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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/TerritoryCurrentActive
Sample
size±
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alabama11953.98.9(36.5 - 71.3)12551.89.1(34.0 - 69.6)
Arizona101N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)104N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California16328.35.9(16.7 - 39.9)17730.45.6(19.4 - 41.4)
Connecticut20635.76.6(22.8 - 48.6)22637.06.4(24.5 - 49.5)
Florida68246.95.9(35.3 - 58.5)72549.15.6(38.1 - 60.1)
Georgia11729.67.4(15.1 - 44.1)12728.37.0(14.6 - 42.0)
Hawaii109N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)109N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Indiana29234.45.3(24.0 - 44.8)30835.15.1(25.1 - 45.1)
Iowa20129.66.8(16.3 - 42.9)20429.66.6(16.7 - 42.5)
Kansas58424.53.1(18.4 - 30.6)61025.23.1(19.1 - 31.3)
Kentucky29647.25.8(35.8 - 58.6)32346.25.5(35.4 - 57.0)
Louisiana10634.47.0(20.7 - 48.1)12440.610.1(20.8 - 60.4)
Maine21726.85.0(17.0 - 36.6)23425.04.7(15.8 - 34.2)
Maryland22035.25.6(24.2 - 46.2)23934.65.4(24.0 - 45.2)
Massachusetts14046.210.5(25.6 - 66.8)14944.89.8(25.6 - 64.0)
Michigan44538.94.7(29.7 - 48.1)47836.64.5(27.8 - 45.4)
Mississippi17940.78.8(23.5 - 57.9)18240.88.9(23.4 - 58.2)
Missouri20743.26.6(30.3 - 56.1)21543.56.5(30.8 - 56.2)
Montana24830.97.7(15.8 - 46.0)26731.87.4(17.3 - 46.3)
Nebraska25138.310.3(18.1 - 58.5)271N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Nevada90N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)10622.16.3(9.8 - 34.4)
New Hampshire20221.94.6(12.9 - 30.9)21621.34.4(12.7 - 29.9)
New Jersey24136.67.0(22.9 - 50.3)27232.76.4(20.2 - 45.2)
New Mexico20833.55.8(22.1 - 44.9)22232.65.6(21.6 - 43.6)
New York10522.66.0(10.8 - 34.4)10526.06.5(13.3 - 38.7)
North Carolina9946.98.5(30.2 - 63.6)11440.37.8(25.0 - 55.6)
Ohio22845.26.7(32.1 - 58.3)24145.56.4(33.0 - 58.0)
Oklahoma20926.64.9(17.0 - 36.2)21927.94.8(18.5 - 37.3)
Oregon15524.26.2(12.0 - 36.4)17323.65.9(12.0 - 35.2)
Pennsylvania23426.84.4(18.2 - 35.4)25025.14.1(17.1 - 33.1)
Rhode Island18123.25.3(12.8 - 33.6)19323.25.2(13.0 - 33.4)
Texas19924.17.1(10.2 - 38.0)22023.86.8(10.5 - 37.1)
Utah29821.34.3(12.9 - 29.7)31419.64.0(11.8 - 27.4)
Vermont17621.25.3(10.8 - 31.6)18621.35.2(11.1 - 31.5)
Washington27124.14.8(14.7 - 33.5)27926.14.8(16.7 - 35.5)
West Virginia11944.46.2(32.2 - 56.6)11944.76.2(32.5 - 56.9)
Wisconsin18820.44.7(11.2 - 29.6)18818.84.6(9.8 - 27.8)
Puerto Rico19349.26.6(36.3 - 62.1)23453.06.1(41.0 - 65.0)
38 state total8,27932.81.5(29.9 - 35.7)8,84833.31.4(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

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