Asthma Status Of Adults

Honolulu 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	195   6.6  ( 5.6- 7.8)	178   6.5  ( 5.5- 7.7)	2429  86.9  (85.3-88.3)	2802	672082
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	18   5.7  ( 3.4- 9.3)	15   7.0  ( 3.9-12.3)	227  87.4  (81.8-91.4)	260	90434
25-34 Years	33   7.0  ( 4.8-10.0)	32   6.3  ( 4.2- 9.5)	433  86.7  (82.8-89.9)	498	126940
35-44 Years	44   6.6  ( 4.8- 9.1)	40   6.1  ( 4.3- 8.6)	479  87.3  (84.1-89.9)	563	133430
45-54 Years	31   5.3  ( 3.6- 7.9)	51   9.7  ( 7.2-12.9)	456  85.0  (81.3-88.1)	538	118407
55-64 Years	36  10.7  ( 7.3-15.3)	18   6.2  ( 3.7-10.1)	273  83.2  (77.8-87.4)	327	81311
65+ Years	32   5.8  ( 3.6- 9.1)	21   3.9  ( 2.5- 6.1)	537  90.4  (86.8-93.1)	590	117239
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	49   4.1  ( 3.0- 5.6)	78   6.9  ( 5.3- 8.9)	1061  89.0  (86.7-91.0)	1188	334837
Female	146   9.1  ( 7.6-11.0)	100   6.1  ( 5.0- 7.6)	1368  84.7  (82.5-86.7)	1614	337245
ETHNICITY
White	77   7.8  ( 5.9-10.3)	59   5.9  ( 4.4- 7.7)	863  86.3  (83.5-88.7)	999	219027
Hawaiian	32  10.1  ( 6.9-14.6)	24   8.8  ( 5.1-14.8)	215  81.0  (74.7-86.1)	271	72560
Filipino	23   5.4  ( 3.4- 8.6)	27   7.6  ( 4.9-11.5)	299  87.0  (82.5-90.5)	349	102013
Japanese	39   5.9  ( 4.2- 8.2)	42   7.3  ( 5.2-10.1)	569  86.8  (83.5-89.6)	650	148375
Others	24   4.5  ( 2.9- 6.9)	26   4.6  ( 3.0- 6.8)	483  90.9  (87.9-93.3)	533	130107
MARITAL STATUS
Married	92   5.5  ( 4.4- 6.9)	91   5.9  ( 4.7- 7.3)	1360  88.6  (86.8-90.2)	1543	395115
Unmarried	103   8.2  ( 6.5-10.4)	87   7.5  ( 5.7- 9.7)	1059  84.3  (81.4-86.7)	1249	275549
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	14   5.7  ( 3.2-10.0)	6   3.7  ( 1.5- 8.5)	133  90.6  (85.1-94.3)	153	36307
High School	63   7.1  ( 5.3- 9.5)	53   6.1  ( 4.5- 8.4)	737  86.8  (83.8-89.3)	853	222050
Some College	55   6.3  ( 4.7- 8.4)	61   7.6  ( 5.7-10.0)	714  86.2  (83.2-88.7)	830	200217
College	63   6.7  ( 5.1- 8.8)	58   6.4  ( 4.7- 8.6)	838  86.9  (84.1-89.2)	959	212387
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	115   6.1  ( 5.0- 7.4)	131   7.1  ( 5.9- 8.7)	1524  86.8  (84.9-88.5)	1770	433458
Unemployed	11   9.3  ( 4.6-17.8)	11  13.1  ( 6.7-24.0)	72  77.6  (66.1-86.0)	94	28105
Student/Homemaker	18   5.7  ( 3.5- 9.2)	12   5.1  ( 2.6- 9.7)	263  89.2  (84.2-92.7)	293	78295
Retired/Can't work	51   8.5  ( 6.0-12.0)	24   3.9  ( 2.5- 5.8)	565  87.6  (83.9-90.6)	640	131438
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	28  10.0  ( 6.5-15.0)	16   8.6  ( 4.4-15.9)	194  81.5  (74.1-87.1)	238	48773
$15,000-24,999	21   6.5  ( 4.1-10.2)	16   5.2  ( 3.0- 8.9)	229  88.3  (83.6-91.8)	266	62785
$25,000-49,999	49   8.2  ( 5.8-11.5)	39   6.9  ( 4.8- 9.8)	529  84.9  (81.0-88.2)	617	139913
$50,000-74,999	24   5.7  ( 3.7- 8.6)	26   5.4  ( 3.6- 8.1)	357  88.9  (85.3-91.8)	407	96138
>=$75,000	30   7.9  ( 5.4-11.5)	32   8.4  ( 5.6-12.4)	354  83.7  (78.9-87.5)	416	104483
Unknown/Refused	43   4.7  ( 3.4- 6.7)	49   5.8  ( 4.2- 7.9)	766  89.5  (86.9-91.6)	858	219991

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.