Percentage of Adults with Current Asthma

Subpopulation Unweighted Frequency Weighted Percentage Standard Error Lower 95% Confidence
Limit		 Upper 95% Confidence
Limit
TOTAL 157 8.3 0.6 7.2 9.4
  . . . . .
SEX . . . . .
Male 44 7.3 2.0 3.4 11.3
Female 113 9.2 1.1 6.9 11.4
AGE GROUP . . . . .
18-24 years 12 13.9 7.1 0.0 27.7
25-34 years 25 6.7 1.9 3.0 10.5
35-44 years 24 6.0 1.9 2.2 9.8
45-54 years 39 8.5 0.4 7.6 9.3
55-64 years 30 10.2 2.5 5.3 15.2
65+ years 24 5.9 1.5 3.0 8.8
ETHNICITY . . . . .
Hispanic 44 3.9 0.5 3.0 4.8
Non-Hispanic 113 8.6 0.8 7.1 10.1
RACE . . . . .
White Only 50 8.2 0.7 6.9 9.6
Black Only 64 8.7 1.5 5.8 11.5
Other Race Only 30 5.7 2.0 1.8 9.7
More than One Race 12 10.3 3.1 4.2 16.4
EDUCATION . . . . .
Less than High School 31 5.7 1.2 3.3 8.1
High School Graduate or G.E.D. 52 8.8 0.5 7.8 9.8
Some College 49 11.6 2.2 7.2 16.0
College Graduate 24 5.3 2.2 0.9 9.6
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME . . . . .
Less than $15,000 36 14.7 5.2 4.5 24.9
$15,000 - $24,999 40 8.5 2.6 3.5 13.5
$25,000 - $34,999 29 12.4 3.6 5.4 19.3
$35,000 - $49,999 17 5.7 1.4 2.9 8.4
$50,000+ 22 5.0 1.3 2.4 7.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS . . . . .
Employed for Wages / Self-Employed 89 8.9 1.6 5.8 11.9
Out of Work 9 3.6 2.3 0.0 8.1
Homemaker / Student 10 3.8 1.2 1.3 6.2
Retired 24 6.0 0.9 4.2 7.8
Unable to Work 25 32.2 8.1 16.2 48.2
AVERAGE HOURS WORKED . . . . .
None 21 6.1 1.3 3.5 8.7
1-19 Hours 5 17.3 14.5 0.0 45.7
20-39 Hours 16 6.9 1.5 4.0 9.9
40 + Hours 69 7.9 1.3 5.3 10.4
MARITAL STATUS . . . . .
Married / Member of Unmarried Couple 64 6.2 0.6 5.1 7.4
Divorced / Separated 37 7.8 1.6 4.6 11.0
POPULATION DENSITY . . . . .
Frontier 5 12.5 2.5 7.7 17.4
Rural 5 5.8 3.2 0.0 12.1
Densely-settled Rural 17 5.2 1.6 2.1 8.3
Semi-urban 22 8.0 3.0 2.2 13.8
Urban 105 9.7 1.2 7.4 12.1
SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS . . . . .
Fair or Poor 59 12.3 1.7 9.0 15.6
Excellent to Good 98 7.5 1.0 5.4 9.5
DIABETES STATUS . . . . .
Has Diabetes 34 15.5 2.1 11.5 19.6
No Diabetes 123 7.7 0.7 6.4 9.0
MENTAL HEALTH INDICATOR . . . . .
14+ days mental health not good 35 23.5 4.7 14.2 32.8
<14 days mental health not good 115 6.7 0.8 5.0 8.3
WEIGHT CATEGORY . . . . .
Normal or Underweight (BMI <25) 35 5.9 1.4 3.0 8.7
Overweight (25 <= BMI < 30) 36 3.3 1.2 1.0 5.6
Obese (BMI >= 30) 68 14.4 1.7 11.0 17.8
RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY . . . . .
Meets Recommendation 55 6.1 1.0 4.3 8.0
Insufficient 71 12.3 0.6 11.2 13.4
No Activity 28 3.2 0.9 1.4 5.0

Numerator: Respondents reporting they had been told by a doctor or health
care professional that they had asthma and that they currently have asthma.
Denominator: All respondents, excluding unknowns and refusals.