Asthma Status

State of Hawaii BRFSS 2001

Demographic Characteristics	Current asthma   N       %   C.I.(95%)	No more asthma   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Never had asthma   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Total N	Estimated #of Adults
TOTAL	330   7.3  ( 6.3- 8.5)	203   4.5  ( 3.8- 5.5)	3950  88.1  (86.7-89.4)	4483	917979
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	30   8.6  ( 5.4-13.4)	35  10.3  ( 6.9-15.3)	264  81.1  (75.1-85.9)	329	108296
25-34 Years	52   5.1  ( 3.7- 7.2)	35   3.7  ( 2.4- 5.6)	681  91.2  (88.6-93.2)	768	172166
35-44 Years	73   9.7  ( 6.8-13.7)	37   3.7  ( 2.4- 5.6)	855  86.7  (82.6-89.9)	965	188332
45-54 Years	95   9.4  ( 7.2-12.3)	61   6.1  ( 4.3- 8.6)	843  84.4  (81.0-87.3)	999	160019
55-64 Years	42   6.4  ( 4.4- 9.4)	20   3.6  ( 1.9- 6.6)	499  90.0  (86.2-92.8)	561	123946
65+ Years	36   4.8  ( 3.2- 7.2)	13   1.8  ( 0.9- 3.5)	769  93.3  (90.7-95.3)	818	156165
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	100   5.8  ( 4.5- 7.4)	98   4.9  ( 3.8- 6.4)	1730  89.3  (87.3-91.1)	1928	461988
Female	230   8.9  ( 7.3-10.7)	105   4.2  ( 3.2- 5.4)	2220  87.0  (84.9-88.8)	2555	455991
ETHNICITY
White	131   7.0  ( 5.6- 8.8)	84   4.8  ( 3.6- 6.4)	1634  88.2  (86.0-90.1)	1849	309619
Hawaiian	62   9.4  ( 6.7-13.0)	36   6.1  ( 3.8- 9.5)	485  84.5  (80.1-88.1)	583	118877
Filipino	37   5.3  ( 3.5- 8.0)	17   3.4  ( 1.7- 6.5)	494  91.4  (87.7-94.0)	548	132924
Japanese	49   6.7  ( 4.3-10.2)	44   5.3  ( 3.6- 7.6)	775  88.1  (84.3-91.0)	868	188724
Others	51   8.7  ( 5.9-12.7)	22   3.1  ( 1.9- 5.2)	562  88.2  (84.1-91.3)	635	167836
MARITAL STATUS
Married	141   6.2  ( 5.0- 7.8)	88   3.3  ( 2.6- 4.3)	2066  90.4  (88.7-91.9)	2295	521870
Unmarried	189   8.8  ( 7.1-10.8)	115   6.2  ( 4.8- 8.0)	1868  85.0  (82.6-87.2)	2172	393519
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	19   6.3  ( 3.6-10.7)	12   4.7  ( 2.3- 9.2)	272  89.1  (83.5-92.9)	303	58184
High School	121   8.6  ( 6.6-11.1)	64   5.3  ( 3.8- 7.4)	1211  86.1  (83.1-88.6)	1396	305167
Some College	99   7.1  ( 5.4- 9.3)	71   5.0  ( 3.7- 6.7)	1177  87.9  (85.4-90.1)	1347	279132
College	90   6.4  ( 4.8- 8.4)	56   3.3  ( 2.4- 4.5)	1276  90.3  (88.1-92.2)	1422	272460
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	217   6.6  ( 5.5- 7.8)	156   4.9  ( 4.0- 6.0)	2604  88.6  (87.0-90.0)	2977	602757
Unemployed	15  15.1  ( 7.5-28.2)	4   3.6  ( 0.9-13.1)	132  81.3  (68.3-89.8)	151	30645
Student/Homemaker	38  12.2  ( 7.5-19.3)	24   8.1  ( 4.8-13.4)	303  79.6  (72.1-85.5)	365	89574
Retired/Can't work	60   6.2  ( 4.5- 8.5)	19   2.1  ( 1.2- 3.6)	908  91.8  (89.2-93.8)	987	194543
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	38   9.4  ( 5.7-15.1)	17   3.4  ( 1.8- 6.2)	394  87.2  (81.5-91.4)	449	81750
$15,000-24,999	48  10.3  ( 6.3-16.3)	16   2.2  ( 1.2- 4.0)	437  87.5  (81.6-91.7)	501	101811
$25,000-49,999	89   7.0  ( 5.3- 9.3)	66   5.6  ( 4.0- 7.7)	1013  87.4  (84.5-89.8)	1168	227421
$50,000-74,999	39   6.3  ( 4.3- 9.1)	23   4.0  ( 2.3- 6.9)	515  89.7  (86.1-92.4)	577	125165
>=$75,000	29   5.5  ( 3.4- 8.9)	22   3.3  ( 2.0- 5.6)	499  91.1  (87.5-93.8)	550	125649
Unknown/Refused	87   7.1  ( 5.3- 9.4)	59   5.8  ( 4.1- 8.0)	1092  87.1  (84.2-89.6)	1238	256184
COUNTY
Honolulu	131   7.2  ( 5.9- 8.8)	89   4.6  ( 3.7- 5.9)	1690  88.2  (86.3-89.8)	1910	668899
Hawaii	83   8.5  ( 6.5-11.0)	46   4.4  ( 3.2- 6.0)	886  87.2  (84.3-89.5)	1015	109337
Kauai	43   6.9  ( 4.8- 9.8)	24   4.6  ( 3.0- 7.0)	480  88.5  (85.0-91.3)	547	43392
Maui	73   6.9  ( 5.3- 9.0)	44   4.1  ( 2.9- 5.8)	894  89.0  (86.5-91.1)	1011	96350

The symbol -- means cell size less than 50. The symbol - means cell size less than 5.

N = Cell Sample Size, % = Percentage, 95% C.I. = Confidence Interval at 95 percent probability level.

Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.