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, 2006

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State/TerritoryCurrentFormer
Sample
size±
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alaska11955.47.8(40.1 - 70.7)41N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Arizona14544.08.3(27.7 - 60.3)71N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California23350.54.4(41.9 - 59.1)10223.65.0(13.8 - 33.4)
Colorado25442.14.0(34.3 - 49.9)6426.15.8(14.7 - 37.5)
Connecticut30335.73.9(28.1 - 43.3)10420.45.8(9.0 - 31.8)
District of Columbia12048.77.5(34.0 - 63.4)6123.46.8(10.1 - 36.7)
Georgia23254.85.5(44.0 - 65.6)10413.03.7(5.7 - 20.3)
Hawaii21740.04.4(31.4 - 48.6)15918.24.2(10.0 - 26.4)
Indiana29853.63.7(46.3 - 60.9)10721.44.8(12.0 - 30.8)
Iowa17349.44.3(41.0 - 57.8)8523.56.0(11.7 - 35.3)
Kansas37648.33.5(41.4 - 55.2)10117.84.4(9.2 - 26.4)
Maine16956.45.0(46.6 - 66.2)53N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Maryland27639.54.4(30.9 - 48.1)11711.03.3(4.5 - 17.5)
Massachusetts23847.95.4(37.3 - 58.5)8725.07.5(10.3 - 39.7)
Michigan30852.63.6(45.5 - 59.7)7830.96.6(18.0 - 43.8)
Missouri24453.75.5(42.9 - 64.5)9225.76.3(13.4 - 38.0)
Montana19644.95.2(34.7 - 55.1)8335.16.6(22.2 - 48.0)
Nebraska21861.66.1(49.6 - 73.6)65N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Hampshire21950.24.3(41.8 - 58.6)7927.47.6(12.5 - 42.3)
New York25647.44.4(38.8 - 56.0)7720.75.5(9.9 - 31.5)
Oregon26350.54.8(41.1 - 59.9)13625.65.4(15.0 - 36.2)
Texas20345.56.2(33.3 - 57.7)81N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Vermont38240.63.2(34.3 - 46.9)13819.94.0(12.1 - 27.7)
Washington1,36249.42.2(45.1 - 53.7)62221.22.3(16.7 - 25.7)
Wisconsin21955.15.6(44.1 - 66.1)6622.66.1(10.6 - 34.6)
25 areas total7,02349.01.5(46.1 - 51.9)2,77321.32.2(17.0 - 25.6)
Median 49.4   23.0  
Range 35.7-61.6   11.0-35.1  

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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