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2014 BRFSS Asthma Call-Back Survey Prevalence Tables


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, 2014

State/Territory Current Active
Sample
size±		 % SE§ 95% CI† Sample
size		 % SE 95% CI
Alabama 186 50.4 8.9 (33.0 – 67.8) 201 51.5 8.4 (35.0 – 68.0)
Florida 203 34.1 6.8 (20.8 – 47.4) 218 34.1 6.7 (21.0 – 47.2)
Kansas 246 32.2 6.0 (20.4 – 44.0) 260 31.9 5.8 (20.5 – 43.3)
Louisiana 87 50.6 11.7 (27.7 – 73.5) 100 43.0 10.7 (22.0 – 64.0)
Massachusetts 133 29.3 7.3 (15.0 – 43.6) 137 28.9 7.0 (15.2 – 42.6)
5 state total 855 37.0 4.0 (29.2 – 44.8) 916 36.5 3.9 (28.9 – 44.1)
Median   34.1       34.1    
Range   29.3-50.6       28.9-51.5    

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

± 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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