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, 2009

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State/TerritoryCurrentActive
Sample
size±
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Arizona11136.27.3(21.9 - 50.5)11640.77.4(26.2 - 55.2)
California39936.43.7(29.1 - 43.7)42734.53.8(27.1 - 41.9)
Connecticut23128.44.4(19.8 - 37.0)25329.64.2(21.4 - 37.8)
District of Columbia13022.54.5(13.7 - 31.3)14720.84.1(12.8 - 28.8)
Florida38837.74.8(28.3 - 47.1)42538.05.3(27.6 - 48.4)
Georgia17937.26.1(25.2 - 49.2)18532.86.1(20.8 - 44.8)
Hawaii27630.44.5(21.6 - 39.2)27330.14.5(21.3 - 38.9)
Illinois17931.64.9(22.0 - 41.2)19829.94.6(20.9 - 38.9)
Indiana35933.64.2(25.4 - 41.8)39331.73.9(24.1 - 39.3)
Iowa22425.23.8(17.8 - 32.6)23822.73.4(16.0 - 29.4)
Kansas77021.22.1(17.1 - 25.3)82421.62.0(17.7 - 25.5)
Louisiana18336.97.1(23.0 - 50.8)20035.86.8(22.5 - 49.1)
Maine22822.53.3(16.0 - 29.0)24723.13.3(16.6 - 29.6)
Maryland25930.75.7(19.5 - 41.9)28230.45.3(20.0 - 40.8)
Massachusetts20529.25.1(19.2 - 39.2)23025.54.4(16.9 - 34.1)
Michigan45328.83.2(22.5 - 35.1)50924.32.7(19.0 - 29.6)
Montana29223.83.6(16.7 - 30.9)30325.73.7(18.4 - 33.0)
Nebraska52923.33.2(17.0 - 29.6)53623.23.2(16.9 - 29.5)
Nevada12933.37.3(19.0 - 47.6)13631.36.9(17.8 - 44.8)
New Hampshire25426.23.9(18.6 - 33.8)27825.73.9(18.1 - 33.3)
New Jersey33930.53.8(23.1 - 37.9)37129.03.5(22.1 - 35.9)
New Mexico20039.45.0(29.6 - 49.2)22237.04.8(27.6 - 46.4)
New York30428.54.0(20.7 - 36.3)33427.23.7(19.9 - 34.5)
North Dakota18230.35.1(20.3 - 40.3)19227.74.5(18.9 - 36.5)
Ohio26332.34.9(22.7 - 41.9)28632.44.6(23.4 - 41.4)
Oklahoma25532.84.3(24.4 - 41.2)26533.74.3(25.3 - 42.1)
Oregon14422.95.0(13.1 - 32.7)16220.24.4(11.6 - 28.8)
Rhode Island28930.64.6(21.6 - 39.6)31429.94.5(21.1 - 38.7)
Texas44627.74.0(19.9 - 35.5)47824.73.5(17.8 - 31.6)
Utah41925.02.8(19.5 - 30.5)46622.72.6(17.6 - 27.8)
Vermont33415.52.6(10.4 - 20.6)36015.52.5(10.6 - 20.4)
Virginia17831.14.9(21.5 - 40.7)18231.94.9(22.3 - 41.5)
Washington46920.42.7(15.1 - 25.7)50819.12.5(14.2 - 24.0)
West Virginia22240.15.2(29.9 - 50.3)22940.65.1(30.6 - 50.6)
Wisconsin21931.95.7(20.7 - 43.1)23230.35.5(19.5 - 41.1)
Puerto Rico14349.25.8(37.8 - 60.6)21747.54.8(38.1 - 56.9)
36 state total10,18431.41.0(29.4 - 33.4)11,01830.11.0(28.1 - 32.1)
Median 30.5   29.8  
Range 15.5-49.2   15.5-47.5  

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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