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, 2007

State/Territory Current Active
Sample
size±
% SE§ 95% CI Sample
size
% SE 95% CI
Alaska 95 26.6 6.7 (13.5 – 39.7) 111 26.9 6.2 (14.7 – 39.1)
Arizona 157 37.6 7.2 (23.5 – 51.7) 171 34.6 6.9 (21.1 – 48.1)
California 194 29.6 4.1 (21.6 – 37.6) 212 27.3 4.1 (19.3 – 35.3)
Colorado 265 27.0 4.0 (19.2 – 34.8) 287 25.1 3.8 (17.7 – 32.5)
Connecticut 267 21.4 4.1 (13.4 – 29.4) 287 21.8 4.0 (14.0 – 29.6)
District of Columbia 118 34.0 5.6 (23.0 – 45.0) 132 30.6 5.0 (20.8 – 40.4)
Florida 532 56.8 5.8 (45.4 – 68.2) 579 52.3 5.3 (41.9 – 62.7)
Georgia 253 37.7 4.2 (29.5 – 45.9) 287 35.4 3.9 (27.8 – 43.0)
Hawaii 301 27.6 4.1 (19.6 – 35.6) 307 28.6 4.1 (20.6 – 36.6)
Illinois 208 29.4 4.4 (20.8 – 38.0) 227 26.1 4.1 (18.1 – 34.1)
Indiana 293 32.1 3.8 (24.7 – 39.5) 303 34.0 3.7 (26.7 – 41.3)
Iowa 199 22.7 3.9 (15.1 – 30.3) 215 21.5 3.6 (14.4 – 28.6)
Kansas 373 22.3 2.9 (16.6 – 28.0) 393 22.5 2.9 (16.8 – 28.2)
Maine 354 29.0 3.8 (21.6 – 36.4) 372 28.1 3.6 (21.0 – 35.2)
Maryland 289 29.8 3.9 (22.2 – 37.4) 327 25.1 3.4 (18.4 – 31.8)
Massachusetts 172 20.4 4.2 (12.2 – 28.6) 190 19.8 3.9 (12.2 – 27.4)
Michigan 385 30.5 3.7 (23.2 – 37.8) 427 28.3 3.4 (21.6 – 35.0)
Missouri 229 33.4 4.6 (24.4 – 42.4) 230 37.2 5.0 (27.4 – 47.0)
Montana 239 29.7 5.4 (19.1 – 40.3) 246 28.7 5.3 (18.3 – 39.1)
Nebraska 412 28.9 5.1 (18.9 – 38.9) 430 29.0 4.9 (19.4 – 38.6)
Nevada 195 25.5 4.5 (16.7 – 34.3) 201 24.8 4.4 (16.2 – 33.4)
New Hampshire 225 28.5 3.9 (20.9 – 36.1) 242 30.1 3.8 (22.7 – 37.5)
New Mexico 235 37.5 5.5 (26.7 – 48.3) 272 34.1 5.1 (24.1 – 44.1)
New York 268 32.1 3.8 (24.7 – 39.5) 301 31.5 3.7 (24.2 – 38.8)
Ohio 396 28.2 3.6 (21.1 – 35.3) 429 27.5 3.3 (21.0 – 34.0)
Oklahoma 267 38.3 4.1 (30.3 – 46.3) 272 38.7 4.1 (30.7 – 46.7)
Oregon 306 22.6 3.3 (16.1 – 29.1) 329 22.7 3.1 (16.6 – 28.8)
Pennsylvania 209 31.2 5.3 (20.8 – 41.6) 237 29.8 4.8 (20.4 – 39.2)
Texas 245 33.2 6.8 (19.9 – 46.5) 271 29.0 4.2 (20.8 – 37.2)
Utah 213 32.2 4.2 (24.0 – 40.4) 226 32.0 4.1 (24.0 – 40.0)
Vermont 368 22.5 2.9 (16.8 – 28.2) 386 22.7 2.8 (17.2 – 28.2)
Washington 1,492 27.8 2.1 (23.7 – 31.9) 1,649 27.0 1.9 (23.3 – 30.7)
West Virginia 218 44.5 4.7 (35.3 – 53.7) 226 42.7 4.7 (33.5 – 51.9)
Wisconsin 230 22.6 4.4 (14.0 – 31.2) 259 19.8 3.9 (12.2 – 27.4)
34 areas total 10,202 31.6 1.2 (29.2 – 34.0) 11,033 29.9 1.1 (27.7 – 32.1)
Median   29.5       28.5    
Range   20.4-56.8       19.8-52.3    

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