Asthma Status Of Adults

Kauai 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	42   7.2  ( 5.2- 9.9)	44   8.2  ( 5.7-11.7)	513  84.6  (80.7-87.8)	599	44309
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	-	-	-	--
25-34 Years	3   4.6  ( 1.3-14.8)	5  12.6  ( 4.8-29.2)	52  82.8  (66.9-91.9)	60	6647
35-44 Years	6   5.2  ( 2.3-11.4)	9   9.2  ( 4.5-17.9)	100  85.5  (76.5-91.5)	115	9101
45-54 Years	7   6.2  ( 2.7-13.9)	14   6.8  ( 3.8-11.9)	134  87.0  (79.4-92.1)	155	9866
55-64 Years	11  12.2  ( 6.7-21.1)	5   4.2  ( 1.7-10.1)	90  83.6  (74.4-90.0)	106	6043
65+ Years	9   5.8  ( 2.8-11.7)	9   9.0  ( 4.4-17.5)	106  85.2  (76.3-91.1)	124	8106
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	16   7.0  ( 4.1-11.7)	18   8.5  ( 4.8-14.5)	231  84.5  (78.0-89.3)	265	21840
Female	26   7.3  ( 4.9-10.9)	26   8.0  ( 5.1-12.3)	282  84.7  (79.7-88.6)	334	22469
ETHNICITY
White	16   7.3  ( 4.3-12.1)	20   7.2  ( 4.3-11.7)	234  85.5  (79.8-89.8)	270	17015
Hawaiian	7  10.3  ( 4.5-22.0)	6  13.5  ( 5.5-29.6)	65  76.1  (61.0-86.7)	78	6842
Filipino	7   5.2  ( 2.3-11.1)	8   8.4  ( 3.7-18.2)	80  86.4  (76.8-92.5)	95	9278
Japanese	8   7.0  ( 3.4-13.8)	7   7.8  ( 3.5-16.6)	86  85.2  (75.9-91.3)	101	7294
Others	4   6.2  ( 2.2-16.4)	3   3.7  ( 1.1-11.5)	48  90.1  (79.5-95.5)	55	3880
MARITAL STATUS
Married	22   6.2  ( 4.0- 9.6)	24   7.1  ( 4.6-10.7)	290  86.7  (82.3-90.2)	336	27472
Unmarried	20   8.8  ( 5.4-14.1)	20  10.1  ( 5.6-17.7)	222  81.1  (73.3-86.9)	262	16807
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	-	-	-	--
High School	13   7.4  ( 4.1-13.1)	12   5.5  ( 2.9-10.3)	191  87.1  (80.7-91.6)	216	17652
Some College	17   8.7  ( 5.3-13.9)	18  14.7  ( 8.5-24.4)	133  76.6  (67.3-83.9)	168	12449
College	10   5.7  ( 3.0-10.6)	12   6.1  ( 3.3-11.0)	152  88.2  (82.2-92.4)	174	10669
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	26   7.2  ( 4.8-10.8)	26   7.1  ( 4.5-11.0)	322  85.6  (81.0-89.3)	374	28295
Unemployed	-	-	-	--
Student/Homemaker	-	-	-	--
Retired/Can't work	13   8.8  ( 4.6-16.2)	12   8.2  ( 4.3-15.0)	138  83.0  (74.6-89.0)	163	10025
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	3   5.3  ( 1.6-16.4)	6   9.2  ( 3.8-20.9)	53  85.5  (72.8-92.8)	62	3567
$15,000-24,999	3   5.8  ( 1.6-18.9)	2   4.2  ( 0.8-19.3)	56  89.9  (75.4-96.3)	61	4629
$25,000-49,999	13   8.1  ( 4.6-13.9)	8   5.9  ( 2.8-12.1)	123  86.0  (78.8-91.0)	144	10595
$50,000-74,999	5   6.8  ( 2.8-15.7)	4   9.3  ( 2.9-25.9)	60  83.9  (69.3-92.3)	69	5115
>=$75,000	3   6.0  ( 1.9-17.2)	8   9.2  ( 4.5-18.1)	58  84.8  (73.5-91.8)	69	4309
Unknown/Refused	15   7.8  ( 4.4-13.7)	16  10.1  ( 5.5-17.7)	163  82.1  (74.0-88.1)	194	16093

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.