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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 Land Line Sample, United States, 2011

State/TerritoryCurrentActive
Sample
size±
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alabama17247.76.8(34.4 - 61.0)19049.56.3(37.2 - 61.8)
Arizona22644.37.3(30.0 - 58.6)24541.87.0(28.1 - 55.5)
California50129.83.1(23.7 - 35.9)53031.02.9(25.3 - 36.7)
Connecticut24538.75.9(27.1 - 50.3)27036.85.6(25.8 - 47.8)
District of Columbia15043.97.4(29.4 - 58.4)16842.17.2(28.0 - 56.2)
Florida32938.05.4(27.4 - 48.6)37735.44.9(25.8 - 45.0)
Georgia24536.46.1(24.4 - 48.4)25537.06.0(25.2 - 48.8)
Hawaii24224.54.6(15.5 - 33.5)25326.34.7(17.1 - 35.5)
Illinois17643.17.5(28.4 - 57.8)18741.57.2(27.4 - 55.6)
Indiana31540.44.5(31.6 - 49.2)32441.84.5(33.0 - 50.6)
Iowa18832.76.2(20.5 - 44.9)19728.65.7(17.4 - 39.8)
Kansas66331.53.7(24.2 - 38.8)70330.83.5(23.9 - 37.7)
Louisiana23737.76.8(24.4 - 51.0)25137.06.9(23.5 - 50.5)
Maine26529.64.2(21.4 - 37.8)28830.34.3(21.9 - 38.7)
Maryland20135.15.5(24.3 - 45.9)21534.55.2(24.3 - 44.7)
Massachusetts23028.55.2(18.3 - 38.7)24328.85.1(18.8 - 38.8)
Michigan48434.74.2(26.5 - 42.9)52932.83.9(25.2 - 40.4)
Mississippi22543.16.9(29.6 - 56.6)24139.86.1(27.8 - 51.8)
Missouri20840.15.9(28.5 - 51.7)21240.26.0(28.4 - 52.0)
Montana32431.65.3(21.2 - 42.0)33830.25.1(20.2 - 40.2)
Nebraska63328.13.6(21.0 - 35.2)68127.13.3(20.6 - 33.6)
Nevada12930.89.1(13.0 - 48.6)13629.98.7(12.8 - 47.0)
New Hampshire21223.14.2(14.9 - 31.3)23026.45.3(16.0 - 36.8)
New Jersey32627.74.4(19.1 - 36.3)34827.84.3(19.4 - 36.2)
New Mexico30235.35.2(25.1 - 45.5)32633.95.0(24.1 - 43.7)
New York12634.76.4(22.2 - 47.2)13635.66.1(23.6 - 47.6)
North Carolina21032.25.0(22.4 - 42.0)22133.45.0(23.6 - 43.2)
North Dakota16731.87.2(17.7 - 45.9)17732.47.1(18.5 - 46.3)
Ohio31043.66.7(30.5 - 56.7)32145.56.4(33.0 - 58.0)
Oklahoma27231.34.3(22.9 - 39.7)28732.94.2(24.7 - 41.1)
Oregon17126.75.4(16.1 - 37.3)18725.64.9(16.0 - 35.2)
Pennsylvania36535.94.3(27.5 - 44.3)39635.94.1(27.9 - 43.9)
Rhode Island24232.65.4(22.0 - 43.2)26631.15.1(21.1 - 41.1)
Texas48741.14.6(32.1 - 50.1)53843.04.3(34.6 - 51.4)
Utah39925.83.9(18.2 - 33.4)43825.83.7(18.5 - 33.1)
Vermont29428.24.1(20.2 - 36.2)30327.24.0(19.4 - 35.0)
Washington63229.63.3(23.1 - 36.1)63430.43.3(23.9 - 36.9)
West Virginia17050.66.1(38.6 - 62.6)17351.96.0(40.1 - 63.7)
Wisconsin23232.35.4(21.7 - 42.9)23433.65.4(23.0 - 44.2)
Puerto Rico24942.25.0(32.4 - 52.0)27641.74.8(32.3 - 51.1)
40 state total11,55435.51.1(33.3 - 37.7)12,32435.61.1(33.4 - 37.8)
Median 33.7   33.5  
Range 23.1-50.6   25.6-51.9  

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
± Landline sample size excludes "DK/Refused"
§ Standard error
Confidence interval

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