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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, United States, 2007

State/TerritoryCurrentActive
Sample
size±
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alaska9526.66.7(13.5 - 39.7)11126.96.2(14.7 - 39.1)
Arizona15737.67.2(23.5 - 51.7)17134.66.9(21.1 - 48.1)
California19429.64.1(21.6 - 37.6)21227.34.1(19.3 - 35.3)
Colorado26527.04.0(19.2 - 34.8)28725.13.8(17.7 - 32.5)
Connecticut26721.44.1(13.4 - 29.4)28721.84.0(14.0 - 29.6)
District of Columbia11834.05.6(23.0 - 45.0)13230.65.0(20.8 - 40.4)
Florida53256.85.8(45.4 - 68.2)57952.35.3(41.9 - 62.7)
Georgia25337.74.2(29.5 - 45.9)28735.43.9(27.8 - 43.0)
Hawaii30127.64.1(19.6 - 35.6)30728.64.1(20.6 - 36.6)
Illinois20829.44.4(20.8 - 38.0)22726.14.1(18.1 - 34.1)
Indiana29332.13.8(24.7 - 39.5)30334.03.7(26.7 - 41.3)
Iowa19922.73.9(15.1 - 30.3)21521.53.6(14.4 - 28.6)
Kansas37322.32.9(16.6 - 28.0)39322.52.9(16.8 - 28.2)
Maine35429.03.8(21.6 - 36.4)37228.13.6(21.0 - 35.2)
Maryland28929.83.9(22.2 - 37.4)32725.13.4(18.4 - 31.8)
Massachusetts17220.44.2(12.2 - 28.6)19019.83.9(12.2 - 27.4)
Michigan38530.53.7(23.2 - 37.8)42728.33.4(21.6 - 35.0)
Missouri22933.44.6(24.4 - 42.4)23037.25.0(27.4 - 47.0)
Montana23929.75.4(19.1 - 40.3)24628.75.3(18.3 - 39.1)
Nebraska41228.95.1(18.9 - 38.9)43029.04.9(19.4 - 38.6)
Nevada19525.54.5(16.7 - 34.3)20124.84.4(16.2 - 33.4)
New Hampshire22528.53.9(20.9 - 36.1)24230.13.8(22.7 - 37.5)
New Mexico23537.55.5(26.7 - 48.3)27234.15.1(24.1 - 44.1)
New York26832.13.8(24.7 - 39.5)30131.53.7(24.2 - 38.8)
Ohio39628.23.6(21.1 - 35.3)42927.53.3(21.0 - 34.0)
Oklahoma26738.34.1(30.3 - 46.3)27238.74.1(30.7 - 46.7)
Oregon30622.63.3(16.1 - 29.1)32922.73.1(16.6 - 28.8)
Pennsylvania20931.25.3(20.8 - 41.6)23729.84.8(20.4 - 39.2)
Texas24533.26.8(19.9 - 46.5)27129.04.2(20.8 - 37.2)
Utah21332.24.2(24.0 - 40.4)22632.04.1(24.0 - 40.0)
Vermont36822.52.9(16.8 - 28.2)38622.72.8(17.2 - 28.2)
Washington1,49227.82.1(23.7 - 31.9)1,64927.01.9(23.3 - 30.7)
West Virginia21844.54.7(35.3 - 53.7)22642.74.7(33.5 - 51.9)
Wisconsin23022.64.4(14.0 - 31.2)25919.83.9(12.2 - 27.4)
34 areas total10,20231.61.2(29.2 - 34.0)11,03329.91.1(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

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