Ever Told Had Asthma By Doctor
Kauai County, BRFSS 2002


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 No
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
#of Adults
TOTAL 88  15.7  (12.5-19.7) 513  84.3  (80.3-87.5)  601 44476
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years -  - --  
25-34 Years  9  18.0  ( 8.7-33.5)  52  82.0  (66.5-91.3)   61  6708
35-44 Years 15  14.5  ( 8.5-23.5) 100  85.5  (76.5-91.5)  115  9101
45-54 Years 21  13.0  ( 7.9-20.6) 134  87.0  (79.4-92.1)  155  9866
55-64 Years 16  16.4  (10.0-25.6)  90  83.6  (74.4-90.0)  106  6043
65+ Years 19  15.9  ( 9.7-24.9) 106  84.1  (75.1-90.3)  125  8212
Unknown/Refused -  - --  
GENDER        
Male 35  15.9  (11.0-22.4) 231  84.1  (77.6-89.0)  266 21946
Female 53  15.5  (11.6-20.5) 282  84.5  (79.5-88.4)  335 22530
ETHNICITY        
White 37  15.0  (10.6-20.8) 234  85.0  (79.2-89.4)  271 17121
Hawaiian 13  23.9  (13.3-39.0)  65  76.1  (61.0-86.7)   78  6842
Filipino 15  13.6  ( 7.5-23.2)  80  86.4  (76.8-92.5)   95  9278
Japanese 16  15.5  ( 9.3-24.8)  86  84.5  (75.2-90.7)  102  7354
Others  7   9.9  ( 4.5-20.5)  48  90.1  (79.5-95.5)   55  3880
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 47  13.6  (10.1-18.1) 290  86.4  (81.9-89.9)  337 27578
Unmarried 41  19.2  (13.3-26.9) 222  80.8  (73.1-86.7)  263 16868
Unknown/Refused -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School -  - --  
High School 25  12.9  ( 8.4-19.3) 191  87.1  (80.7-91.6)  216 17652
Some College 35  23.4  (16.1-32.7) 133  76.6  (67.3-83.9)  168 12449
College 24  13.1  ( 8.7-19.4) 152  86.9  (80.6-91.3)  176 10836
Unknown/Refused -  - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 53  14.6  (10.9-19.2) 322  85.4  (80.8-89.1)  375 28356
Unemployed -  - --  
Student/Homemaker -  - --  
Retired/Can't work 26  17.9  (11.7-26.4) 138  82.1  (73.6-88.3)  164 10131
Unknown/Refused -  - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000 10  16.0  ( 8.2-28.6)  53  84.0  (71.4-91.8)   63  3628
$15,000-24,999  5  10.1  ( 3.7-24.6)  56  89.9  (75.4-96.3)   61  4629
$25,000-49,999 21  14.0  ( 9.0-21.2) 123  86.0  (78.8-91.0)  144 10595
$50,000-74,999  9  16.1  ( 7.7-30.7)  60  83.9  (69.3-92.3)   69  5115
>=$75,000 12  17.3  ( 9.6-29.1)  58  82.7  (70.9-90.4)   70  4415
Unknown/Refused 31  17.9  (11.9-26.0) 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.