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 Land Line Sample, United States, 2011
State/Territory | Current | Former | ||||||
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Sample size± | % | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size | % | SE | 95% CI | |
Alabama | 177 | 64.8 | 7.1 | (50.9 - 78.7) | 44 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Arizona | 214 | 41.7 | 7.6 | (26.8 - 56.6) | 85 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
California | 497 | 39.7 | 3.5 | (32.8 - 46.6) | 201 | 19.1 | 3.7 | (11.8 - 26.4) |
Connecticut | 234 | 52.0 | 6.1 | (40.0 - 64.0) | 82 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
District of Columbia | 144 | 41.0 | 7.6 | (26.1 - 55.9) | 60 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Florida | 338 | 56.7 | 6.3 | (44.4 - 69.0) | 141 | 24.3 | 6.7 | (11.2 - 37.4) |
Georgia | 258 | 47.6 | 6.5 | (34.9 - 60.3) | 81 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Hawaii | 242 | 46.1 | 6.2 | (33.9 - 58.3) | 124 | 15.0 | 4.5 | (6.2 - 23.8) |
Illinois | 174 | 50.8 | 7.2 | (36.7 - 64.9) | 66 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Indiana | 310 | 48.2 | 4.6 | (39.2 - 57.2) | 78 | 19.0 | 5.4 | (8.4 - 29.6) |
Iowa | 185 | 55.4 | 6.7 | (42.3 - 68.5) | 60 | 33.4 | 9.6 | (14.6 - 52.2) |
Kansas | 679 | 47.3 | 3.7 | (40.0 - 54.6) | 216 | 22.9 | 3.9 | (15.3 - 30.5) |
Louisiana | 251 | 37.4 | 6.5 | (24.7 - 50.1) | 105 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Maine | 251 | 49.1 | 5.3 | (38.7 - 59.5) | 73 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Maryland | 203 | 47.3 | 5.7 | (36.1 - 58.5) | 76 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Massachusetts | 232 | 40.8 | 6.2 | (28.6 - 53.0) | 69 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Michigan | 472 | 52.6 | 4.5 | (43.8 - 61.4) | 127 | 13.2 | 3.9 | (5.6 - 20.8) |
Mississippi | 247 | 57.0 | 6.3 | (44.7 - 69.3) | 75 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Missouri | 204 | 58.0 | 5.8 | (46.6 - 69.4) | 53 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Montana | 323 | 60.0 | 4.5 | (51.2 - 68.8) | 96 | 44.8 | 8.8 | (27.6 - 62.0) |
Nebraska | 646 | 52.0 | 4.2 | (43.8 - 60.2) | 228 | 17.0 | 3.8 | (9.6 - 24.4) |
Nevada | 132 | 64.8 | 8.0 | (49.1 - 80.5) | 31 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
New Hampshire | 207 | 42.8 | 6.7 | (29.7 - 55.9) | 59 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
New Jersey | 318 | 50.4 | 5.4 | (39.8 - 61.0) | 107 | 10.8 | 3.2 | (4.5 - 17.1) |
New Mexico | 307 | 45.4 | 5.5 | (34.6 - 56.2) | 89 | 26.5 | 5.9 | (14.9 - 38.1) |
New York | 123 | 45.3 | 6.8 | (32.0 - 58.6) | 44 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
North Carolina | 207 | 49.1 | 6.6 | (36.2 - 62.0) | 64 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
North Dakota | 159 | 35.9 | 6.3 | (23.6 - 48.2) | 50 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Ohio | 297 | 53.2 | 6.3 | (40.9 - 65.5) | 74 | 35.0 | 9.3 | (16.8 - 53.2) |
Oklahoma | 278 | 49.8 | 5.1 | (39.8 - 59.8) | 89 | 27.0 | 6.3 | (14.7 - 39.3) |
Oregon | 170 | 37.8 | 7.1 | (23.9 - 51.7) | 62 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Pennsylvania | 348 | 48.6 | 4.8 | (39.2 - 58.0) | 112 | 19.5 | 5.5 | (8.7 - 30.3) |
Rhode Island | 231 | 51.6 | 5.6 | (40.6 - 62.6) | 77 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Texas | 497 | 44.9 | 4.8 | (35.5 - 54.3) | 206 | 13.4 | 4.0 | (5.6 - 21.2) |
Utah | 396 | 42.9 | 4.7 | (33.7 - 52.1) | 159 | 31.1 | 8.0 | (15.4 - 46.8) |
Vermont | 291 | 40.1 | 4.4 | (31.5 - 48.7) | 100 | 11.7 | 3.4 | (5.0 - 18.4) |
Washington | 619 | 49.5 | 3.5 | (42.6 - 56.4) | 224 | 29.7 | 5.2 | (19.5 - 39.9) |
West Virginia | 182 | 50.2 | 5.9 | (38.6 - 61.8) | 39 | 31.5 | 8.9 | (14.1 - 48.9) |
Wisconsin | 225 | 52.4 | 6.3 | (40.1 - 64.7) | 35 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
Puerto Rico | 280 | 48.5 | 4.9 | (38.9 - 58.1) | 63 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
40 state total | 11,548 | 48.0 | 1.2 | (45.6 - 50.4) | 3,824 | 18.7 | 1.3 | (16.2 - 21.2) |
Median | 48.9 | 22.9 | ||||||
Range | 35.9-64.8 | 10.8-44.8 |
1"Yes" response to "Do you still have asthma?"
2 "Yes" response to "Do you still have asthma?"
3Aged ≥ 18 years
±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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