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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, 2006

State/TerritoryCurrentActive
Sample
size±
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alaska12535.67.2(21.5 - 49.7)12837.27.0(23.5 - 50.9)
Arizona15135.17.5(20.4 - 49.8)16033.27.0(19.5 - 46.9)
California24029.33.8(21.9 - 36.7)26128.03.6(20.9 - 35.1)
Colorado26624.63.4(17.9 - 31.3)28824.23.2(17.9 - 30.5)
Connecticut31730.13.8(22.7 - 37.5)34925.63.2(19.3 - 31.9)
District of Columbia12617.44.5(8.6 - 26.2)13518.54.5(9.7 - 27.3)
Georgia23638.25.7(27.0 - 49.4)25038.25.5(27.4 - 49.0)
Hawaii21924.83.8(17.4 - 32.2)24530.94.1(22.9 - 38.9)
Indiana29632.83.4(26.1 - 39.5)31433.73.5(26.8 - 40.6)
Iowa17025.43.7(18.1 - 32.7)18324.33.6(17.2 - 31.4)
Kansas36626.33.3(19.8 - 32.8)37026.63.3(20.1 - 33.1)
Maine17731.04.8(21.6 - 40.4)19131.94.6(22.9 - 40.9)
Maryland28624.23.3(17.7 - 30.7)32922.23.0(16.3 - 28.1)
Massachusetts25424.34.0(16.5 - 32.1)27025.24.3(16.8 - 33.6)
Michigan30639.23.6(32.1 - 46.3)33136.43.4(29.7 - 43.1)
Missouri24840.85.8(29.4 - 52.2)26340.35.7(29.1 - 51.5)
Montana19421.53.4(14.8 - 28.2)20221.63.4(14.9 - 28.3)
Nebraska21029.95.4(19.3 - 40.5)22426.84.9(17.2 - 36.4)
New Hampshire22830.53.6(23.4 - 37.6)25428.93.4(22.2 - 35.6)
New York26231.23.9(23.6 - 38.8)28429.13.7(21.8 - 36.4)
Oregon28027.74.9(18.1 - 37.3)31325.94.4(17.3 - 34.5)
Texas21441.76.6(28.8 - 54.6)23434.56.2(22.3 - 46.7)
Vermont39423.82.6(18.7 - 28.9)41625.02.6(19.9 - 30.1)
Washington1,40124.41.6(21.3 - 27.5)1,53524.01.5(21.1 - 26.9)
Wisconsin21822.34.1(14.3 - 30.3)22222.64.1(14.6 - 30.6)
25 areas total7,18431.61.4(28.9 - 34.3)7,75129.81.3(27.3 - 32.3)
Median 29.3   26.8  
Range 17.4-41.7   18.5-40.3  

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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