2018 Adult Prevalence Tables

Table 13: Estimated percent reporting their asthma was caused or made worse by any job among adults 1 with current 2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2018.

Table 13: Estimated percent reporting their asthma was caused or made worse by any job among adults 1 with current 2 asthma by state/territory – BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2018.
State/Territory Any Job
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI
Arizona 159 50.1 7.4 (35.6 – 64.6)
California 212 44.5 4.7 (35.3 – 53.7)
Connecticut 265 47.2 4.6 (38.2 – 56.2)
Florida 436 51.8 5.3 (41.4 – 62.2)
Georgia 140 64.0 5.2 (53.8 – 74.2)
Hawaii 210 35.6 4.7 (26.4 – 44.8)
Illinois 151 48.2 5.4 (37.6 – 58.8)
Indiana 178 65.2 5.0 (55.4 – 75.0)
Iowa 239 44.4 4.0 (36.6 – 52.2)
Kansas 269 54.1 4.4 (45.5 – 62.7)
Maine 461 57.3 4.5 (48.5 – 66.1)
Maryland 278 47.7 4.7 (38.5 – 56.9)
Massachusetts 177 44.0 6.1 (32.0 – 56.0)
Michigan 468 59.7 3.0 (53.8 – 65.6)
Minnesota 545 48.9 2.7 (43.6 – 54.2)
Missouri 177 69.5 5.4 (58.9 – 80.1)
Montana 146 59.5 5.6 (48.5 – 70.5)
Nebraska 403 52.3 4.2 (44.1 – 60.5)
Nevada 94 58.5 7.1 (44.6 – 72.4)
New Hampshire 172 53.7 6.3 (41.4 – 66.0)
New Mexico 194 55.8 5.1 (45.8 – 65.8)
New York 300 51.6 5.6 (40.6 – 62.6)
Ohio 376 53.8 4.2 (45.6 – 62.0)
Oregon 228 52.1 5.1 (42.1 – 62.1)
Pennsylvania 195 54.0 5.2 (43.8 – 64.2)
Rhode Island 172 54.7 5.6 (43.7 – 65.7)
Texas 201 60.0 8.7 (42.9 – 77.1)
Utah 332 45.0 3.6 (37.9 – 52.1)
Vermont 218 47.4 5.1 (37.4 – 57.4)
Wisconsin 202 49.5 5.5 (38.7 – 60.3)
Puerto Rico 203 44.2 4.7 (35.0 – 53.4)
31 States / Area 7,801 52.2 1.4 (49.5 – 54.9)
Median 52.1
Range 35.6-69.5

1 Aged ≥ 18 years

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

± Sample size for adults with current asthma, excludes “DK/Refused”

§ Standard error

Confidence interval

Link for Summary Data Quality Report: https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/acbs/2018/pdf/sdq_report_acbs_18-508.pdfpdf icon