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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, 2012

State/TerritoryCurrentActive
Sample
size±
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alabama24949.16.3(36.8 - 61.4)25249.56.3(37.2 - 61.8)
Arizona21533.77.2(19.6 - 47.8)22224.97.2(10.8 - 39.0)
California31138.24.4(29.6 - 46.8)32836.74.3(28.3 - 45.1)
Connecticut23640.46.0(28.6 - 52.2)24538.05.9(26.4 - 49.6)
District of Columbia92N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)101N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Florida20143.58.2(27.4 - 59.6)21746.67.8(31.3 - 61.9)
Georgia13232.56.9(19.0 - 46.0)14930.16.2(17.9 - 42.3)
Hawaii14239.99.3(21.7 - 58.1)15031.96.1(19.9 - 43.9)
Illinois20333.86.0(22.0 - 45.6)21736.37.3(22.0 - 50.6)
Indiana21928.75.2(18.5 - 38.9)24125.54.7(16.3 - 34.7)
Iowa18637.36.8(24.0 - 50.6)18838.16.8(24.8 - 51.4)
Kansas36026.54.7(17.3 - 35.7)37426.54.6(17.5 - 35.5)
Louisiana21439.87.9(24.3 - 55.3)22632.07.2(17.9 - 46.1)
Maine19934.05.6(23.0 - 45.0)21134.35.4(23.7 - 44.9)
Massachusetts19021.04.3(12.6 - 29.4)22320.43.9(12.8 - 28.0)
Michigan43632.04.0(24.2 - 39.8)47530.93.8(23.5 - 38.3)
Mississippi21759.86.4(47.3 - 72.3)21861.46.2(49.2 - 73.6)
Missouri20532.05.3(21.6 - 42.4)21928.64.9(19.0 - 38.2)
Montana26225.44.3(17.0 - 33.8)27525.94.3(17.5 - 34.3)
Nebraska47833.54.3(25.1 - 41.9)49134.84.5(26.0 - 43.6)
Nevada13341.58.5(24.8 - 58.2)14841.18.0(25.4 - 56.8)
New Hampshire25927.55.3(17.1 - 37.9)27628.35.2(18.1 - 38.5)
New Jersey37038.45.1(28.4 - 48.4)39436.74.9(27.1 - 46.3)
New Mexico27536.65.3(26.2 - 47.0)29035.25.1(25.2 - 45.2)
New York16631.06.8(17.7 - 44.3)18228.26.6(15.3 - 41.1)
North Carolina14738.16.7(25.0 - 51.2)16732.56.1(20.5 - 44.5)
North Dakota13820.55.4(9.9 - 31.1)13718.85.2(8.6 - 29.0)
Ohio37347.65.5(36.8 - 58.4)39840.75.9(29.1 - 52.3)
Oklahoma19739.76.8(26.4 - 53.0)19935.56.7(22.4 - 48.6)
Oregon19333.95.6(22.9 - 44.9)21532.45.2(22.2 - 42.6)
Pennsylvania55528.14.9(18.5 - 37.7)59227.74.7(18.5 - 36.9)
Rhode Island17733.65.9(22.0 - 45.2)18136.26.6(23.3 - 49.1)
Texas19941.19.1(23.3 - 58.9)20738.28.9(20.8 - 55.6)
Vermont23423.03.8(15.6 - 30.4)24421.63.6(14.5 - 28.7)
Washington45629.53.7(22.2 - 36.8)48129.83.5(22.9 - 36.7)
West Virginia18242.14.8(32.7 - 51.5)18040.44.8(31.0 - 49.8)
Wisconsin18033.56.9(20.0 - 47.0)18433.86.9(20.3 - 47.3)
37 state total8,98136.01.5(33.1 - 38.9)9,49734.31.4(31.6 - 37.0)
Median 33.9   33.2  
Range 20.5-59.8   18.8-61.4  

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

± Landline 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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