During past 30 days, how often did you use a prescription asthma inhaler
during an asthma attack to stop it?
State of Hawaii BRFSS 2005

Demographic
 
Characteristics		 Never
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 1 to 4 times
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 5 to 14 times
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 15+ times
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
 
#of Adults
TOTAL 109  48.7  (40.0-57.3) 95  36.1  (28.4-44.5) 17   5.5  ( 3.0- 9.6) 19   9.8  ( 5.1-18.1) 240 67,008
AGE GROUP            
18-24 Years  - - - - --  
25-34 Years  - - - - --  
35-44 Years  - - - - --  
45-54 Years  - - - - --  
55-64 Years  26  31.5  (18.0-48.9) 22  39.7  (23.6-58.4)  3   6.7  ( 1.8-22.1)  7  22.2  ( 7.6-49.5)  58 13,806
65+ Years  - - - - --  
Unknown/Refused            
GENDER            
Male  28  53.2  (35.4-70.2) 20  30.8  (17.5-48.4)  4   6.2  ( 2.1-17.0)  3   9.8  ( 2.1-34.8)  55 19,847
Female  81  46.7  (37.2-56.5) 75  38.3  (29.5-47.9) 13   5.1  ( 2.6-10.0) 16   9.8  ( 4.9-18.7) 185 47,161
ETHNICITY            
White  37  46.6  (33.3-60.3) 43  45.7  (32.6-59.5)  6   4.3  ( 1.7-10.6)  4   3.5  ( 0.8-14.3)  90 19,383
Hawaiian  - - - - --  
Filipino  - - - - --  
Japanese  - - - - --  
Others  - - - - --  
MARITAL STATUS            
Married  66  51.8  (41.2-62.2) 53  37.0  (27.3-47.8)  9   4.9  ( 2.2-10.6)  9   6.3  ( 2.5-15.2) 137 39,372
Unmarried  43  44.2  (30.2-59.1) 42  34.8  (23.2-48.6)  8   6.3  ( 2.7-14.0) 10  14.8  ( 6.1-31.6) 103 27,636
Unknown/Refused            
EDUCATION            
<High School  - - - - --  
High School  29  48.6  (31.5-65.9) 18  35.1  (20.3-53.5)  5   7.4  ( 2.5-19.9)  4   8.9  ( 2.5-26.8)  56 16,417
Some College  36  53.0  (38.4-67.2) 30  35.9  (23.4-50.6)  4   2.6  ( 0.8- 8.0)  5   8.6  ( 2.9-22.4)  75 19,434
College  35  45.2  (31.6-59.6) 42  40.1  (27.5-54.0)  7   7.4  ( 3.1-16.7)  6   7.4  ( 2.2-22.3)  90 23,995
Unknown/Refused  - - - - --  
EMPLOYMENT            
Employed  66  50.8  (40.1-61.4) 59  39.1  (29.2-49.9) 13   5.4  ( 2.9-10.0)  9   4.7  ( 2.2-10.0) 147 43,482
Unemployed  - - - - --  
Student/Homemaker  - - - - --  
Retired/Can't work  30  45.3  (28.9-62.8) 28  29.4  (18.0-44.2)  3   5.4  ( 1.3-20.1)  8  19.9  ( 6.6-46.8)  69 13,948
Unknown/Refused            
HOUSEHOLD INCOME            
<$15,000  - - - - --  
$15,000-24,999  - - - - --  
$25,000-49,999  31  44.2  (29.3-60.2) 26  43.4  (28.4-59.6)  5   4.6  ( 1.7-11.8)  5   7.9  ( 2.4-23.1)  67 19,129
$50,000-74,999  - - - - --  
>=$75,000  25  47.1  (32.5-62.3) 25  43.8  (29.6-59.0)  1   3.4  ( 0.5-20.2)  4   5.7  ( 1.9-16.4)  55 15,476
Unknown/Refused  - - - - --  
COUNTY            
Honolulu  43  50.7  (38.5-62.8) 33  34.5  (24.1-46.6)  6   4.7  ( 1.9-11.1)  6  10.1  ( 4.0-23.1)  88 42,784
Hawaii  36  45.3  (32.0-59.3) 29  36.9  (24.3-51.6)  6   9.3  ( 3.8-21.0)  6   8.5  ( 2.1-28.6)  77 11,469
Kauai  - - - - --  
Maui  20  41.2  (25.5-58.9) 20  38.8  (23.6-56.7)  5   6.5  ( 2.2-17.4)  6  13.5  ( 5.4-29.8)  51  9,076

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.