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Asthma attack in the past 12 months: Estimated prevalence among former cigarette smokers by industry and sex, U.S. working adults aged ≥18 years, NHIS 2004–2011

IndustryTotalMaleFemale
Estimated PopulationPrevalence (%)95% Confidence IntervalEstimated PopulationPrevalence (%)95% Confidence IntervalEstimated PopulationPrevalence (%)95% Confidence Interval
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting
Crop production 166,344 † † 148,190 † † 18,154 † †
Animal production 120,179 4.0* 0.6–7.4 97,179 † † 23,000 † †
Forestry and logging 26,466 – – 20,779 – – 5,687 – –
Fishing, hunting, and trapping 14,378 – – 14,102 – – † nc nc
Support activities for agriculture and forestry 25,534 – – 20,384 – – 5,150 – –
Mining
Oil and gas extraction 18,178 – – 15,868 – – 2,311 † †
Mining (except oil and gas) 42,112 – – 39,855 – – 2,257 † †
Support activities for mining 63,884 † † 53,179 † † 10,705 – –
Utilities 337,609 1.8* 0.1–3.6 274,515 † † 63,094 † †
Construction 2,090,051 2.7 1.6–3.7 1,927,290 2.2 1.3–3.2 162,760 7.6* 0.3–14.9
Manufacturing
Food manufacturing 308,342 2.3* 0.6–3.9 224,136 2.1* 0.1–4.0 84,206 † †
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 57,119 † † 48,719 – – 8,400 † †
Textile mills 21,916 3.9* 0.9–6.8 14,739 † † 7,177 9.0* 1.5–16.6
Textile product mills 42,658 † † 22,661 † † 19,997 † †
Apparel manufacturing 54,890 † † 26,140 † † 28,751 – –
Leather and allied product manufacturing 7,268 † † 4,084 † † 3,184 – –
Wood product manufacturing 88,714 3.2* 0.4–6.0 80,908 3.7* 0.4–6.9 7,806 – –
Paper manufacturing 89,871 3.3* 1.1–5.5 69,438 3.4* 0.9–5.9 20,433 † †
Printing and related support activities 150,578 4.6* 0.7–8.4 109,374 † † 41,204 † †
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 42,352 † † 37,026 † † 5,326 † †
Chemical manufacturing 234,627 † † 149,725 † † 84,902 – –
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 117,582 3.7 1.5–5.8 93,646 2.2* 0.4–4.0 23,936 10.4* 2.7–18.1
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing 97,388 † † 87,718 † † 9,670 † †
Primary metal manufacturing 116,043 † † 98,027 † † 18,016 † †
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 254,053 – – 221,805 – – 32,248 – –
Machinery manufacturing 273,883 † † 230,756 – – 43,126 † †
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 260,850 † † 187,237 † † 73,613 † †
Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing 108,913 – – 79,889 – – 29,024 – –
Transportation equipment manufacturing 422,535 † † 345,922 † † 76,612 † †
Furniture and related product manufacturing 114,440 † † 86,686 † † 27,754 – –
Miscellaneous manufacturing 223,755 † † 150,509 † † 73,246 † †
Wholesale Trade
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 459,141 3.7 1.8–5.6 355,519 2.6 1.1–4.0 103,622 7.5* 1.1–13.9
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 395,351 2.2* 0.6–3.8 321,144 1.8* 0.0–3.5 74,207 4.2* 0.2–8.3
Non-specified wholesale trade 5,569 – – † nc nc † nc nc
Retail Trade
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 374,748 2.7* 0.8–4.6 323,039 2.1* 0.4–3.8 51,709 † †
Furniture and home furnishings stores 108,087 4.9 2.6–7.2 70,507 † † 37,580 6.7 3.2–10.2
Electronics and appliance stores 86,833 5.3* 1.0–9.7 68,988 † † 17,845 5.5* 0.3–10.6
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 259,720 3.8* 0.4–7.2 171,734 † † 87,986 7.1* 0.2–14.0
Food and beverage stores 377,331 † † 204,337 † † 172,994 † †
Health and personal care stores 174,950 5.8* 0.2–11.4 68,036 † † 106,914 † †
Gasoline stations 60,978 4.2* 1.0–7.4 27,007 † † 33,971 10.0* 2.0–18.0
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 153,570 3.4* 1.4–5.4 52,782 † † 100,788 4.1* 1.4–6.8
Sporting goods, camera, hobby, book and music stores 118,866 † † 56,433 † † 62,432 † †
General merchandise stores 406,952 † † 167,005 † † 239,948 † †
Miscellaneous store retailers 198,050 3.1* 0.4–5.8 86,955 † † 111,095 3.1* 0.5–5.7
Nonstore retailers and non-specified retail trade 159,987 4.9* 0.4–9.3 98,185 † † 61,802 † †
Transportation and Warehousing
Transportation (including support activities for transportation) 893,230 2.5 1.4–3.7 735,769 1.7* 0.6–2.8 157,461 6.4* 2.2–10.6
Postal service, couriers, and messengers 296,796 5.0 2.1–7.9 210,391 4.4* 1.2–7.6 86,405 6.6* 0.4–12.8
Warehousing and storage 57,152 † † 48,698 † † 8,455 – –
Information
Publishing (except internet) 156,457 7.2* 2.3–12.0 82,936 † † 73,521 11.4* 2.3–20.5
Motion picture and sound recording 65,500 † † 43,009 – – 22,491 † †
Broadcasting and telecommunications 329,080 4.7* 1.5–8.0 203,678 3.6* 0.6–6.5 125,402 † †
Information services and data processing 63,617 † † 29,885 † † 33,732 – –
Finance and Insurance
Monetary authorities — central bank 316,629 3.0* 0.6–5.5 107,709 † † 208,920 3.9* 0.5–7.4
Credit intermediation and related activities 254,660 4.8* 1.7–7.9 101,051 † † 153,609 6.9* 2.1–11.8
Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities 235,961 2.4* 0.4–4.3 143,820 † † 92,140 † †
Insurance carriers and related activities 516,900 4.3 2.2–6.3 232,892 † † 284,008 7.6 3.9–11.3
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
Real estate 575,279 1.9 0.8–3.1 321,617 1.4* 0.0–2.8 253,661 2.6* 0.7–4.5
Rental and leasing services 58,339 † † 43,367 † † 14,972 † †
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works) 29,473 – – 23,604 – – 5,869 – –
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 1,966,107 3.6 2.6–4.7 1,190,116 2.4 1.1–3.8 775,991 5.5 3.7–7.3
Management of Companies and Enterprises 27,312 – – 14,052 – – 13,260 – –
Administrative & Support and Waste Management & Remediation Services 1,067,022 4.2 2.8–5.6 708,626 3.2 1.6–4.9 358,396 6.0 3.4–8.7
Education Services 2,326,780 4.5 3.5–5.4 814,909 2.2 1.0–3.4 1,511,872 5.7 4.3–7.0
Health Care and Social Assistance
Ambulatory health care services 1,208,753 6.5 4.7–8.4 332,684 2.4* 0.5–4.2 876,070 8.1 5.7–10.6
Hospitals 1,044,321 6.1 4.3–7.9 280,706 † † 763,615 7.9 5.5–10.2
Nursing and residential care facilities 359,401 4.9 2.7–7.1 78,980 † † 280,420 5.5 2.8–8.2
Social assistance 482,767 6.4 3.3–9.4 95,893 8.8* 2.0–15.5 386,874 5.8 3.0–8.5
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries 170,908 1.9* 0.1–3.7 104,768 † † 66,140 † †
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions 73,264 † † 43,243 – – 30,020 † †
Amusement, gambling, and recreation 279,991 3.6* 0.4–6.8 164,193 † † 115,798 4.6* 0.2–9.0
Accommodation and Food Services
Accommodation 179,985 6.1* 2.3–9.9 99,360 6.3* 0.6–12.1 80,624 5.8* 1.1–10.4
Food services and drinking places 870,876 3.6 2.0–5.2 454,552 1.9* 0.2–3.6 416,324 5.5 2.8–8.1
Other Services (except Public Administration)
Repair and maintenance 447,559 1.0* 0.1–2.0 387,501 † † 60,058 † †
Personal services (barber shops, beauty salons, nail salons, laundry, funeral homes and cemeteries) 384,881 2.8* 0.9–4.6 120,710 † † 264,171 3.5* 0.8–6.1
Religious, grantmaking, civic, labor, professional, and similar organizations 436,206 5.6 3.0–8.1 229,935 2.8* 0.3–5.3 206,271 8.6 4.1–13.1
Private households 124,499 6.8* 2.3–11.4 16,327 – – 108,172 7.9* 2.7–13.0
Public Administration 1,459,731 2.7 1.8–3.6 866,916 1.7 0.8–2.6 592,815 4.2 2.6–5.8
Armed Forces 38,272 † † 24,273 – – 13,999 † †
Refused, Not Ascertained, Don’t Know 496,247 1.7* 0.6–2.9 313,288 † † 182,962 3.4* 0.8–5.9
TOTAL 26,626,600 3.7 2.8–3.3 15,725,229 2.2 1.9–2.5 10,901,371 5.8 5.2–6.4

nc - not calculated

* Estimates with a relative standard error of >30% and ≤50% are statistically unstable due to small sample size and should be used with caution as they do not meet the standards of reliability.

† Estimates with a relative standard error of >50% are suppressed.

– No estimates due to no cases or no respondents.

Note:

Numbers presented are average annual estimates for the period 2004–2011. Prevalence estimates are weighted and are not age-adjusted. Estimated totals may not add up due to rounding/suppression.

Asthma attack is defined as those who have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma and during the past 12 months had an episode of asthma or an asthma attack. Former cigarette smokers are those who reported smoking ≥100 cigarettes in their lifetime and at the time of the interview did not smoke. Working adults are those who were employed in the week prior to the survey. Estimated populations represent current U.S. workers aged ≥18 years.

See Appendix for more details.

Source:

National Center for Health Statistics National Health Interview Surveys 2004 to 2011.

Citation:

NIOSH 2015. Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance System (eWoRLD). 2015-876 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Respiratory Health Division, Morgantown, WV. Available at: <https://wwwn.cdc.gov/eWorld/Data/876> April 19, 2024.

Reference Number: 2015-876

Date Posted: October 2015

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Page last reviewed: October 23, 2015
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)