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Asthma: Missed Work or School: Children attending school or preschool with asthma who miss days because of asthma, New Jersey, 2013-2014 to 2018 & 2020
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Why Is This Important?
Asthma prevalence is at historically high levels and is one of the most common long-term diseases of children. While asthma cannot be cured, people with asthma can live full and active lives when the disease is controlled.
Definition
Estimated percentage of persons with asthma who miss work or school days or limit usual activities because of asthma
Data Notes
No data available for 2019.Data Source
Asthma Callback Supplement, Behavioral Risk Factory Survey, Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health(https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/njbrfs/)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Estimated number of persons with asthma who miss work or school days or limit usual activities because of asthmaDenominator:
Estimated number of persons with asthma
Data Issues
Data from the New Jersey Behavioral Risk Factor Survey's Asthma Callback Supplement are intended to be representative of all non-institutionalized adult residents of New Jersey. Due to resource issues, however, adults with limited personal access to phone service or limited command of either English or Spanish are not represented. As with all surveys, some error results from nonresponse (e.g., refusal to participate in the survey or to answer specific questions), and faulty measurement (e.g., responses affected by social desirability or recall error). Data collection procedures intended to minimize such errors include the use of strict calling protocols, good questionnaire design, standardization of interviewer behavior, interviewer training, and frequent, on-site interviewer monitoring and supervision. Statistical weighting procedures are also used to minimize the potential impact of disproportionate representation of demographic subgroups defined in terms of age, sex, race, ethnicity, education level, marital status, home ownership, and county of residence. (See also [[a href="query/BRFSSQueryTechNotes.html" Behavioral Risk Factor Survey Data Description and Technical Notes]].)Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective RD-5.1
U.S. Target: Reduce the proportion of children aged 5 to 17 years with asthma who miss school days to 48.8 percent by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/respiratory-diseasesHealthy People 2020 Objective RD-5.2
U.S. Target: Reduce the proportion of adults aged 18 to 64 years with asthma who miss work days to 26.7 percent by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/respiratory-diseases
Health Initiative: HNJ2020
Healthy NJ 2020 Objective AS-4a
NJ Target: Reduce the proportion of children attending school or preschool with asthma who miss days because of asthma to 42.4 percent by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/asthma.shtmlHealthy NJ 2020 Objective AS-4b
NJ Target: Reduce the proportion of adults aged 18 years and older with asthma who miss work days or limit usual activities because of asthma to 26.5 percent by 2020
https://www.nj.gov/health/chs/hnj2020/topics/asthma.shtml