Among agricultural workers who reported having asthma: Still has asthma and age first time having asthma.
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Bar Chart — Among agricultural workers who reported having asthma: Still has asthma and age first time having asthma.
Data Table — Among agricultural workers who reported having asthma: Still has asthma and age first time having asthma.3
Category | 01-02 | 03-04 | ||
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# | % | # | % | |
Still has asthma | 34 | 79% | 48 | 83% |
1-10 years old | 20 | 61% | 26 | 20%a |
11-20 years old | 5 | 6%a | 20 | 58% |
21-30 years old | 10 | 16%a | 9 | 10%a |
31-40 years old | 4 | 10% | 5 | b |
41 years or older | 6 | b | 4 | b |
Yes | 11 | 13%a | 15 | 28% |
Don't know | 5 | 10% | 12 | 10% |
1 Question was asked in 1999 through 2002 only, as part of a NIOSH-sponsored supplement on occupational health. A dash (“-“) indicates that the question was not asked during the corresponding time period.
2 Question was added to the questionnaire in 2001; it was not asked in 1999 or 2000.
3 Question was asked in 2002 and 2003 only, as part of a NIOSH-sponsored supplement on dust (see Table 22). The 01-02 column contains data for 2002 only and the 03-04 column contains data for 2003 only.
a Estimates with relative standard errors (RSEs) greater than 30 percent but no more than 50 percent are published but should be used with caution.
b Estimates based on fewer than four responses or with RSEs greater than 50 percent are considered statistically unreliable and are suppressed.