (12.0 – 36.4) | 173 | 23.6 | 5.9 | (12.0 – 35.2) |
| Pennsylvania | 234 | 26.8 | 4.4 | (18.2 – 35.4) | 250 | 25.1 | 4.1 | (17.1 – 33.1) |
| Rhode Island | 181 | 23.2 | 5.3 | (12.8 – 33.6) | 193 | 23.2 | 5.2 | (13.0 – 33.4) |
| Texas | 199 | 24.1 | 7.1 | (10.2 – 38.0) | 220 | 23.8 | 6.8 | (10.5 – 37.1) |
| Utah | 298 | 21.3 | 4.3 | (12.9 – 29.7) | 314 | 19.6 | 4.0 | (11.8 – 27.4) |
| Vermont | 176 | 21.2 | 5.3 | (10.8 – 31.6) | 186 | 21.3 | 5.2 | (11.1 – 31.5) |
| Washington | 271 | 24.1 | 4.8 | (14.7 – 33.5) | 279 | 26.1 | 4.8 | (16.7 – 35.5) |
| West Virginia | 119 | 44.4 | 6.2 | (32.2 – 56.6) | 119 | 44.7 | 6.2 | (32.5 – 56.9) |
| Wisconsin | 188 | 20.4 | 4.7 | (11.2 – 29.6) | 188 | 18.8 | 4.6 | (9.8 – 27.8) |
| Puerto Rico | 193 | 49.2 | 6.6 | (36.3 – 62.1) | 234 | 53.0 | 6.1 | (41.0 – 65.0) |
| 38 state total | 8,279 | 32.8 | 1.5 | (29.9 – 35.7) | 8,848 | 33.3 | 1.4 | (30.6 – 36.0) |
| Median | 33.5 | 31.8 | ||||||
| Range | 20.4-53.9 | 18.8-53.0 | ||||||
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