Adult asthma status

State of Hawaii BRFSS [2001-2002-2003] / CHINESE

Demographic Characteristics	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
TOTAL	43   5.2  ( 3.6- 7.6)	38   5.1  ( 3.6- 7.2)	668  89.7  (86.8-92.0)	749	57,123
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	8  12.4  ( 5.4-26.1)	1   0.7  ( 0.1- 5.2)	48  86.9  (73.4-94.1)	57	6,734
25-34 Years	6   3.8  ( 1.4- 9.6)	7   7.1  ( 3.0-15.7)	67  89.2  (80.2-94.4)	80	7,259
35-44 Years	11   7.9  ( 3.8-15.6)	6   4.3  ( 1.7-10.4)	142  87.8  (79.6-93.0)	159	11,775
45-54 Years	4   1.5  ( 0.5- 4.2)	13   8.1  ( 4.3-14.9)	129  90.4  (83.7-94.6)	146	9,616
55-64 Years	7   5.5  ( 2.3-12.9)	6   9.0  ( 3.9-19.3)	74  85.5  (74.8-92.1)	87	6,055
65+ Years	7   3.1  ( 1.4- 7.0)	5   3.4  ( 1.3- 8.1)	202  93.5  (88.4-96.5)	214	15,492
Unknown/Refused				--
GENDER
Male	15   4.4  ( 2.2- 8.3)	19   5.8  ( 3.5- 9.4)	273  89.9  (85.2-93.2)	307	28,014
Female	28   6.1  ( 3.9- 9.4)	19   4.5  ( 2.7- 7.3)	395  89.4  (85.5-92.4)	442	29,109
MARITAL STATUS
Married	18   3.8  ( 2.2- 6.7)	20   4.7  ( 3.0- 7.5)	381  91.4  (87.9-94.0)	419	35,134
Unmarried	25   7.5  ( 4.5-12.2)	18   5.7  ( 3.3- 9.7)	287  86.8  (81.4-90.8)	330	21,989
Unknown/Refused
EDUCATION
<High School				--
High School	14   6.0  ( 3.1-11.3)	12   6.9  ( 3.7-12.7)	168  87.1  (80.3-91.7)	194	15,141
Some College	16   7.4  ( 4.0-13.4)	10   5.5  ( 2.8-10.6)	166  87.0  (80.2-91.7)	192	15,182
College	11   3.4  ( 1.6- 7.2)	15   4.0  ( 2.2- 6.9)	296  92.6  (88.4-95.4)	322	23,982
Unknown/Refused				-
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	26   5.9  ( 3.6- 9.4)	25   6.0  ( 3.9- 9.1)	386  88.1  (83.9-91.3)	437	34,707
Unemployed				--
Student/Homemaker	3   2.8  ( 0.5-13.1)	4   3.4  ( 1.2- 9.4)	51  93.8  (85.0-97.6)	58	4,924
Retired/Can't work	13   4.8  ( 2.6- 8.7)	7   3.7  ( 1.7- 8.1)	216  91.5  (86.5-94.8)	236	16,680
Unknown/Refused				-
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	7   7.3  ( 3.0-16.8)	2   2.1  ( 0.5- 8.2)	68  90.6  (80.9-95.6)	77	4,632
$15,000-24,999	5   7.3  ( 2.7-18.4)	5   7.0  ( 2.6-17.7)	56  85.7  (73.3-92.9)	66	4,436
$25,000-49,999	12   9.3  ( 4.8-17.3)	5   2.6  ( 1.1- 6.3)	139  88.1  (80.1-93.1)	156	11,334
$50,000-74,999	7   6.0  ( 2.5-13.6)	6   6.6  ( 2.5-16.3)	79  87.3  (77.3-93.3)	92	7,225
>=$75,000	2   0.6  ( 0.1- 2.9)	7   6.1  ( 2.8-12.7)	117  93.4  (86.8-96.8)	126	9,977
Unknown/Refused	10   4.0  ( 1.7- 9.1)	13   5.8  ( 3.1-10.4)	209  90.2  (84.4-94.0)	232	19,518
COUNTY
Honolulu	26   5.0  ( 3.2- 7.6)	26   4.8  ( 3.2- 7.2)	495  90.2  (87.0-92.7)	547	50,559
Hawaii	8  11.1  ( 5.2-22.4)	5  10.1  ( 4.0-23.2)	73  78.7  (65.4-87.9)	86	2,662
Kauai				--
Maui	5   3.9  ( 1.2-11.8)	5   6.1  ( 2.4-15.0)	63  90.0  (80.2-95.2)	73	2,784

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.