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Current asthma: Estimated prevalence among current 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 159,854 4.4* 1.1–7.6 137,084 4.1* 0.6–7.7 22,770 † †
Animal production 118,700 3.9* 0.1–7.8 87,781 † † 30,920 † †
Forestry and logging 58,183 † † 54,704 † † 3,479 – –
Fishing, hunting, and trapping 17,613 † † 17,196 † † † nc nc
Support activities for agriculture and forestry 33,358 – – 21,437 – – 11,920 – –
Mining
Oil and gas extraction 21,922 † † 19,692 † † 2,230 – –
Mining (except oil and gas) 49,943 – – 49,101 – – † nc nc
Support activities for mining 115,149 † † 100,739 † † 14,410 – –
Utilities 260,977 3.8* 1.3–6.4 210,755 † † 50,222 11.8* 2.1–21.5
Construction 3,270,091 3.8 3.0–4.7 3,023,124 3.8 2.9–4.7 246,967 4.6* 1.7-21.5
Manufacturing
Food manufacturing 372,080 8.4 4.4–12.4 244,213 4.0* 0.6–7.4 127,868 16.7 7.6–25.9
Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing 59,560 † † 49,207 – – 10,354 – –
Textile mills 44,786 – – 29,536 6.2* 0.6–11.8 15,250 – –
Textile product mills 29,985 † † 11,891 6.2* 1.0–11.3 18,094 † †
Apparel manufacturing 62,490 † † 23,454 † † 39,036 † †
Leather and allied product manufacturing 5,140 – – † nc nc – nc nc
Wood product manufacturing 149,248 3.6* 0.5–6.6 118,368 2.3 1.0–3.6 30,880 † †
Paper manufacturing 96,765 † † 72,980 † † 23,786 † †
Printing and related support activities 171,452 † † 132,177 † † 39,275 † †
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing 15,365 – – 12,757 † † 2,608 – –
Chemical manufacturing 217,166 6.8* 2.5–11.0 153,371 † † 63,795 8.1* 2.2–14.0
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing 177,241 6.5* 2.6–10.5 127,631 3.8* 1.5–6.1 49,610 7.5* 2.5–12.5
Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing 129,769 † † 104,015 † † 25,753 † †
Primary metal manufacturing 168,633 † † 140,951 4.3* 1.1–7.5 27,682 – –
Fabricated metal product manufacturing 355,688 4.0 1.9–6.2 300,244 – – 55,444 13.6* 2.3–24.8
Machinery manufacturing 295,582 2.1* 0.2–4.0 230,356 – – 65,226 † †
Computer and electronic product manufacturing 199,984 5.0* 2.0–8.0 134,427 † † 65,557 11.2* 3.6–18.8
Electrical equipment, appliance, and component manufacturing 116,888 † † 81,525 – – 35,364 † †
Transportation equipment manufacturing 502,931 3.9 1.9–5.9 393,034 † † 109,897 4.3* 0.4–8.2
Furniture and related product manufacturing 145,576 4.0* 0.2–7.8 110,936 † † 34,640 † †
Miscellaneous manufacturing 249,784 5.5 2.7–8.3 148,479 † † 101,305 7.2* 2.3–12.2
Wholesale Trade
Merchant wholesalers, durable goods 469,108 4.6 2.3–6.8 354,674 3.4* 1.1–5.7 114,434 8.1* 2.0–14.2
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods 417,382 6.5 3.2–9.9 296,330 5.1* 1.1–9.2 121,052 9.9* 3.9–15.9
Non-specified wholesale trade 4,124 – – † nc nc † nc nc
Retail Trade
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 503,939 4.4 2.3–6.6 420,100 4.1 1.7–6.5 37,467 6.1* 1.1–11.1
Furniture and home furnishings stores 104,011 † † 169,532 † † 16,640 † †
Electronics and appliance stores 119,678 12.9* 2.6–23.2 81,057 4.8* 0.4–9.2 38,622 † †
Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers 330,262 7.6 3.4–11.7 241,484 † † 88,778 11.3* 2.0–20.6
Food and beverage stores 758,130 8.9 4.8–13.1 321,599 † † 436,531 11.1 4.8–17.4
Health and personal care stores 170,011 6.8* 1.8–11.8 44,227 † † 125,784 9.0* 2.4–15.6
Gasoline stations 167,686 8.7 3.6–13.9 76,120 6.2* 1.8–10.6 91,567 15.2 6.4–24.1
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 188,681 7.7* 2.4–13.1 79,831 6.0* 1.5–10.5 108,850 9.7* 2.2–17.3
Sporting goods, camera, hobby, book and music stores 131,520 9.5* 3.6–15.5 71,139 † † 60,381 9.5* 1.5–17.5
General merchandise stores 611,478 7.5 4.7–10.3 232,126 † † 379,352 8.6 5.1–12.2
Miscellaneous store retailers 231,271 6.3 2.6–10.0 77,172 † † 154,100 7.1* 2.1–12.2
Nonstore retailers and non-specified retail trade 141,301 10.4 4.4–16.4 79,061 9.6* 0.6–18.5 62,240 16.0* 5.7–26.2
Transportation and Warehousing
Transportation (including support activities for transportation) 1,061,386 5.2 3.5–6.9 852,370 4.4 2.6–6.2 209,017 8.4 4.1–12.8
Postal service, couriers, and messengers 293,730 6.0 2.9–9.0 195,890 4.7* 1.1–8.2 97,840 8.6* 2.8–14.4
Warehousing and storage 125,424 † † 89,841 † † 35,583 † †
Information
Publishing (except internet) 135,708 3.6* 0.4–6.9 79,361 † † 56,346 † †
Motion picture and sound recording 58,073 † † 45,611 – – 12,462 † †
Broadcasting and telecommunications 397,312 11.2* 4.3–18.2 253,896 10.5* 0.5–20.4 143,417 12.5 6.0–19.0
Information services and data processing 29,831 † † 13,542 † † 16,290 † †
Finance and Insurance
Monetary authorities — central bank 218,723 8.3* 3.3–13.3 73,315 † † 145,408 7.6 4.0–11.2
Credit intermediation and related activities 221,956 9.3 4.5–14.1 96,894 6.3* 0.6–12.0 125,061 11.5* 4.4–18.7
Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities 110,247 8.5* 2.3–14.7 66,211 † † 44,037 11.7* 0.9–22.6
Insurance carriers and related activities 381,529 4.9 2.3–7.5 132,659 † † 248,870 5.7 2.4–9.0
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
Real estate 536,822 6.0 3.8–8.2 297,721 4.1* 1.5–6.7 239,101 8.4 4.6–12.3
Rental and leasing services 104,716 † † 62,146 † † 42,570 † †
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works) 44,729 † † 36,466 † † 8,264 – –
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 1,258,023 5.3 3.8–6.8 684,602 4.2 2.4–6.0 573,422 12.9 9.7–16.0
Management of Companies and Enterprises 14,313 – – 10,244 – – 4,070 – –
Administrative & Support and Waste Management & Remediation Services 1,509,537 6.8 5.2–8.3 169,532 4.6 2.8–6.4 16,640 15.2 11.4–19.0
Education Services 1,288,134 6.1 4.7–7.5 464,332 4.7 2.5–6.8 823,802 11.0 8.6–13.4
Health Care and Social Assistance
Ambulatory health care services 937,899 7.7 5.6–9.8 172,884 † † 765,016 9.0 6.5–11.5
Hospitals 802,165 7.5 5.0–9.9 177,477 6.0* 1.6–10.5 624,687 7.9 4.9–10.8
Nursing and residential care facilities 677,942 11.9 8.8–15.1 85,074 9.6* 2.2–17.1 592,868 12.3 8.8–15.7
Social assistance 507,771 11.6 8.6–14.5 69,495 8.8* 2.3–15.2 435,276 12.0 8.8–15.2
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries 136,564 9.4* 3.6–15.2 80,589 7.4* 0.8–14.0 55,974 12.3* 1.9–22.7
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions 45,046 † † 31,116 † † 13,930 – –
Amusement, gambling, and recreation 379,465 7.6 4.0–11.2 228,354 5.2* 1.2–9.1 151,111 11.2 4.9–17.6
Accommodation and Food Services
Accommodation 359,472 8.1 5.1–11.2 150,798 6.8* 1.9–11.8 208,674 9.1 4.5–13.7
Food services and drinking places 2,339,951 8.1 6.5–9.8 1,139,622 6.4 4.2–8.5 1,200,328 9.8 7.5–12.1
Other Services (except Public Administration)
Repair and maintenance 575,102 3.5 1.5–5.5 516,632 2.9* 0.8–4.9 58,470 9.3* 1.2–17.4
Personal services (barber shops, beauty salons, nail salons, laundry, funeral homes and cemeteries) 436,812 9.6 6.1–13.1 134,472 † † 302,340 12.3 7.6–16.9
Religious, grantmaking, civic, labor, professional, and similar organizations 195,867 8.9 4.7–13.1 84,373 6.3* 0.9–11.8 111,494 10.9 4.7–17.0
Private households 120,020 8.9* 3.3–14.5 13,270 † † 106,750 9.5* 3.3–15.7
Public Administration 1,068,173 5.3 3.9–6.8 566,277 3.0 1.3–4.6 501,896 12.6 9.5–15.7
Armed Forces 18,234 – – 14,322 – – 3,912 – –
Refused, Not Ascertained, Don’t Know 523,751 4.2 2.0–6.5 346,995 3.9* 1.0–6.9 176,756 5.2* 2.0–8.4
TOTAL 28,931,909 6.3 5.9–6.7 17,034,086 4.4 3.9–4.8 11,897,823 9.1 8.4–9.7

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.

Current asthma is defined as those who have ever been told by a doctor or other health professional that they had asthma and currently still have asthma at the time of the survey. Current smokers are those who reported smoking ≥100 cigarettes during their lifetime and employed in the week prior to the survey. Working adults are those who were employed in the week prior to the survey. Estimated populations represent current U.S. workers aged ≥18 years.

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Source:

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

Citation:

NIOSH 2015. Work-Related Lung Disease Surveillance System (eWoRLD). 2015-867 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/867> April 19, 2024.

Reference Number: 2015-867

Date Posted: October 2015

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