Asthma Status Of Adults

State Of Hawaii BRFSS 2002

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	438   6.9  ( 6.1- 7.7)	367   6.3  ( 5.5- 7.2)	5172  86.8  (85.6-87.9)	5977	929435
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	39   6.6  ( 4.5- 9.4)	23   6.5  ( 3.9-10.6)	386  86.9  (82.5-90.4)	448	118142
25-34 Years	66   7.4  ( 5.6- 9.8)	61   6.3  ( 4.5- 8.8)	760  86.3  (83.1-88.9)	887	167174
35-44 Years	96   7.1  ( 5.6- 9.0)	76   6.4  ( 4.9- 8.3)	985  86.5  (84.0-88.6)	1157	187383
45-54 Years	79   5.5  ( 4.2- 7.3)	104   8.5  ( 6.7-10.8)	1131  85.9  (83.3-88.2)	1314	174833
55-64 Years	86   9.9  ( 7.4-13.2)	46   5.9  ( 4.0- 8.6)	754  84.1  (80.3-87.3)	886	115716
65+ Years	69   5.4  ( 3.8- 7.8)	56   4.2  ( 3.0- 5.8)	1119  90.4  (87.8-92.5)	1244	160997
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	127   4.5  ( 3.6- 5.6)	162   6.6  ( 5.4- 8.1)	2303  88.9  (87.1-90.4)	2592	462240
Female	311   9.2  ( 7.9-10.6)	205   6.1  ( 5.1- 7.1)	2869  84.7  (83.1-86.3)	3385	467194
ETHNICITY
White	182   7.6  ( 6.2- 9.3)	145   5.7  ( 4.7- 7.0)	2143  86.7  (84.7-88.4)	2470	328441
Hawaiian	92  10.8  ( 8.4-13.8)	61   8.6  ( 5.9-12.3)	615  80.7  (76.4-84.3)	768	117920
Filipino	57   6.1  ( 4.4- 8.4)	50   6.8  ( 4.8- 9.7)	666  87.1  (83.7-89.8)	773	140447
Japanese	64   5.5  ( 4.1- 7.3)	72   7.1  ( 5.4- 9.4)	1028  87.4  (84.8-89.7)	1164	188855
Others	43   4.7  ( 3.2- 6.7)	39   4.6  ( 3.2- 6.5)	720  90.8  (88.2-92.9)	802	153772
MARITAL STATUS
Married	219   6.1  ( 5.2- 7.1)	201   5.9  ( 5.0- 7.0)	2799  88.0  (86.6-89.3)	3219	543517
Unmarried	219   8.0  ( 6.6- 9.6)	166   7.0  ( 5.6- 8.6)	2361  85.0  (82.9-86.9)	2746	384446
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	29   5.5  ( 3.6- 8.4)	22   4.3  ( 2.4- 7.4)	348  90.2  (86.4-93.1)	399	55505
High School	159   7.5  ( 6.1- 9.2)	122   6.0  ( 4.7- 7.6)	1715  86.5  (84.3-88.4)	1996	324595
Some College	122   6.5  ( 5.2- 8.1)	110   7.3  ( 5.8- 9.2)	1483  86.2  (84.0-88.2)	1715	270112
College	128   6.8  ( 5.4- 8.4)	113   6.2  ( 4.9- 8.0)	1614  87.0  (84.8-88.9)	1855	277745
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	265   6.4  ( 5.5- 7.4)	243   6.7  ( 5.7- 7.9)	3258  86.9  (85.4-88.2)	3766	600093
Unemployed	23   8.9  ( 5.2-14.8)	22  11.5  ( 6.7-19.0)	175  79.6  (71.5-85.9)	220	41722
Student/Homemaker	43   6.8  ( 4.8- 9.7)	34   5.9  ( 3.7- 9.5)	461  87.2  (83.2-90.4)	538	101895
Retired/Can't work	107   7.8  ( 5.9-10.3)	68   4.2  ( 3.1- 5.7)	1271  87.9  (85.3-90.2)	1446	184747
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	67   9.7  ( 7.0-13.1)	35   7.6  ( 4.6-12.4)	491  82.7  (77.7-86.9)	593	72581
$15,000-24,999	45   7.0  ( 5.0- 9.8)	28   4.6  ( 2.9- 7.3)	515  88.3  (84.8-91.1)	588	87267
$25,000-49,999	104   7.8  ( 6.0-10.1)	85   6.5  ( 4.9- 8.6)	1217  85.7  (82.9-88.1)	1406	202262
$50,000-74,999	58   6.6  ( 4.9- 9.0)	46   5.3  ( 3.8- 7.4)	684  88.0  (85.1-90.4)	788	126693
>=$75,000	56   7.6  ( 5.5-10.4)	60   8.4  ( 6.1-11.5)	674  84.0  (80.3-87.2)	790	135100
Unknown/Refused	108   5.3  ( 4.1- 6.8)	113   5.9  ( 4.7- 7.5)	1591  88.8  (86.8-90.5)	1812	305531
COUNTY
Honolulu	195   6.6  ( 5.6- 7.8)	178   6.5  ( 5.5- 7.7)	2429  86.9  (85.3-88.3)	2802	672082
Hawaii	113   7.9  ( 6.4- 9.8)	66   5.8  ( 4.3- 7.6)	1193  86.3  (83.9-88.4)	1372	113759
Kauai	42   7.2  ( 5.2- 9.9)	44   8.2  ( 5.7-11.7)	513  84.6  (80.7-87.8)	599	44309
Maui	88   6.9  ( 5.4- 8.8)	79   5.1  ( 3.9- 6.5)	1037  88.0  (85.8-89.9)	1204	99285

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.