Asthma Status Of Adults

Maui 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	88   6.9  ( 5.4- 8.8)	79   5.1  ( 3.9- 6.5)	1037  88.0  (85.8-89.9)	1204	99285
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	9   8.7  ( 4.1-17.4)	2   2.2  ( 0.5- 8.6)	66  89.1  (80.0-94.4)	77	10524
25-34 Years	15   9.4  ( 5.2-16.4)	18   7.1  ( 4.1-12.0)	155  83.5  (76.1-89.0)	188	17557
35-44 Years	21   8.5  ( 5.2-13.4)	10   3.6  ( 1.8- 7.1)	217  87.9  (82.5-91.8)	248	22036
45-54 Years	16   4.1  ( 2.4- 7.0)	24   7.9  ( 5.1-12.1)	231  88.0  (83.4-91.5)	271	20947
55-64 Years	19   8.0  ( 4.9-13.0)	10   4.2  ( 2.1- 8.6)	178  87.7  (82.0-91.8)	207	12697
65+ Years	8   3.8  ( 1.7- 8.2)	15   3.6  ( 2.0- 6.4)	184  92.5  (88.0-95.4)	207	15156
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	31   5.8  ( 3.8- 8.7)	40   5.4  ( 3.8- 7.6)	484  88.8  (85.5-91.5)	555	49569
Female	57   8.1  ( 5.9-10.9)	39   4.7  ( 3.3- 6.8)	553  87.2  (84.0-89.8)	649	49716
ETHNICITY
White	36   6.2  ( 4.4- 8.8)	32   4.7  ( 3.2- 6.8)	483  89.1  (86.0-91.6)	551	44240
Hawaiian	26  12.6  ( 7.9-19.6)	20   5.7  ( 3.4- 9.6)	161  81.6  (74.5-87.1)	207	18335
Filipino	12   6.4  ( 3.2-12.6)	12   4.7  ( 2.2- 9.9)	166  88.9  (82.0-93.4)	190	14021
Japanese	5   2.7  ( 1.0- 7.3)	9   6.0  ( 3.1-11.4)	136  91.3  (85.2-95.0)	150	12416
Others	9   5.5  ( 2.4-12.3)	6   5.0  ( 1.9-12.6)	91  89.5  (81.0-94.4)	106	10273
MARITAL STATUS
Married	47   7.7  ( 5.6-10.4)	42   4.6  ( 3.3- 6.5)	529  87.7  (84.6-90.2)	618	55359
Unmarried	41   6.0  ( 4.0- 8.9)	37   5.6  ( 3.8- 8.1)	508  88.4  (84.9-91.2)	586	43926
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	8   5.0  ( 2.2-11.1)	10   5.6  ( 2.6-11.4)	86  89.4  (82.1-94.0)	104	7772
High School	40   7.7  ( 5.3-11.2)	32   4.9  ( 3.3- 7.3)	400  87.4  (83.5-90.4)	472	41863
Some College	15   4.6  ( 2.5- 8.3)	18   5.9  ( 3.5- 9.7)	281  89.6  (84.9-92.9)	314	25530
College	25   8.7  ( 5.7-13.1)	19   4.4  ( 2.7- 7.2)	268  86.9  (82.1-90.5)	312	23886
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	58   7.5  ( 5.5-10.0)	44   4.5  ( 3.2- 6.3)	686  88.0  (85.1-90.4)	788	66384
Unemployed	6   6.4  ( 2.7-14.0)	7   7.5  ( 3.3-16.1)	46  86.1  (76.1-92.4)	59	5303
Student/Homemaker	11   9.2  ( 4.5-17.9)	10   8.3  ( 3.9-17.1)	77  82.5  (72.2-89.5)	98	8659
Retired/Can't work	13   4.2  ( 2.2- 7.8)	18   4.8  ( 2.8- 8.2)	227  91.0  (86.6-94.1)	258	18825
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	17  10.8  ( 5.8-19.2)	9   6.1  ( 2.8-12.7)	94  83.1  (73.8-89.6)	120	8552
$15,000-24,999	6   7.6  ( 2.8-18.8)	6   3.3  ( 1.4- 7.4)	93  89.1  (78.8-94.8)	105	7051
$25,000-49,999	18   5.7  ( 3.1-10.2)	22   6.6  ( 4.1-10.6)	260  87.7  (82.4-91.5)	300	23580
$50,000-74,999	15  11.9  ( 6.8-19.8)	5   1.7  ( 0.5- 5.4)	122  86.4  (78.4-91.8)	142	11924
>=$75,000	13   7.2  ( 4.0-12.6)	10   6.2  ( 3.2-11.6)	130  86.6  (79.9-91.3)	153	13287
Unknown/Refused	19   4.9  ( 3.0- 8.0)	27   4.8  ( 3.1- 7.5)	338  90.3  (86.6-93.0)	384	34892

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.