Ever Told Had Asthma By Doctor
State Of Hawaii BRFSS 2002


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 No
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
#of Adults
TOTAL 822  13.4  (12.3-14.6) 5172  86.6  (85.4-87.7) 5994 931973
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  65  13.8  (10.3-18.4)  386  86.2  (81.6-89.7)  451 119204
25-34 Years 132  14.0  (11.4-17.2)  760  86.0  (82.8-88.6)  892 167780
35-44 Years 172  13.5  (11.4-16.0)  985  86.5  (84.0-88.6) 1157 187383
45-54 Years 186  14.2  (11.9-16.8) 1131  85.8  (83.2-88.1) 1317 175094
55-64 Years 135  16.0  (12.8-19.8)  754  84.0  (80.2-87.2)  889 115900
65+ Years 128   9.8  ( 7.7-12.5) 1119  90.2  (87.5-92.3) 1247 161423
Unknown/Refused  -   - --  
GENDER        
Male 299  11.5  ( 9.9-13.2) 2303  88.5  (86.8-90.1) 2602 464163
Female 523  15.4  (13.8-17.0) 2869  84.6  (83.0-86.2) 3392 467810
ETHNICITY        
White 335  13.5  (11.7-15.5) 2143  86.5  (84.5-88.3) 2478 329165
Hawaiian 155  19.5  (15.9-23.7)  615  80.5  (76.3-84.1)  770 118148
Filipino 109  13.1  (10.3-16.5)  666  86.9  (83.5-89.7)  775 140704
Japanese 139  13.1  (10.7-15.8) 1028  86.9  (84.2-89.3) 1167 189880
Others  84   9.4  ( 7.3-12.0)  720  90.6  (88.0-92.7)  804 154075
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 428  12.1  (10.9-13.5) 2799  87.9  (86.5-89.1) 3227 544526
Unmarried 394  15.3  (13.4-17.4) 2361  84.7  (82.6-86.6) 2755 385976
Unknown/Refused  -   - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  52  10.0  ( 7.1-13.9)  348  90.0  (86.1-92.9)  400  55645
High School 285  13.6  (11.7-15.8) 1715  86.4  (84.2-88.3) 2000 324973
Some College 235  14.1  (12.1-16.4) 1483  85.9  (83.6-87.9) 1718 271125
College 250  13.3  (11.4-15.5) 1614  86.7  (84.5-88.6) 1864 278753
Unknown/Refused  -   - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 520  13.4  (12.1-14.9) 3258  86.6  (85.1-87.9) 3778 602129
Unemployed  45  20.4  (14.1-28.5)  175  79.6  (71.5-85.9)  220  41722
Student/Homemaker  78  12.8  ( 9.6-16.8)  461  87.2  (83.2-90.4)  539 101935
Retired/Can't work 179  12.3  (10.0-15.0) 1271  87.7  (85.0-90.0) 1450 185209
Unknown/Refused  -   - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000 104  17.5  (13.4-22.6)  491  82.5  (77.4-86.6)  595  72782
$15,000-24,999  74  11.7  ( 8.9-15.2)  515  88.3  (84.8-91.1)  589  87297
$25,000-49,999 191  14.3  (11.9-17.1) 1217  85.7  (82.9-88.1) 1408 202415
$50,000-74,999 107  12.7  (10.1-15.8)  684  87.3  (84.2-89.9)  791 127746
>=$75,000 120  16.2  (13.0-19.9)  674  83.8  (80.1-87.0)  794 135394
Unknown/Refused 226  11.5  ( 9.7-13.5) 1591  88.5  (86.5-90.3) 1817 306340
COUNTY        
Honolulu 380  13.4  (11.9-14.9) 2429  86.6  (85.1-88.1) 2809 673750
Hawaii 183  13.9  (11.8-16.4) 1193  86.1  (83.6-88.2) 1376 114081
Kauai  88  15.7  (12.5-19.7)  513  84.3  (80.3-87.5)  601  44476
Maui 171  12.3  (10.4-14.6) 1037  87.7  (85.4-89.6) 1208  99666

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.