TABLE 2. Current asthma* prevalence and proportion of adults working at any time in the past 12 months† with current asthma who had at least one asthma attack§ or emergency department (ED) visit for asthma¶ in the past 12 months (annual average), by industry** — National Health Interview Survey, 2011–2016.
| Industry | Workers (x 1,000)†† | Current asthma | Proportion of persons with current asthma who had ≥1 asthma attack in past 12 months | Proportion of persons with current asthma who had ≥1 asthma ED visit in past 12 months | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (x 1,000)†† | % (95% CI) | % (95%CI) | % (95% CI) | ||
| Health care and social assistance | 21,270 | 1,878 | 8.8 (8.3–9.4) | 45.8 (42.8–49.1) | 11.3 (9.3–13.2) |
| Ambulatory health care services | 8,135 | 710 | 8.7 (7.9–9.6) | 43.2 (38.2–48.1) | 10.5 (7.4–13.6) |
| Hospitals | 6,693 | 551 | 8.2 (7.3–9.2) | 51.7 (46.0–57.4) | 10.1 (6.6–13.7) |
| Nursing and residential care facilities | 2,978 | 262 | 8.8 (7.4–10.2) | 45.2 (36.0–54.3) | 13.8 (8.0–19.6) |
| Social assistance | 3,463 | 355 | 10.3 (8.8–11.8) | 42.9 (35.4–50.5) | 12.3 (8.1–16.5) |
| Education services | 15,237 | 1,243 | 8.2 (7.5–8.8) | 48.4 (44.5–52.3) | 8.2 (6.0–10.4) |
| Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 3,569 | 287 | 8.1 (6.7–9.4) | 50.0 (40.3–59.7) | —§§ |
| Performing arts, spectator sports, and related | 1,030 | 96 | 9.3 (6.5–12.1) | 47.5 (31.0–64.0) | — |
| Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions | 415 | 30 | 7.2 (3.6–10.7) | — | — |
| Amusement, gambling, and recreation | 2,124 | 162 | 7.6 (5.9–9.4) | 54.2 (41.7–66.6) | — |
| Accommodation and food services | 11,233 | 864 | 7.7 (6.9–8.5) | 40.1 (34.8–45.3) | 11.0 (7.9–14.2) |
| Accommodation | 1,737 | 151 | 8.7 (6.6–10.9) | 51.3 (38.0–64.6) | — |
| Food services and drinking places | 9,496 | 712 | 7.5 (6.7–8.4) | 37.7 (32.2–43.1) | 11.0 (7.5–14.5) |
| Finance and insurance | 7,186 | 539 | 7.5 (6.6–8.5) | 38.3 (32.4–44.2) | 6.0 (3.1–9.0) |
| Monetary authorities –– central bank | 2,122 | 140 | 6.6 (5.1–8.1) | 31.9 (20.1–43.7) | — |
| Credit intermediation and related activities | 1,197 | 83 | 6.9 (5.0–8.9) | 46.0 (31.5–60.4) | — |
| Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities | 1,163 | 80 | 6.9 (4.6–9.2) | 34.8 (18.9–50.6) | — |
| Insurance carriers and related activities | 2,704 | 237 | 8.8 (7.1–10.5) | 40.6 (31.3–49.9) | — |
| Retail trade | 16,714 | 1,247 | 7.5 (6.9–8.1) | 46.4 (42.3–50.0) | 12.4 (9.6–15.2) |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1,807 | 114 | 6.3 (4.7–7.9) | 44.4 (30.3–58.6) | — |
| Furniture and home furnishings stores | 471 | 29 | 6.2 (3.1–9.4) | — | — |
| Electronics and appliance stores | 549 | 65 | 11.9 (7.9–16.0) | 37.8 (19.9–55.8) | — |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 1,277 | 77 | 6.0 (4.1–8.0) | 46.6 (30.1–63.1) | — |
| Food and beverage stores | 3,241 | 215 | 6.7 (5.4–7.9) | 45.8 (36.1–55.4) | 14.1 (7.2–21.0) |
| Health and personal care stores | 1,241 | 87 | 7.0 (4.9–9.1) | 47.0 (31.7–62.4) | — |
| Gasoline stations | 608 | 71 | 11.8 (7.8–15.7) | 47.5 (30.0–65.0) | — |
| Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 1,446 | 103 | 7.3 (5.3–9.2) | 41.7 (29.0–54.5) | — |
| Sporting goods, camera, hobby, book and music stores | 763 | 83 | 10.9 (7.8–13.9) | 44.8 (28.8–60.7) | — |
| General merchandise stores | 3,115 | 237 | 7.6 (6.1–9.2) | 52.8 43.4–62.2) | 13.1 (6.0–20.1) |
| Miscellaneous store retailers | 1,140 | 102 | 9.0 (6.5–11.5) | 50.4 (35.9–64.9) | — |
| Nonstore retailers and non-specified retail trade | 1,057 | 64 | 6.0 (4.0–8.0) | 45.1 (28.2–61.9) | — |
| Public administration | 7,737 | 569 | 7.4 (6.5–8.2) | 45.6 (39.1–52.1) | 11.6 (6.4–16.7) |
| Information | 3,438 | 228 | 6.6 (5.5–7.8) | 48.8 (39.6–57.9) | 13.1 (6.0–20.1) |
| Publishing industries (except internet) | 702 | 48 | 6.9 (4.0–9.7) | 51.2 (35.3–67.1) | — |
| Motion picture and sound recording industries | 470 | 28 | 6.0 (3.5–8.5) | 38.5 (17.1–60.0) | — |
| Broadcasting and telecommunications | 1,742 | 106 | 6.1 (4.5–7.6) | 49.1 (36.1–62.0) | — |
| Information services and data processing | 524 | 45 | 8.7 (5.3–12.0) | 51.8 (28.4–75.3) | — |
| Professional, scientific, and technical services | 11,399 | 738 | 6.5 (5.8–7.2) | 49.2 (44.2–54.1) | 8.0 (5.2–10.7) |
| Administrative & support and waste management & remediation services | 7,323 | 471 | 6.4 (5.6–7.2) | 46.5 (40.4–52.6) | 11.6 (8.0–15.3) |
| Mining | 960 | 59 | 6.1 (3.9–8.3) | 40.2 (21.6–58.8) | — |
| Oil and gas extraction | 102 | — | — | — | — |
| Mining (except oil and gas) | 211 | — | — | — | — |
| Support activities for mining | 648 | 40 | 6.2 (3.4–9.0) | — | — |
| Other services (except public administration) | 8,024 | 491 | 6.1 (5.4–6.9) | 41.7 (35.3–48.2) | 11.1 (7.4–14.9) |
| Repair and maintenance | 2,287 | 121 | 5.3 (3.8–6.8) | 33.6 (20.5–46.8) | — |
| Personal services (barber shops, beauty salons, nail salons, laundry, funeral homes and cemeteries) | 2,219 | 117 | 5.3 (4.1–6.5) | 37.4 (26.4–48.3) | 16.5 (8.4–24.6) |
| Religious, grantmaking, civic, labor, professional, and similar organizations | 2,486 | 162 | 6.5 (5.3–7.8) | 44.1 (33.8–55.0) | — |
| Private households | 1,032 | 91 | 8.9 (6.3–11.4) | 53.2 (37.6–68.7) | 22.9 (9.6–36.3) |
| Utilities | 1,390 | 82 | 5.9 (4.3–7.6) | 34.9 (20.3–49.4) | — |
| Transportation and warehousing | 6,569 | 383 | 5.8 (5.0–6.7) | 51.7 (43.4–60.0) | 11.7 (7.7–15.6) |
| Transportation (including support activities for transportation) | 4,544 | 245 | 5.4 (4.6–6.2) | 55.1 (46.3–64.0) | 14.9 (9.7–20.2) |
| Postal service, couriers, and messengers | 1,460 | 108 | 7.4 (4.5–10.4) | 44.4 (23.5–65.3) | — |
| Warehousing and storage | 565 | 30 | 5.3 (2.8–7.8) | 49.8 (25.1–74.5) | — |
| Manufacturing | 16,067 | 860 | 5.4 (4.9–5.9) | 40.0 (35.2–44.8) | 6.7 (4.6–8.9) |
| Food manufacturing | 1,954 | 104 | 5.3 (4.1–6.6) | 33.1 (21.2–45.0) | — |
| Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing | 301 | — | — | — | — |
| Textile mills | 98 | — | — | — | — |
| Textile product mills | 138 | — | — | — | — |
| Apparel manufacturing | 299 | 24 | 8.0 (3.2–12.7) | — | — |
| Leather and allied product manufacturing | 28 | — | — | — | — |
| Wood product manufacturing | 447 | 34 | 7.7 (3.2–12.2) | 57.3 (29.5–85.1) | — |
| Paper manufacturing | 434 | 22 | 5.1 (2.2–7.9) | — | — |
| Printing and related support activities | 613 | 36 | 5.9 (3.4–8.4) | 46.2 (24.41–67.9) | — |
| Petroleum and coal products manufacturing | 138 | — | — | — | — |
| Chemical manufacturing | 1,365 | 59 | 4.3 (3.1–5.6) | 54.6 (31.5–77.6) | — |
| Plastics and rubber products manufacturing | 549 | 20 | 3.6 (1.6–5.6) | 56.7 (30.0–83.3) | — |
| Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing | 446 | 22 | 4.8 (2.1–7.6) | — | — |
| Primary metal manufacturing | 572 | 43 | 7.5 (3.5–11.4) | — | — |
| Fabricated metal product manufacturing | 1,228 | 55 | 4.5 (2.9–6.0) | 34.0 (17.9–50.2) | — |
| Machinery manufacturing | 1,437 | 80 | 5.6 (3.8–7.3) | 47.2 (32.8–61.6) | — |
| Computer and electronic product manufacturing | 1,316 | 70 | 5.3 (3.9–6.8) | 44.1 (30.7–57.5) | — |
| Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing | 496 | 32 | 6.5 (3.4–9.6) | — | — |
| Transportation equipment manufacturing | 2,323 | 131 | 5.6 (4.4–6.9) | 33.7 (23.1–44.3) | — |
| Furniture and related product manufacturing | 483 | 26 | 5.5 (2.7–8.2) | — | — |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing | 1,403 | 67 | 4.8 (3.3–6.3) | 39.5 (23.9–55.1) | — |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 3,054 | 168 | 5.5 (4.3–6.7) | 45.9 (34.9–56.9) | 12.5 (4.4–20.5) |
| Real estate | 2,643 | 142 | 5.4 (4.2–6.6) | 48.7 (37.1–60.3) | 14.0 (5.8–22.1) |
| Rental and leasing services | 295 | 24 | 8.0 (3.0–11.6) | — | — |
| Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works) | 115 | — | — | — | — |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting | 2,358 | 123 | 5.2 (4.0–6.5) | 38.8 (27.8–49.9) | — |
| Crop production | 1,210 | 58 | 4.8 (3.2–6.3) | 41.4 (26.8–56.1) | — |
| Animal production | 680 | 44 | 6.5 (3.6–9.5) | — | — |
| Forestry and logging | 171 | — | — | — | — |
| Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 68 | — | — | — | — |
| Support activities for agriculture and forestry | 228 | — | — | — | — |
| Wholesale trade | 3,898 | 192 | 4.9 (4.0–5.9) | 36.7 (27.2–46.2) | — |
| Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 1,898 | 87 | 4.6 (3.1–5.9) | 36.6 (21.3–51.9) | — |
| Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 1,963 | 104 | 5.3 (3.9–6.8) | 37.3 (25.9–49.7) | — |
| Nonspecified wholesale trade | 38 | — | — | — | — |
| Construction | 10,234 | 451 | 4.4 (3.8–5.0) | 41.0 (33.8–48.1) | 11.3 (6.8–15.9) |
| Management of companies and enterprises | 111 | — | — | — | — |
| Armed forces | 360 | — | — | — | — |
| Unknown | 2,578 | 83 | 3.2 (2.4–4.1) | 46.0 (32.3–59.8) | — |
| Total | 160,709 | 10,972 | 6.8 (6.7–7.0) | 44.7 (43.3–46.1) | 9.9 (9.1–10.7) |
Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.
* Defined as a “yes” response to the questions “Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that you had asthma?” and “Do you still have asthma?”
† Survey respondents who answered “yes” to the question “Did you have a job or business at any time in the past 12 months?”
§ Defined as a “yes” response to the question “During the past 12 months, have you had an episode of asthma or an asthma attack?”
¶ Defined as a “yes” response to the question “During the past 12 months, have you had to visit an emergency room or urgent care center because of asthma?”
** Industry that employed sample adults were working in during the week prior to their interview. ftp://ftp.cdc.gov/pub/Health_Statistics/NCHS/Dataset_Documentation/NHIS/2014/srvydesc.pdf.
†† Weighted to provide national estimates.
§§ Estimates suppressed because relative standard error for the estimate was ≥30%.