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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, 2008

State/TerritoryCurrentActive
Sample
size±
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Arizona14429.67.6(14.7 - 44.5)15029.57.4(15.0 - 44.0)
California40626.03.1(19.9 - 32.1)43825.32.9(19.6 - 31.0)
Connecticut23723.24.2(15.0 - 31.4)25024.14.1(16.1 - 32.1)
District of Columbia14635.16.5(22.4 - 47.8)15939.06.3(26.7 - 51.3)
Florida28558.46.1(46.4 - 70.4)31855.65.6(44.6 - 66.6)
Georgia19463.25.7(52.0 - 74.4)20761.45.7(50.2 - 72.6)
Hawaii30931.33.8(23.9 - 38.7)31932.43.9(24.8 - 40.0)
Illinois22630.54.2(22.3 - 38.7)25126.83.8(19.4 - 34.2)
Indiana22233.34.0(25.5 - 41.1)24333.13.9(25.5 - 40.7)
Iowa23820.13.7(12.8 - 27.4)24620.23.7(12.9 - 27.5)
Kansas39028.03.4(21.3 - 34.7)40827.43.3(20.9 - 33.9)
Maine38724.33.0(18.4 - 30.2)41523.22.8(17.7 - 28.7)
Maryland32932.14.0(24.3 - 39.9)34631.93.8(24.5 - 39.3)
Massachusetts28937.74.9(28.1 - 47.3)31635.44.6(26.4 - 44.4)
Michigan49526.23.0(20.3 - 32.1)54025.72.8(20.2 - 31.2)
Missouri23046.76.1(34.7 - 58.7)25341.35.7(30.1 - 52.5)
Montana23327.94.5(19.1 - 36.7)23729.74.8(20.3 - 39.1)
Nebraska56523.83.2(17.5 - 30.1)59827.43.6(20.3 - 34.5)
Nevada18732.45.9(20.8 - 44.0)20332.45.8(21.0 - 43.8)
New Hampshire31827.93.3(21.4 - 34.4)34627.43.2(21.1 - 33.7)
New Jersey29647.74.9(38.1 - 57.3)32751.14.5(42.3 - 59.9)
New Mexico26434.05.2(23.8 - 44.2)28131.95.0(22.1 - 41.7)
New York30231.83.7(24.5 - 39.1)34829.53.4(22.8 - 36.2)
North Dakota19233.45.3(23.0 - 43.8)19930.64.9(21.0 - 40.2)
Ohio33635.55.3(25.1 - 45.9)37133.74.9(24.1 - 43.3)
Oklahoma27135.54.1(27.5 - 43.5)28935.64.0(27.8 - 43.4)
Oregon25927.34.1(19.3 - 35.3)28829.24.5(20.4 - 38.0)
Rhode Island26828.14.2(19.9 - 36.3)29327.74.0(19.9 - 35.5)
Texas36133.44.4(24.8 - 42.0)39330.14.2(21.9 - 38.3)
Utah22934.14.4(25.5 - 42.7)24434.14.3(25.7 - 42.5)
Vermont38018.62.4(13.9 - 23.3)42017.02.2(12.7 - 21.3)
Virginia21027.34.8(17.9 - 36.7)22627.14.6(18.1 - 36.1)
Washington48627.33.0(21.4 - 33.2)54224.82.7(19.5 - 30.1)
West Virginia21741.44.3(33.0 - 49.8)23541.44.1(33.4 - 49.4)
Wisconsin23823.04.2(14.8 - 31.2)24724.24.7(15.0 - 33.4)
35 areas total10,13933.51.1(31.3 - 35.7)10,94632.41.0(30.4 - 34.4)
Median 31.3   29.7  
Range 18.6-63.2   17.0-61.4  

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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