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, 2009
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| State/Territory | Current | Former | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample size± | % | SE§ | 95% CI† | Sample size | % | SE | 95% CI | |
| Arizona | 110 | 44.3 | 8.1 | (28.4 - 60.2) | 41 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| California | 503 | 36.2 | 3.0 | (30.3 - 42.1) | 182 | 12.6 | 2.7 | (7.3 - 17.9) |
| Connecticut | 227 | 37.6 | 5.1 | (27.6 - 47.6) | 106 | 18.2 | 5.2 | (8.0 - 28.4) |
| District of Columbia | 128 | 40.0 | 5.7 | (28.8 - 51.2) | 58 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| Florida | 403 | 57.1 | 4.8 | (47.7 - 66.5) | 155 | 26.8 | 7.6 | (11.9 - 41.7) |
| Georgia | 181 | 57.9 | 6.4 | (45.4 - 70.4) | 62 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| Hawaii | 264 | 38.6 | 4.8 | (29.2 - 48.0) | 119 | 21.1 | 5.9 | (9.5 - 32.7) |
| Illinois | 179 | 44.1 | 5.3 | (33.7 - 54.5) | 89 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| Indiana | 361 | 46.3 | 4.3 | (37.9 - 54.7) | 104 | 16.1 | 4.0 | (8.3 - 23.9) |
| Iowa | 223 | 50.3 | 5.2 | (40.1 - 60.5) | 98 | 15.0 | 4.4 | (6.4 - 23.6) |
| Kansas | 800 | 46.5 | 2.9 | (40.8 - 52.2) | 262 | 24.1 | 3.9 | (16.5 - 31.7) |
| Louisiana | 191 | 41.1 | 6.8 | (27.8 - 54.4) | 77 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| Maine | 216 | 46.1 | 5.3 | (35.7 - 56.5) | 65 | 17.8 | 5.1 | (7.8 - 27.8) |
| Maryland | 258 | 47.1 | 5.8 | (35.7 - 58.5) | 105 | 17.9 | 4.6 | (8.9 - 26.9) |
| Massachusetts | 208 | 46.6 | 5.9 | (35.0 - 58.2) | 77 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| Michigan | 449 | 52.1 | 3.8 | (44.7 - 59.5) | 154 | 17.6 | 3.9 | (10.0 - 25.2) |
| Montana | 300 | 47.7 | 5.0 | (37.9 - 57.5) | 120 | 19.8 | 4.1 | (11.8 - 27.8) |
| Nebraska | 521 | 44.5 | 4.2 | (36.3 - 52.7) | 184 | 25.9 | 6.3 | (13.6 - 38.2) |
| Nevada | 127 | 58.0 | 8.6 | (41.1 - 74.9) | 38 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| New Hampshire | 244 | 36.6 | 4.7 | (27.4 - 45.8) | 81 | 22.8 | 6.8 | (9.5 - 36.1) |
| New Jersey | 341 | 46.5 | 4.6 | (37.5 - 55.5) | 132 | 14.8 | 3.9 | (7.2 - 22.4) |
| New Mexico | 189 | 53.5 | 5.3 | (43.1 - 63.9) | 86 | 25.5 | 7.4 | (11.0 - 40.0) |
| New York | 295 | 44.4 | 5.3 | (34.0 - 54.8) | 98 | 19.5 | 5.5 | (8.7 - 30.3) |
| North Dakota | 178 | 49.4 | 5.4 | (38.8 - 60.0) | 49 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| Ohio | 258 | 44.4 | 5.3 | (34.0 - 54.8) | 102 | 12.1 | 3.5 | (5.2 - 19.0) |
| Oklahoma | 266 | 64.7 | 4.3 | (56.3 - 73.1) | 97 | 18.0 | 4.3 | (9.6 - 26.4) |
| Oregon | 136 | 48.6 | 6.3 | (36.3 - 60.9) | 64 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| Rhode Island | 287 | 43.0 | 4.9 | (33.4 - 52.6) | 83 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| Texas | 448 | 41.7 | 4.7 | (32.5 - 50.9) | 186 | 12.7 | 3.4 | (6.0 - 19.4) |
| Utah | 425 | 39.2 | 3.4 | (32.5 - 45.9) | 196 | 20.6 | 5.0 | (10.8 - 30.4) |
| Vermont | 325 | 42.7 | 4.9 | (33.1 - 52.3) | 97 | 22.4 | 5.2 | (12.2 - 32.6) |
| Virginia | 182 | 44.5 | 5.8 | (33.1 - 55.9) | 63 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| Washington | 470 | 36.6 | 3.5 | (29.7 - 43.5) | 235 | 18.0 | 3.4 | (11.3 - 24.7) |
| West Virginia | 235 | 51.7 | 5.0 | (41.9 - 61.5) | 54 | 29.1 | 7.5 | (14.4 - 43.8) |
| Wisconsin | 217 | 44.9 | 5.9 | (33.3 - 56.5) | 62 | N/A | N/A | (N/A - N/A) |
| Puerto Rico | 152 | 51.3 | 5.7 | (40.1 - 62.5) | 173 | 30.1 | 4.9 | (20.5 - 39.7) |
| 36 state total | 10,297 | 45.2 | 1.1 | (43.0 - 47.4) | 3,954 | 17.0 | 1.2 | (14.6 - 19.4) |
| Median | 45.5 | 18.9 | ||||||
| Range | 36.2-64.7 | 12.1-30.1 | ||||||
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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