Asthma Status Of Adults

State Of Hawaii BRFSS 2002

Geographic Areas	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
State	438   6.9  ( 6.1- 7.7)	367   6.3  ( 5.5- 7.2)	5172  86.8  (85.6-87.9)	5977	929435
COUNTY
Honolulu	195   6.6  ( 5.6- 7.8)	178   6.5  ( 5.5- 7.7)	2429  86.9  (85.3-88.3)	2802	672082
Hawaii	113   7.9  ( 6.4- 9.8)	66   5.8  ( 4.3- 7.6)	1193  86.3  (83.9-88.4)	1372	113759
Kauai	42   7.2  ( 5.2- 9.9)	44   8.2  ( 5.7-11.7)	513  84.6  (80.7-87.8)	599	44309
Maui	88   6.9  ( 5.4- 8.8)	79   5.1  ( 3.9- 6.5)	1037  88.0  (85.8-89.9)	1204	99285
Honolulu County
North Shore/Laie	8   8.3  ( 3.9-16.7)	3   4.3  ( 1.2-14.3)	69  87.5  (77.3-93.5)	80	19784
Ka'a'wa/Kahalu'u/Kaneohe	14   8.7  ( 4.9-14.9)	9   5.5  ( 2.5-11.6)	143  85.8  (78.5-91.0)	166	40810
Kailua/Waimanalo	11   4.3  ( 2.3- 7.9)	8   4.0  ( 1.9- 8.2)	178  91.8  (86.9-94.9)	197	48157
Wailae/Kahala/HawaiiKai	11   4.9  ( 2.5- 9.4)	13   5.4  ( 2.7-10.7)	189  89.7  (83.7-93.6)	213	47305
Kaimuki/Palolo/Waikiki	22   5.9  ( 3.8- 9.2)	21   6.2  ( 3.9- 9.6)	304  87.9  (83.6-91.2)	347	70085
Manoa/Upper Makiki	19   7.8  ( 4.8-12.6)	14   6.0  ( 3.4-10.3)	242  86.2  (80.6-90.4)	275	58221
Ala Moana	6   3.7  ( 1.5- 8.8)	13   8.1  ( 4.5-14.2)	151  88.2  (81.4-92.7)	170	34202
Nuuanu/Kalihi/MoanaLoa	14   5.4  ( 2.8-10.1)	26  11.9  ( 7.7-18.0)	221  82.7  (76.0-87.8)	261	66966
Salt Lake/Foster Village	7   3.1  ( 1.3- 7.1)	9   4.3  ( 2.1- 8.5)	129  92.6  (87.5-95.7)	145	37591
Aiea/Pearl City	21   8.3  ( 5.2-12.9)	16   6.3  ( 3.6-11.0)	227  85.4  (79.7-89.7)	264	67111
Mililani/Wahiawa	16   6.6  ( 3.2-12.9)	19   7.8  ( 4.4-13.4)	213  85.7  (78.6-90.7)	248	64689
Waipahu/Kapolei/Ewa	30   8.3  ( 5.6-12.3)	22   6.1  ( 3.8- 9.7)	276  85.5  (80.8-89.2)	328	90468
Nanakuli/Waianae	16  11.1  ( 6.4-18.5)	5   4.3  ( 1.6-11.1)	87  84.6  (76.1-90.4)	108	26693
Hawaii County
North Hawaii	20   7.2  ( 4.4-11.5)	12   6.9  ( 3.3-13.8)	242  85.9  (79.1-90.7)	274	23154
Hilo	31   6.4  ( 4.3- 9.4)	29   8.7  ( 5.9-12.9)	355  84.9  (80.3-88.5)	415	35293
Puna/Ka'u	27   9.0  ( 5.7-14.1)	7   2.4  ( 1.0- 5.8)	273  88.6  (83.2-92.4)	307	24372
Kona	35   9.4  ( 6.4-13.8)	18   4.1  ( 2.5- 6.7)	323  86.4  (81.8-90.0)	376	30940
Kauai County
Hanalei/Kapa'a	23   8.5  ( 5.5-12.9)	19   8.0  ( 4.5-14.0)	229  83.5  (77.2-88.3)	271	19127
Lihue-Waimea	19   6.2  ( 3.8-10.1)	25   8.4  ( 5.3-13.0)	284  85.4  (80.1-89.5)	328	25182
Maui County
Lahaina/Wailuku	21   5.1  ( 3.2- 8.2)	24   6.5  ( 4.2- 9.9)	241  88.4  (84.2-91.6)	286	30328
Kahului	21   8.4  ( 5.2-13.3)	13   3.4  ( 1.9- 6.0)	261  88.2  (83.2-91.9)	295	28706
Upcountry/Hana	23   7.5  ( 4.8-11.4)	15   4.3  ( 2.4- 7.4)	277  88.3  (83.8-91.7)	315	28995
Lanai	10   4.4  ( 2.2- 8.8)	17  10.2  ( 6.1-16.5)	126  85.4  (78.6-90.3)	153	3616
Molokai	13   7.7  ( 4.3-13.4)	10   6.5  ( 3.3-12.4)	132  85.8  (78.8-90.8)	155	7640

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.