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 Land Line Sample, United States, 2012

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State/TerritoryCurrentFormer
Sample
size±
%SE§95% CISample
size
%SE95% CI
Alabama26167.46.0(55.6 - 79.2)51N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Arizona20951.67.8(36.3 - 66.9)35N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
California31146.74.6(37.7 - 55.7)10123.46.0(11.6 - 35.2)
Connecticut22850.75.5(39.9 - 61.5)42N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
District of Columbia9735.89.7(16.8 - 54.8)12N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Florida19967.27.2(53.1 - 81.3)53N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Georgia13265.66.8(52.3 - 78.9)63N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Hawaii14143.38.2(27.2 - 59.4)59N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Illinois20358.66.5(45.9 - 71.3)57N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Indiana22655.86.0(44.0 - 67.6)5146.511.4(24.2 - 68.8)
Iowa18556.26.9(42.7 - 69.7)49N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Kansas37250.24.9(40.6 - 59.8)8426.36.9(12.8 - 39.8)
Louisiana24644.56.8(31.2 - 57.8)75N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Maine20253.46.0(41.6 - 65.2)44N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Massachusetts19049.76.3(37.4 - 62.0)68N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Michigan43355.74.4(47.1 - 64.3)9918.15.3(7.7 - 28.5)
Mississippi24456.26.5(43.5 - 68.9)62N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Missouri21168.16.1(56.1 - 80.1)65N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Montana26755.96.3(43.6 - 68.2)74N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Nebraska48457.64.4(49.0 - 66.2)16117.14.0(9.3 - 24.9)
Nevada12959.78.6(42.8 - 76.6)4254.512.5(30.0 - 79.0)
New Hampshire25852.65.9(41.0 - 64.2)45N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New Jersey36455.05.1(45.0 - 65.0)10117.55.2(7.3 - 27.7)
New Mexico27959.54.9(49.9 - 69.1)48N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
New York16540.86.8(27.5 - 54.1)50N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
North Carolina14863.76.7(50.6 - 76.8)50N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
North Dakota14244.17.1(30.2 - 58.0)28N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Ohio37463.44.8(54.0 - 72.8)77N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Oklahoma20760.06.7(46.9 - 73.1)5246.713.2(20.8 - 72.6)
Oregon18963.75.9(52.1 - 75.3)65N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Pennsylvania55048.75.2(38.5 - 58.9)15014.74.3(6.3 - 23.1)
Rhode Island17460.46.4(47.9 - 72.9)21N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Texas20254.49.5(35.8 - 73.0)71N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Vermont22155.85.8(44.4 - 67.2)24N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Washington43646.54.4(37.9 - 55.1)5338.110.6(17.3 - 58.9)
West Virginia19761.14.6(52.1 - 70.1)24N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
Wisconsin17869.16.7(56.0 - 82.2)35N/AN/A(N/A - N/A)
37 state total9,05454.41.5(51.5 - 57.3)2,24125.62.7(20.3 - 30.9)
Median 55.8   24.9  
Range 35.8-69.1   14.7-54.5  

1 "Yes" response to "Do you still have asthma?"

2 "No" response to "Do you still have asthma?"

3 Aged ≥ 18 years

± 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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