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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Nationwide Data

Adult Asthma History

During the past 12 months, how many days were you unable to work or carry out your usual activities because of your asthma?*

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  Total
Respond.#
1-7 Days 8-30 days More than 30 Days None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 6,711 1,035 16.4 14.7-18.2 409 7.1 5.6- 8.9 688 8.2 7.2- 9.5 4,579 68.3 66.0-70.6
California 311 54 18.4 13.8-24.1 23 9.8 5.4-16.9 12 3.1 1.6- 6.0 222 68.7 61.6-75.0
Delaware 295 47 17.0 11.4-24.7 10 2.6 1.3- 5.3 12 3.1 1.4- 6.5 226 77.2 69.6-83.5
District of Columbia 201 32 15.4 10.4-22.1 11 8.0 4.0-15.4 28 10.9 7.2-16.3 130 65.7 56.9-73.5
Idaho 384 53 13.6 9.8-18.6 17 4.7 2.6- 8.3 45 11.0 7.8-15.3 269 70.7 64.8-75.9
Iowa 213 26 11.0 7.2-16.4 7 2.2 1.0- 4.7 23 10.3 6.5-15.9 157 76.6 69.5-82.4
Louisiana 289 56 16.3 12.2-21.3 21 6.8 4.1-11.2 7 1.4 0.6- 3.0 205 75.5 69.6-80.6
Massachusetts 607 100 14.1 10.9-17.9 42 6.2 4.0- 9.5 93 14.9 11.5-19.1 372 64.8 59.7-69.7
Michigan 472 63 14.7 10.9-19.5 27 5.6 3.5- 8.9 16 2.2 1.3- 3.8 366 77.5 72.4-82.0
New Hampshire 430 56 13.2 9.8-17.5 20 4.1 2.6- 6.4 59 12.5 9.5-16.3 295 70.2 65.1-74.9
New Jersey 412 66 13.7 8.5-21.5 23 5.3 2.4-11.4 77 19.2 12.5-28.2 246 61.8 51.6-71.0
New Mexico 364 45 15.2 10.6-21.4 25 5.8 3.7- 9.0 45 12.1 8.7-16.6 249 66.8 60.4-72.7
North Carolina 400 54 13.4 8.9-19.8 36 8.6 5.3-13.7 47 13.1 8.4-19.9 263 64.8 56.9-72.1
Ohio 295 52 15.5 11.3-20.8 19 7.3 4.3-12.2 43 13.4 9.7-18.4 181 63.8 57.1-70.0
Oklahoma 478 77 17.7 13.7-22.5 38 6.9 4.8- 9.8 44 8.0 5.8-11.1 319 67.4 62.1-72.3
Rhode Island 338 53 15.4 11.5-20.3 16 4.2 2.2- 7.6 51 14.7 10.6-19.9 218 65.8 59.6-71.5
Texas 441 90 20.9 16.8-25.7 30 6.8 4.6-10.1 37 8.9 6.2-12.8 284 63.3 57.9-68.4
Utah 319 42 10.6 7.1-15.6 17 3.5 1.8- 6.5 36 11.9 8.0-17.4 224 74.0 67.3-79.8
Wisconsin 364 48 11.8 8.2-16.7 16 4.5 2.3- 8.5 7 1.3 0.5- 3.8 293 82.4 76.8-86.8
Virgin Islands 98 21 25.2 14.6-39.8 11 12.3 5.9-23.9 6 5.0 1.9-12.2 60 57.5 44.0-70.0

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

* This question was asked only of respondents who reported having asthma CURRENTLY.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

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