TABLE 3. Estimated number of workers with an asthma-related or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease–related medical event and annualized total and per-person expenditures,* by industry groups among workers aged ≥18 years payment — Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, United States, 2011–2015.

Industry group	No. of workers (x1,000)	Asthma			Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
		No. of workers with an event (x1,000)	Total expenditures ($) in millions	Average expenditure ($) per person	No. of workers with an event (x1,000)	Total expenditures ($) in millions	Average expenditure ($) per person
Natural resources	2,320	57	47	825	96	36	375
Mining	792	40	46	1,150	—†	—	—
Construction	10,500	221	214	968	344	412	1,198
Manufacturing	16,354	658	733	1,114	874	614	703
Wholesale and retail trade	21,400	1,005	940	935	821	404	492
Transportation and utilities	7,771	284	347	1,222	349	155	444
Information	3,306	155	136	877	137	76	555
Financial activities	10,142	435	363	834	416	180	433
Professional and business services	19,592	957	773	808	806	327	406
Education health and social services§	38,507	2,421	2,250	929	2,004	1,435	716
Leisure and hospitality	14,492	691	555	803	552	383	694
Other services¶	8,515	363	324	893	398	199	500
Public administration§	8,247	535	684	1,279	469	853	1,819
Military	355	—	—	—	—	—	—
Unclassifiable/Missing	4,054	—	—	—	—	—	—

*All medical expenditures expressed in 2017 U.S. dollars.

^† Unreliable estimates (relative standard error >30; standard error of the estimate divided by the estimate), data suppressed.

^§ Includes education services workers and ambulatory healthcare services workers, hospitals, nursing and residential care facility workers and social assistance.

^§ https://datausa.io/profile/naics/92.

^¶ Other services industries include repair and maintenance, personal and laundry services, religious, grantmaking, civic, professional services, and private households and similar organizations.