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, 2010
State/Territory | Current | Former | ||||||
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Sample size± | % | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size | % | SE | 95% CI | |
Alabama | 284 | 61.4 | 4.3 | (53.0 - 69.8) | 77 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Arizona | 268 | 49.8 | 6.3 | (37.5 - 62.1) | 98 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
California | 490 | 39.0 | 3.2 | (32.7 - 45.3) | 164 | 20.9 | 5.3 | (10.5 - 31.3) |
Connecticut | 238 | 46.0 | 5.6 | (35.0 - 57.0) | 85 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
District of Columbia | 128 | 45.7 | 6.0 | (33.9 - 57.5) | 68 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Florida | 378 | 47.7 | 5.1 | (37.7 - 57.7) | 145 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Georgia | 160 | 51.0 | 5.8 | (39.6 - 62.4) | 60 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Hawaii | 260 | 47.5 | 5.1 | (37.5 - 57.5) | 162 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Illinois | 165 | 41.9 | 5.6 | (30.9 - 52.9) | 58 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Indiana | 444 | 54.2 | 3.6 | (47.1 - 61.3) | 154 | 27.5 | 5.8 | (16.1 - 38.9) |
Iowa | 249 | 39.9 | 4.3 | (31.5 - 48.3) | 83 | 18.2 | 5.1 | (8.2 - 28.2) |
Kansas | 395 | 46.2 | 4.2 | (38.0 - 54.4) | 123 | 15.4 | 3.6 | (8.3 - 22.5) |
Louisiana | 172 | 47.4 | 7.5 | (32.7 - 62.1) | 71 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Maine | 423 | 51.9 | 3.7 | (44.6 - 59.2) | 151 | 20.6 | 4.8 | (11.2 - 30.0) |
Maryland | 247 | 46.7 | 5.9 | (35.1 - 58.3) | 115 | 15.6 | 4.0 | (7.8 - 23.4) |
Massachusetts | 206 | 36.3 | 6.0 | (24.5 - 48.1) | 71 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Michigan | 510 | 52.1 | 3.5 | (45.2 - 59.0) | 165 | 36.0 | 5.4 | (25.4 - 46.6) |
Mississippi | 301 | 62.0 | 4.5 | (53.2 - 70.8) | 82 | 27.8 | 7.2 | (13.7 - 41.9) |
Missouri | 248 | 56.9 | 5.2 | (46.7 - 67.1) | 77 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Montana | 312 | 49.1 | 4.8 | (39.7 - 58.5) | 118 | 26.9 | 5.9 | (15.3 - 38.5) |
Nebraska | 585 | 42.0 | 4.5 | (33.2 - 50.8) | 187 | 14.8 | 3.8 | (7.4 - 22.2) |
Nevada | 133 | 49.8 | 6.7 | (36.7 - 62.9) | 53 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
New Hampshire | 268 | 38.8 | 4.9 | (29.2 - 48.4) | 81 | 25.4 | 6.0 | (13.6 - 37.2) |
New Jersey | 322 | 36.8 | 4.9 | (27.2 - 46.4) | 113 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
New Mexico | 317 | 43.1 | 4.8 | (33.7 - 52.5) | 110 | 22.8 | 6.3 | (10.5 - 35.1) |
New York | 121 | 43.6 | 6.0 | (31.8 - 55.4) | 37 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
North Dakota | 161 | 40.0 | 6.5 | (27.3 - 52.7) | 45 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Ohio | 343 | 43.5 | 4.4 | (34.9 - 52.1) | 110 | 26.3 | 6.6 | (13.4 - 39.2) |
Oklahoma | 311 | 57.3 | 4.4 | (48.7 - 65.9) | 96 | 21.9 | 5.4 | (11.3 - 32.5) |
Oregon | 191 | 59.5 | 5.8 | (48.1 - 70.9) | 103 | 14.7 | 4.4 | (6.1 - 23.3) |
Pennsylvania | 391 | 47.4 | 3.8 | (40.0 - 54.8) | 109 | 21.2 | 5.1 | (11.2 - 31.2) |
Rhode Island | 296 | 39.7 | 4.4 | (31.1 - 48.3) | 99 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Texas | 620 | 44.2 | 4.7 | (35.0 - 53.4) | 266 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Utah | 428 | 42.3 | 4.6 | (33.3 - 51.3) | 183 | 18.0 | 4.2 | (9.8 - 26.2) |
Vermont | 369 | 37.4 | 3.5 | (30.5 - 44.3) | 127 | 19.3 | 4.1 | (11.3 - 27.3) |
Washington | 618 | 49.4 | 3.4 | (42.7 - 56.1) | 316 | 19.8 | 3.9 | (12.2 - 27.4) |
West Virginia | 186 | 38.9 | 4.8 | (29.5 - 48.3) | 53 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Wisconsin | 212 | 40.2 | 5.1 | (30.2 - 50.2) | 65 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Puerto Rico | 110 | 49.6 | 10.9 | (28.2 - 71.0) | 87 | 29.0 | 7.7 | (13.9 - 44.1) |
39 state total | 11,860 | 45.6 | 1.1 | (43.4 - 47.8) | 4,367 | 20.6 | 1.4 | (17.9 - 23.3) |
Median | 46.2 | 21.1 | ||||||
Range | 36.3-62.0 | 14.7-36.0 |
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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