TABLE 15. Estimated percent reporting their asthma was caused or made worse by any job for current1 and former2 asthma status among adults3 ever diagnosed with asthma by state/territory - BRFSS Asthma Call-back Survey, United States, 2008
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| State/Territory | Current | Former | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size± | % | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size | % | SE | 95% CI | |
| Arizona | 144 | 30.6 | 9.0 | (13.0 - 48.2) | 47 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| California | 401 | 39.0 | 4.0 | (31.2 - 46.8) | 176 | 17.3 | 3.7 | (10.0 - 24.6) |
| Connecticut | 229 | 42.4 | 5.5 | (31.6 - 53.2) | 103 | 18.2 | 4.7 | (9.0 - 27.4) |
| District of Columbia | 138 | 30.4 | 5.1 | (20.4 - 40.4) | 84 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| Florida | 290 | 49.1 | 6.2 | (36.9 - 61.3) | 145 | 21.1 | 5.4 | (10.5 - 31.7) |
| Georgia | 199 | 52.7 | 6.9 | (39.2 - 66.2) | 59 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| Hawaii | 308 | 47.7 | 4.3 | (39.3 - 56.1) | 146 | 16.4 | 3.4 | (9.7 - 23.1) |
| Illinois | 227 | 39.1 | 4.2 | (30.9 - 47.3) | 78 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| Indiana | 216 | 48.1 | 5.1 | (38.1 - 58.1) | 72 | 23.9 | 6.4 | (11.4 - 36.4) |
| Iowa | 239 | 48.0 | 5.2 | (37.8 - 58.2) | 76 | 20.0 | 4.9 | (10.4 - 29.6) |
| Kansas | 406 | 49.2 | 3.5 | (42.3 - 56.1) | 129 | 11.6 | 3.1 | (5.5 - 17.7) |
| Maine | 366 | 47.5 | 3.6 | (40.4 - 54.6) | 133 | 18.4 | 4.7 | (9.2 - 27.6) |
| Maryland | 315 | 50.0 | 4.5 | (41.2 - 58.8) | 131 | 28.6 | 7.0 | (14.9 - 42.3) |
| Massachusetts | 289 | 34.5 | 4.2 | (26.3 - 42.7) | 100 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| Michigan | 476 | 47.9 | 4.0 | (40.1 - 55.7) | 131 | 18.7 | 4.8 | (9.3 - 28.1) |
| Missouri | 222 | 54.7 | 6.5 | (42.0 - 67.4) | 84 | 23.9 | 6.0 | (12.1 - 35.7) |
| Montana | 224 | 54.2 | 4.8 | (44.8 - 63.6) | 84 | 32.6 | 8.5 | (15.9 - 49.3) |
| Nebraska | 552 | 49.1 | 4.5 | (40.3 - 57.9) | 177 | 14.2 | 2.9 | (8.5 - 19.9) |
| Nevada | 179 | 48.6 | 6.1 | (36.6 - 60.6) | 76 | 33.4 | 9.4 | (15.0 - 51.8) |
| New Hampshire | 308 | 46.9 | 3.8 | (39.5 - 54.3) | 112 | 14.8 | 3.4 | (8.1 - 21.5) |
| New Jersey | 300 | 46.6 | 4.9 | (37.0 - 56.2) | 131 | 29.9 | 6.5 | (17.2 - 42.6) |
| New Mexico | 251 | 56.2 | 5.3 | (45.8 - 66.6) | 110 | 27.8 | 6.3 | (15.5 - 40.1) |
| New York | 281 | 46.4 | 4.4 | (37.8 - 55.0) | 130 | 27.9 | 6.1 | (15.9 - 39.9) |
| North Dakota | 192 | 48.1 | 5.4 | (37.5 - 58.7) | 68 | 33.0 | 9.2 | (15.0 - 51.0) |
| Ohio | 326 | 40.1 | 4.9 | (30.5 - 49.7) | 107 | 18.3 | 4.5 | (9.5 - 27.1) |
| Oklahoma | 258 | 51.7 | 4.4 | (43.1 - 60.3) | 98 | 24.4 | 5.5 | (13.6 - 35.2) |
| Oregon | 261 | 40.1 | 4.1 | (32.1 - 48.1) | 143 | 9.9 | 2.6 | (4.8 - 15.0) |
| Rhode Island | 263 | 45.6 | 5.5 | (34.8 - 56.4) | 92 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| Texas | 369 | 50.6 | 4.7 | (41.4 - 59.8) | 162 | 17.5 | 4.3 | (9.1 - 25.9) |
| Utah | 221 | 54.6 | 4.8 | (45.2 - 64.0) | 97 | 19.4 | 4.8 | (10.0 - 28.8) |
| Vermont | 357 | 40.2 | 3.5 | (33.3 - 47.1) | 146 | 14.9 | 3.2 | (8.6 - 21.2) |
| Virginia | 210 | 38.4 | 6.3 | (26.1 - 50.7) | 90 | 13.9 | 3.8 | (6.5 - 21.3) |
| Washington | 476 | 43.7 | 3.6 | (36.6 - 50.8) | 232 | 23.4 | 4.1 | (15.4 - 31.4) |
| West Virginia | 228 | 56.9 | 4.3 | (48.5 - 65.3) | 62 | 19.5 | 5.5 | (8.7 - 30.3) |
| Wisconsin | 232 | 46.2 | 5.2 | (36.0 - 56.4) | 70 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| 35 areas total | 9,953 | 44.6 | 1.2 | (42.2 - 47.0) | 3,881 | 19.5 | 1.3 | (17.0 - 22.0) |
| Median | 47.7 | 19.5 | ||||||
| Range | 30.4-56.9 | 9.9-33.4 | ||||||
1 "Yes" response to "Do you still have asthma?"
2 "No" response to "Do you still have asthma?"
3 Aged ≥ 18 years
± 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
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