During past 30 days, how often did you take a prescription asthma medication
to prevent an asthma attack from occuring?
State of Hawaii BRFSS 2005

Demographic
 
Characteristics		 Never
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 1 to 14 days
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 15 to 24 days
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 25 to 30 days
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
 
#of Adults
TOTAL 93  42.5  (34.0-51.4) 68  26.8  (20.0-35.0)  3   1.9  ( 0.5- 7.0) 74  28.9  (21.7-37.2) 238 66,664
AGE GROUP            
18-24 Years - - - - --  
25-34 Years - - - - --  
35-44 Years - - - - --  
45-54 Years - - - - --  
55-64 Years 19  26.4  (13.9-44.4) 17  25.6  (13.5-43.1)   21  48.0  (29.4-67.1)  57 13,596
65+ Years - - - - --  
Unknown/Refused            
GENDER            
Male 21  46.3  (29.2-64.3) 15  22.1  (11.0-39.6)   19  31.6  (17.7-49.8)  55 19,847
Female 72  40.9  (31.6-50.8) 53  28.8  (20.9-38.3)  3   2.6  ( 0.7- 9.8) 55  27.7  (20.0-37.1) 183 46,817
ETHNICITY            
White 30  35.2  (23.5-49.1) 32  36.6  (24.4-50.9)  1   2.6  ( 0.4-16.2) 27  25.5  (15.6-38.9)  90 19,383
Hawaiian - - - - --  
Filipino - - - - --  
Japanese - - - - --  
Others - - - - --  
MARITAL STATUS            
Married 53  39.4  (29.6-50.1) 39  27.9  (19.2-38.6)   45  32.7  (23.6-43.3) 137 39,372
Unmarried 40  46.9  (32.6-61.7) 29  25.2  (15.3-38.6)  3   4.5  ( 1.1-16.2) 29  23.4  (13.2-37.8) 101 27,292
Unknown/Refused            
EDUCATION            
<High School - - - - --  
High School 29  52.3  (34.9-69.3) 15  30.2  (16.4-48.9)  1   0.2  ( 0.0- 1.3) 11  17.2  ( 7.7-34.1)  56 16,417
Some College 31  47.2  (32.8-62.0) 19  20.6  (11.1-35.0)  2   6.2  ( 1.5-21.8) 23  26.0  (16.3-38.9)  75 19,434
College 27  31.8  (19.6-47.1) 30  31.1  (20.1-44.9)   32  37.0  (24.6-51.5)  89 23,861
Unknown/Refused - - - - --  
EMPLOYMENT            
Employed 63  47.3  (36.7-58.2) 44  29.5  (20.7-40.2)  1   1.2  ( 0.2- 7.8) 38  22.0  (15.0-31.0) 146 43,348
Unemployed - - - - --  
Student/Homemaker - - - - --  
Retired/Can't work 21  30.0  (17.0-47.3) 15  12.8  ( 6.8-22.9)  1   0.2  ( 0.0- 1.5) 31  57.0  (39.7-72.7)  68 13,738
Unknown/Refused            
HOUSEHOLD INCOME            
<$15,000 - - - - --  
$15,000-24,999 - - - - --  
$25,000-49,999 23  37.2  (23.1-53.8) 21  32.3  (19.0-49.4)  1   0.1  ( 0.0- 1.1) 22  30.3  (18.4-45.7)  67 19,129
$50,000-74,999 - - - - --  
>=$75,000 20  38.6  (24.8-54.4) 17  28.1  (17.0-42.8)   18  33.3  (20.7-48.9)  55 15,476
Unknown/Refused - - - - --  
COUNTY            
Honolulu 28  38.8  (27.2-51.8) 24  27.5  (18.1-39.5)  1   1.2  ( 0.2- 8.0) 33  32.5  (22.3-44.7)  86 42,440
Hawaii 33  48.8  (35.0-62.9) 19  20.1  (11.0-33.8)  1   6.1  ( 0.9-32.0) 24  25.0  (15.6-37.5)  77 11,469
Kauai - - - - --  
Maui 21  50.0  (33.1-66.8) 17  33.7  (20.0-50.9)  1   0.3  ( 0.0- 2.3) 12  16.0  ( 7.5-30.8)  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.