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, 2007

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State/TerritoryCurrentFormer
Sample
size±
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alaska9261.57.9(46.0 - 77.0)49N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Arizona15035.65.9(24.0 - 47.2)43N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California19441.54.7(32.3 - 50.7)87N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Colorado26249.54.6(40.5 - 58.5)11313.73.2(7.4 - 20.0)
Connecticut24844.25.5(33.4 - 55.0)107N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
District of Columbia10837.25.8(25.8 - 48.6)65N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Florida52054.25.7(43.0 - 65.4)27225.15.8(13.7 - 36.5)
Georgia25548.94.3(40.5 - 57.3)9722.16.1(10.1 - 34.1)
Hawaii28945.84.5(37.0 - 54.6)17325.04.5(16.2 - 33.8)
Illinois19951.24.7(42.0 - 60.4)69N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Indiana28652.54.3(44.1 - 60.9)70N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Iowa19649.15.1(39.1 - 59.1)7328.58.0(12.8 - 44.2)
Kansas38054.54.3(46.1 - 62.9)12622.74.8(13.3 - 32.1)
Maine35143.24.0(35.4 - 51.0)9219.24.5(10.4 - 28.0)
Maryland27940.64.0(32.8 - 48.4)13126.05.4(15.4 - 36.6)
Massachusetts16835.36.7(22.2 - 48.4)55N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Michigan37949.64.0(41.8 - 57.4)12730.96.4(18.4 - 43.4)
Missouri23059.44.8(50.0 - 68.8)61N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Montana22458.45.0(48.6 - 68.2)6728.37.4(13.8 - 42.8)
Nebraska38852.55.8(41.1 - 63.9)13121.15.5(10.3 - 31.9)
Nevada19550.35.6(39.3 - 61.3)9325.36.6(12.4 - 38.2)
New Hampshire21944.64.6(35.6 - 53.6)85N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Mexico23254.35.3(43.9 - 64.7)12030.67.5(15.9 - 45.3)
New York26246.84.2(38.6 - 55.0)9422.36.6(9.4 - 35.2)
Ohio38451.74.8(42.3 - 61.1)12722.95.0(13.1 - 32.7)
Oklahoma26663.14.1(55.1 - 71.1)9123.85.6(12.8 - 34.8)
Oregon29749.14.6(40.1 - 58.1)14223.15.9(11.5 - 34.7)
Pennsylvania20243.05.4(32.4 - 53.6)8120.35.5(9.5 - 31.1)
Texas25251.26.3(38.9 - 63.5)11417.14.0(9.3 - 24.9)
Utah20445.24.6(36.2 - 54.2)10426.86.2(14.6 - 39.0)
Vermont36045.23.6(38.1 - 52.3)12120.35.0(10.5 - 30.1)
Washington1,43043.52.2(39.2 - 47.8)68420.22.2(15.9 - 24.5)
West Virginia24145.14.4(36.5 - 53.7)6620.95.6(9.9 - 31.9)
Wisconsin22346.34.6(37.3 - 55.3)7823.16.7(10.0 - 36.2)
34 areas total9,96547.31.3(44.8 - 49.8)4,00820.61.6(17.5 - 23.7)
Median 49.0   23.0  
Range 35.3-63.1   13.7-30.9  

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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