Asthma attack in the past 12 months: Estimated prevalence among non-smokers by industry and sex, U.S. working adults aged ≥18 years, NHIS 2004–2011
| Industry | Total | Male | Female | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated Population | Prevalence (%) | 95% Confidence Interval | Estimated Population | Prevalence (%) | 95% Confidence Interval | Estimated Population | Prevalence (%) | 95% Confidence Interval | |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting | |||||||||
| Crop production | 588,216 | 1.5* | 0.1–2.9 | 434,706 | † | † | 153,510 | † | † |
| Animal production | 448,477 | 1.1* | 0.1–2.1 | 319,883 | † | † | 128,594 | † | † |
| Forestry and logging | 92,048 | † | † | 74,922 | † | † | 17,126 | † | † |
| Fishing, hunting, and trapping | 19,383 | – | – | 15,993 | – | – | † | nc | nc |
| Support activities for agriculture and forestry | 102,646 | † | † | 64,798 | † | † | 37,848 | – | – |
| Mining | |||||||||
| Oil and gas extraction | 42,128 | – | – | 35,708 | – | – | 6,420 | – | – |
| Mining (except oil and gas) | 92,256 | † | † | 83,481 | † | † | 8,774 | – | – |
| Support activities for mining | 172,989 | † | † | 148,112 | † | † | 24,877 | † | † |
| Utilities | 667,525 | 3.8 | 1.9–5.6 | 496,538 | 3.0* | 1.1–5.0 | 170,987 | 5.9* | 1.4–10.4 |
| Construction | 4,831,568 | 1.7 | 1.2–2.1 | 4,350,998 | 1.5 | 1.0–1.9 | 480,571 | 3.8 | 1.8–5.8 |
| Manufacturing | |||||||||
| Food manufacturing | 949,166 | 1.1* | 0.4–1.7 | 522,092 | 1.1* | 0.2–2.0 | 427,073 | 1.0* | 0.1–1.9 |
| Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing | 134,844 | † | † | 95,643 | † | † | 39,202 | † | † |
| Textile mills | 86,555 | 2.4 | 1.1–3.7 | 52,863 | 1.6* | 0.3–2.9 | 33,692 | 3.9* | 1.1–6.6 |
| Textile product mills | 109,421 | 2.7* | 0.5–4.8 | 49,684 | † | † | 59,737 | † | † |
| Apparel manufacturing | 182,323 | 2.3* | 0.0–4.6 | 61,840 | † | † | 120,482 | † | † |
| Leather and allied product manufacturing | 19,657 | 3.0* | 0.3–5.7 | 8,366 | † | † | 11,291 | † | † |
| Wood product manufacturing | 248,674 | 1.9* | 0.6–3.1 | 191,625 | † | † | 57,049 | 4.2* | 0.3–8.2 |
| Paper manufacturing | 230,162 | 1.5* | 0.4–2.7 | 189,602 | † | † | 40,560 | 4.4* | 0.4–8.4 |
| Printing and related support activities | 336,999 | 1.9* | 0.7–3.1 | 208,546 | 2.4* | 0.7–4.1 | 128,453 | † | † |
| Petroleum and coal products manufacturing | 87,828 | † | † | 67,800 | † | † | 20,028 | † | † |
| Chemical manufacturing | 621,218 | † | † | 402,212 | † | † | 219,006 | † | † |
| Plastics and rubber products manufacturing | 311,824 | 2.7 | 1.5–3.9 | 203,521 | 1.8* | 0.6–3.0 | 108,303 | 5.2 | 2.2–8.1 |
| Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing | 199,500 | † | † | 153,915 | † | † | 45,585 | † | † |
| Primary metal manufacturing | 297,129 | 2.4 | 1.2–3.6 | 243,994 | 1.7* | 0.2–3.2 | 53,135 | 3.4* | 1.2–5.5 |
| Fabricated metal product manufacturing | 576,168 | – | – | 454,295 | – | – | 121,873 | – | – |
| Machinery manufacturing | 610,161 | † | † | 468,462 | – | – | 141,699 | † | † |
| Computer and electronic product manufacturing | 722,420 | † | † | 484,160 | † | † | 238,261 | † | † |
| Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing | 207,745 | – | – | 128,733 | – | – | 79,012 | – | – |
| Transportation equipment manufacturing | 1,064,331 | 2.0* | 0.3–3.8 | 789,314 | † | † | 275,017 | † | † |
| Furniture and related product manufacturing | 303,906 | † | † | 221,274 | † | † | 82,632 | – | – |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing | 647,017 | 4.3 | 2.0–6.5 | 369,571 | † | † | 277,445 | 8.1* | 3.3–13.0 |
| Wholesale Trade | |||||||||
| Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 1,113,718 | 3.4 | 2.1–4.8 | 808,134 | 3.1 | 1.5–4.7 | 305,584 | 4.2* | 1.6–6.9 |
| Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 1,005,386 | 1.8 | 0.9–2.7 | 660,901 | 1.3* | 0.3–2.2 | 344,485 | 2.8* | 0.9–4.7 |
| Non-specified wholesale trade | 24,487 | † | † | 16,478 | † | † | 8,009 | – | – |
| Retail Trade | |||||||||
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 845,622 | 1.3* | 0.5–2.2 | 683,982 | † | † | 161,639 | 4.0* | 0.8–7.1 |
| Furniture and home furnishings stores | 313,565 | 3.4 | 2.4–4.4 | 176,485 | 1.4* | 0.2–2.6 | 137,080 | 4.5 | 3.1–6.0 |
| Electronics and appliance stores | 378,787 | 4.5 | 2.2–6.7 | 276,702 | 6.9* | 2.1–11.7 | 102,085 | 3.2* | 0.9–5.4 |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 638,851 | 2.9* | 1.0–4.8 | 426,404 | † | † | 212,447 | 4.8* | 1.6–8.1 |
| Food and beverage stores | 1,556,057 | 3.0* | 1.0–4.9 | 765,589 | 2.3* | 0.2–4.4 | 790,468 | 3.8* | 0.3–7.3 |
| Health and personal care stores | 734,868 | 2.0* | 0.4–3.6 | 248,768 | † | † | 486,100 | 4.3* | 0.4–8.3 |
| Gasoline stations | 217,578 | 1.9* | 0.8–3.1 | 114,964 | 1.1* | 0.1–2.1 | 102,614 | 3.6* | 0.8–6.3 |
| Clothing and clothing accessories stores | 713,739 | 3.0 | 1.9–4.1 | 199,532 | 1.8* | 0.7–2.9 | 514,207 | 4.2 | 2.3–6.0 |
| Sporting goods, camera, hobby, book and music stores | 419,556 | 3.1* | 0.9–5.3 | 194,535 | † | † | 225,021 | 3.9* | 0.7–7.1 |
| General merchandise stores | 1,610,382 | † | † | 574,037 | † | † | 1,036,346 | † | † |
| Miscellaneous store retailers | 600,395 | 3.6 | 1.7–5.5 | 208,496 | † | † | 391,900 | 4.7 | 2.1–7.2 |
| Nonstore retailers and non–specified retail trade | 472,930 | 4.1 | 1.9–6.3 | 226,036 | 3.6* | 0.7–6.4 | 246,895 | 4.5* | 1.3–7.8 |
| Transportation and Warehousing | |||||||||
| Transportation (including support activities for transportation) | 1,938,990 | 2.5 | 1.5–3.4 | 1,437,738 | 1.6 | 0.8–2.5 | 501,252 | 4.8 | 2.5–7.2 |
| Postal service, couriers, and messengers | 856,154 | 2.9 | 1.6–4.2 | 563,995 | 1.7* | 0.6–2.8 | 292,159 | 5.2 | 2.2–8.3 |
| Warehousing and storage | 209,033 | 1.8* | 0.1–3.6 | 140,042 | † | † | 68,991 | † | † |
| Information | |||||||||
| Publishing (except internet) | 470,187 | 3.9* | 1.6–6.2 | 240,727 | 1.9* | 0.2–3.7 | 229,460 | 5.9* | 1.6–10.3 |
| Motion picture and sound recording | 272,038 | † | † | 190,708 | † | † | 81,330 | † | † |
| Broadcasting and telecommunications | 1,159,693 | 4.9 | 3.3–6.6 | 744,600 | 4.0 | 2.1–5.9 | 415,094 | 6.6 | 3.4–9.8 |
| Information services and data processing | 199,596 | 4.1* | 0.9–7.2 | 40,223 | – | – | 159,373 | 5.1* | 1.2–8.9 |
| Finance and Insurance | |||||||||
| Monetary authorities –– central bank | 1,243,867 | 3.2 | 2.0–4.4 | 429,042 | 2.9* | 0.6–5.2 | 814,825 | 3.4 | 2.0–4.7 |
| Credit intermediation and related activities | 724,000 | 3.4 | 1.7–5.2 | 292,887 | 1.9* | 0.6–3.2 | 431,113 | 4.5 | 2.0–6.9 |
| Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities | 733,341 | 3.1 | 1.5–4.6 | 426,549 | 2.5* | 0.9–4.1 | 306,792 | 3.9* | 1.0–6.9 |
| Insurance carriers and related activities | 1,463,566 | 3.3 | 2.2–4.5 | 591,700 | 1.6* | 0.5–2.7 | 871,866 | 4.5 | 2.7–6.3 |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | |||||||||
| Real estate | 1,262,676 | 2.7 | 1.5–3.8 | 620,058 | 1.9* | 0.6–3.3 | 642,618 | 3.4 | 1.6–5.2 |
| Rental and leasing services | 171,115 | † | † | 112,125 | † | † | 58,990 | † | † |
| Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works) | 80,978 | † | † | 63,577 | † | † | 17,401 | – | – |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 5,679,313 | 3.4 | 2.8–4.0 | 3,262,391 | 2.3 | 1.7–3.0 | 2,416,922 | 4.8 | 3.7–5.8 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 59,440 | † | † | 30,385 | † | † | 29,055 | – | – |
| Administrative & Support and Waste Management & Remediation Services | 3,173,669 | 3.4 | 2.6–4.1 | 1,828,036 | 2.2 | 1.3–3.1 | 1,345,634 | 4.9 | 3.6–6.3 |
| Education Services | 9,477,577 | 4.3 | 3.8–4.9 | 2,812,830 | 3.2 | 2.2–4.2 | 6,664,746 | 4.8 | 4.2–5.5 |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | |||||||||
| Ambulatory health care services | 4,337,046 | 4.0 | 3.3–4.7 | 1,065,458 | 4.1 | 2.6–5.7 | 3,271,588 | 4.0 | 3.2–4.8 |
| Hospitals | 3,689,178 | 4.4 | 3.6–5.2 | 815,468 | 2.8 | 1.5–4.1 | 2,873,710 | 4.8 | 3.9–5.8 |
| Nursing and residential care facilities | 1,384,389 | 4.6 | 3.1–6.1 | 241,311 | † | † | 1,143,078 | 4.8 | 3.2–6.4 |
| Social assistance | 2,063,094 | 4.1 | 3.0–5.2 | 268,985 | † | † | 1,794,109 | 4.6 | 3.4–5.9 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | |||||||||
| Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries | 448,823 | 4.2* | 0.8–7.6 | 269,799 | † | † | 179,024 | 3.6* | 1.0–6.2 |
| Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions | 233,389 | † | † | 111,747 | – | – | 121,642 | † | † |
| Amusement, gambling, and recreation | 966,678 | 2.9 | 1.3–4.5 | 508,839 | 2.1* | 0.3–3.8 | 457,838 | 3.9* | 1.0–6.7 |
| Accommodation and Food Services | |||||||||
| Accommodation | 773,085 | 2.5 | 1.2–3.8 | 292,544 | † | † | 480,541 | 3.3 | 1.4–5.2 |
| Food services and drinking places | 3,878,778 | 3.0 | 2.2–3.8 | 1,752,391 | 1.6* | 0.6–2.6 | 2,126,387 | 4.2 | 3.0–5.4 |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | |||||||||
| Repair and maintenance | 1,040,053 | 1.6 | 0.7–2.5 | 872,501 | 1.9 | 0.8–2.9 | 167,552 | – | – |
| Personal services (barber shops, beauty salons, nail salons, laundry, funeral homes and cemeteries) | 1,162,675 | 2.8 | 1.6–4.0 | 319,096 | 0.8* | 0.1–1.6 | 843,579 | 3.5 | 1.9–5.2 |
| Religious, grantmaking, civic, labor, professional, and similar organizations | 1,334,649 | 4.1 | 2.8–5.4 | 652,916 | 2.8 | 1.2–4.3 | 681,734 | 5.4 | 3.4–7.4 |
| Private households | 604,865 | 3.5 | 1.8–5.2 | 28,999 | – | – | 575,866 | 3.7 | 1.9–5.5 |
| Public Administration | 4,371,771 | 3.4 | 2.7–4.0 | 2,320,550 | 2.3 | 1.6–3.0 | 2,051,221 | 4.6 | 3.5–5.6 |
| Armed Forces | 81,228 | † | † | 50,925 | † | † | 30,303 | † | † |
| Refused, Not Ascertained, Don’t Know | 2,744,798 | 1.0 | 0.6–1.5 | 1,477,669 | 0.9* | 0.3–1.6 | 1,267,130 | 1.1 | 0.6–1.7 |
| TOTAL | 83,939,935 | 3.2 | 3.0–3.3 | 41,850,503 | 2.1 | 1.9–2.3 | 42,089,432 | 4.2 | 4.0–4.8 |
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. Non-smokers are those who had never smoked or those who smoked <100 cigarettes during their entire life. 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). 2015-877 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/877> April 19, 2024.
Reference Number: 2015-877
Date Posted: October 2015
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