During the past 12 months, how many times did you visit emergency room
or urgent care because of your asthma?
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 219  86.8  (80.9-91.0) 19   7.2  ( 4.0-12.7) 17   5.3  ( 3.1- 9.0)  3   0.7  ( 0.2- 2.3) 258 53,697
AGE GROUP            
18-24 Years  - - - - --  
25-34 Years  - - - - --  
35-44 Years  - - - - --  
45-54 Years  42  84.0  (69.0-92.5)  4   7.8  ( 2.3-22.8)  4   7.5  ( 2.6-19.6)  1   0.7  ( 0.1- 5.0)  51  7,738
55-64 Years  - - - - --  
65+ Years  - - - - --  
Unknown/Refused  - - - - --  
GENDER            
Male  53  91.2  (79.4-96.5)  4   5.9  ( 1.7-19.0)  3   2.6  ( 0.8- 8.5)  1   0.3  ( 0.0- 2.1)  61 19,086
Female 166  84.3  (77.0-89.6) 15   8.0  ( 4.2-14.7) 14   6.9  ( 3.8-12.1)  2   0.9  ( 0.2- 3.6) 197 34,611
ETHNICITY            
White  86  93.6  (85.1-97.4)  4   4.7  ( 1.5-14.1)  3   1.3  ( 0.4- 4.2)  1   0.4  ( 0.1- 2.6)  94 14,899
Hawaiian  47  81.7  (69.5-89.7)  8   8.0  ( 3.4-17.7)  6   8.1  ( 3.3-18.5)  2   2.2  ( 0.5- 9.0)  63 13,695
Filipino  - - - - --  
Japanese  - - - - --  
Others  43  81.6  (63.9-91.7)  3  10.3  ( 2.9-30.7)  5   8.2  ( 3.2-19.4)    51 13,573
MARITAL STATUS            
Married 117  90.8  (82.8-95.3)  6   5.0  ( 1.7-13.6)  7   3.8  ( 1.6- 8.7)  1   0.4  ( 0.1- 2.6) 131 27,580
Unmarried 101  82.7  (73.1-89.4) 12   9.3  ( 4.5-18.4) 10   7.0  ( 3.5-13.6)  2   1.0  ( 0.2- 4.7) 125 25,963
Unknown/Refused  - - - - --  
EDUCATION            
<High School  - - - - --  
High School  55  80.6  (65.3-90.2)  8  13.3  ( 5.2-29.8)  4   4.8  ( 1.7-12.8)  1   1.3  ( 0.2- 8.8)  68 14,962
Some College  69  89.9  (80.6-95.0)  6   5.8  ( 2.2-14.6)  5   4.2  ( 1.5-11.1)    80 18,836
College  79  86.8  (76.6-92.9)  4   3.7  ( 1.3-10.2)  6   8.4  ( 3.6-18.6)  2   1.0  ( 0.2- 4.4)  91 15,114
Unknown/Refused  - - - - --  
EMPLOYMENT            
Employed 127  87.5  (80.2-92.4) 11   6.3  ( 2.9-13.1) 11   5.8  ( 2.9-10.9)  2   0.5  ( 0.1- 2.0) 151 33,212
Unemployed  - - - - --  
Student/Homemaker  - - - - --  
Retired/Can't work  58  90.5  (77.5-96.4)  3   4.9  ( 1.2-18.5)  3   4.5  ( 1.2-15.2)    64  9,851
Unknown/Refused            
HOUSEHOLD INCOME            
<$15,000  - - - - --  
$15,000-24,999  - - - - --  
$25,000-49,999  50  78.8  (61.2-89.7)  2   9.3  ( 2.3-31.0)  6  11.4  ( 4.9-24.5)  1   0.5  ( 0.1- 3.7)  59 10,635
$50,000-74,999  - - - - --  
>=$75,000  - - - - --  
Unknown/Refused  48  81.4  (66.2-90.7)  8  13.4  ( 5.6-28.9)  4   5.2  ( 1.7-14.5)    60 13,789
COUNTY            
Honolulu 117  87.9  (80.0-93.0) 10   8.2  ( 4.0-16.0)  6   3.8  ( 1.7- 8.6)   133 38,314
Hawaii  52  89.4  (77.3-95.4)  1   2.0  ( 0.3-13.1)  3   4.3  ( 1.4-12.8)  2   4.3  ( 1.0-16.6)  58  6,954
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.