Asthma Status Of Adults

Hawaii County, 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	113   7.9  ( 6.4- 9.8)	66   5.8  ( 4.3- 7.6)	1193  86.3  (83.9-88.4)	1372	113759
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	8   9.9  ( 4.6-19.9)	4   6.4  ( 1.9-19.6)	64  83.7  (71.2-91.4)	76	12814
25-34 Years	15  10.0  ( 5.8-16.7)	6   2.8  ( 1.2- 6.4)	120  87.2  (80.2-91.9)	141	16030
35-44 Years	25   9.9  ( 6.2-15.3)	17   9.6  ( 5.7-15.7)	189  80.5  (73.6-86.0)	231	22816
45-54 Years	25   7.4  ( 4.9-10.9)	15   4.6  ( 2.6- 8.1)	310  88.0  (83.6-91.4)	350	25613
55-64 Years	20   6.9  ( 4.1-11.2)	13   6.7  ( 3.6-12.0)	213  86.5  (80.5-90.8)	246	15664
65+ Years	20   4.7  ( 2.9- 7.4)	11   4.1  ( 2.2- 7.7)	292  91.1  (87.2-94.0)	323	20496
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	31   4.7  ( 3.1- 6.9)	26   5.5  ( 3.6- 8.3)	527  89.8  (86.6-92.4)	584	55995
Female	82  11.1  ( 8.6-14.2)	40   6.0  ( 4.0- 8.8)	666  82.9  (79.2-86.0)	788	57764
ETHNICITY
White	53   7.9  ( 5.7-10.8)	34   5.5  ( 3.8- 8.0)	563  86.6  (83.1-89.4)	650	48159
Hawaiian	27  11.5  ( 7.3-17.6)	11   8.5  ( 4.1-16.7)	174  80.0  (71.8-86.3)	212	20183
Filipino	15  11.0  ( 6.4-18.3)	3   2.8  ( 0.7-10.5)	121  86.2  (78.0-91.7)	139	15135
Japanese	12   3.7  ( 2.0- 6.6)	14   6.3  ( 3.7-10.7)	237  90.0  (85.3-93.3)	263	20771
Others	6   5.2  ( 2.0-13.1)	4   4.5  ( 1.5-12.5)	98  90.3  (81.2-95.2)	108	9512
MARITAL STATUS
Married	58   7.8  ( 5.9-10.4)	44   6.9  ( 5.1- 9.4)	620  85.2  (82.0-88.0)	722	65570
Unmarried	55   8.1  ( 5.9-11.1)	22   4.1  ( 2.2- 7.6)	572  87.7  (83.8-90.8)	649	48164
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	5   5.0  ( 2.0-12.3)	4   5.3  ( 1.8-14.7)	93  89.7  (80.2-94.9)	102	7915
High School	43   9.5  ( 6.6-13.5)	25   6.7  ( 4.1-10.7)	387  83.9  (78.9-87.8)	455	43029
Some College	35   8.3  ( 5.8-11.8)	13   3.9  ( 2.1- 7.4)	355  87.7  (83.5-91.0)	403	31916
College	30   6.2  ( 4.1- 9.1)	24   6.5  ( 4.2-10.0)	356  87.3  (83.2-90.5)	410	30803
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	66   7.3  ( 5.5- 9.5)	42   6.0  ( 4.2- 8.3)	726  86.8  (83.8-89.3)	834	71957
Unemployed	-	-	-	--
Student/Homemaker	11  12.8  ( 6.7-23.2)	8   8.8  ( 3.3-21.7)	88  78.4  (65.9-87.2)	107	11300
Retired/Can't work	30   6.5  ( 4.4- 9.6)	14   4.1  ( 2.3- 7.2)	341  89.3  (85.5-92.2)	385	24458
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	19   8.8  ( 5.3-14.2)	4   4.2  ( 1.4-11.9)	150  86.9  (79.7-91.9)	173	11689
$15,000-24,999	15   9.8  ( 5.6-16.5)	4   2.6  ( 0.9- 7.3)	137  87.6  (80.5-92.4)	156	12802
$25,000-49,999	24   7.2  ( 4.6-11.1)	16   4.9  ( 2.7- 8.7)	305  87.9  (83.1-91.5)	345	28175
$50,000-74,999	14   8.9  ( 5.0-15.3)	11   6.7  ( 3.6-12.0)	145  84.4  (77.3-89.6)	170	13516
>=$75,000	10   5.6  ( 2.7-11.3)	10  10.3  ( 5.2-19.2)	132  84.1  (75.2-90.2)	152	13021
Unknown/Refused	31   8.1  ( 5.1-12.4)	21   6.1  ( 3.5-10.5)	324  85.8  (80.5-89.9)	376	34555

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.