During the past 12 months, how many times did you see a doctor, nurse or
other health professional for urgent treatment of worsening asthma symtomps?
State of Hawaii BRFSS 2003

Demographic
Characteristics		 None
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Once
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Two or three times
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 More than three
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
 # of Adults
TOTAL 159  60.1  (52.0-67.7) 38  16.9  (11.5-24.1) 31  12.7  ( 8.1-19.5) 25  10.3  ( 6.5-16.1) 253 53,532
AGE GROUP            
18-24 Years  - - - - --  
25-34 Years  - - - - --  
35-44 Years  - - - - --  
45-54 Years  32  63.9  (46.4-78.3)  6   9.8  ( 4.0-22.1)  5   8.1  ( 2.4-23.9)  7  18.3  ( 8.2-35.8)  50  7,428
55-64 Years  - - - - --  
65+ Years  - - - - --  
Unknown/Refused  - - - - --  
GENDER            
Male  41  64.1  (47.2-78.1) 10  19.4  ( 9.2-36.2)  6   9.9  ( 3.2-26.4)  3   6.7  ( 1.9-21.3)  60 19,005
Female 118  57.9  (49.2-66.2) 28  15.5  (10.2-22.7) 25  14.3  ( 8.9-22.2) 22  12.3  ( 7.6-19.2) 193 34,527
ETHNICITY            
White  52  50.8  (38.4-63.1) 13  14.9  ( 7.9-26.3) 13  12.0  ( 5.9-22.7) 16  22.3  (13.1-35.2)  94 15,330
Hawaiian  38  55.2  (38.9-70.5)  9  16.8  ( 8.0-32.1)  8  16.2  ( 6.2-35.9)  5  11.8  ( 4.1-29.3)  60 13,490
Filipino  - - - - --  
Japanese  - - - - --  
Others  - - - - --  
MARITAL STATUS            
Married  82  68.0  (57.9-76.6) 23  16.8  (10.5-25.8) 13   8.0  ( 4.3-14.5)  9   7.2  ( 3.4-14.7) 127 27,055
Unmarried  75  51.8  (39.9-63.5) 15  17.0  ( 9.1-29.4) 18  17.6  ( 9.7-29.9) 16  13.6  ( 7.5-23.5) 124 26,324
Unknown/Refused  - - - - --  
EDUCATION            
<High School  - - - - --  
High School  42  63.9  (48.4-77.0) 10  19.4  ( 9.5-35.4)  7  10.6  ( 4.0-25.1)  5   6.1  ( 2.5-14.2)  64 14,459
Some College  39  41.4  (28.8-55.3) 17  24.6  (14.1-39.3) 14  19.1  ( 9.8-33.9) 11  14.9  ( 7.3-28.0)  81 19,309
College  66  77.4  (66.2-85.7) 10   9.4  ( 4.6-18.1)  8   6.2  ( 2.7-13.6)  6   7.0  ( 2.8-16.8)  90 15,022
Unknown/Refused  - - - - --  
EMPLOYMENT            
Employed  97  61.6  (51.0-71.2) 20  15.1  ( 9.0-24.2) 15  10.9  ( 5.5-20.5) 14  12.4  ( 6.9-21.2) 146 32,645
Unemployed  - - - - --  
Student/Homemaker  - - - - --  
Retired/Can't work  37  59.9  (45.6-72.7) 10  17.9  ( 9.1-32.2) 10  15.5  ( 7.7-28.6)  7   6.7  ( 2.7-15.6)  64  9,851
Unknown/Refused            
HOUSEHOLD INCOME            
<$15,000  - - - - --  
$15,000-24,999  - - - - --  
$25,000-49,999  36  57.2  (40.9-72.1) 10  20.7  ( 9.8-38.5)  8   9.3  ( 4.1-20.0)  5  12.8  ( 4.9-29.5)  59 10,635
$50,000-74,999  - - - - --  
>=$75,000  - - - - --  
Unknown/Refused  44  73.3  (57.1-85.0)  4   9.5  ( 3.5-23.3)  7  12.6  ( 5.0-28.5)  3   4.6  ( 1.4-14.5)  58 14,058
COUNTY            
Honolulu  86  60.3  (49.9-69.8) 19  17.2  (10.5-26.9) 16  14.2  ( 8.2-23.6) 12   8.3  ( 4.3-15.4) 133 38,477
Hawaii  36  60.7  (44.1-75.1)  8  12.8  ( 5.9-25.4)  7  11.0  ( 5.1-22.5)  6  15.5  ( 5.6-36.3)  57  6,873
Kauai  - - - - --  
Maui  - - - - --  

The symbol '--' means cell size less than 50.
N = Cell Sample Size, % = Percentage, 95% C.I. = Confidence Interval at 95 percent probability level.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.