Table 1.
Current Youth Asthma Status by County and Race, Years 2013 and 2015
| Race – Ethnicity | Hawai‘i | Honolulu | Kaua‘i | Maui | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 2013 | 2015 | 2013 | 2015 | 2013 | 2015 | 2013 | 2015 |
| All ethnicities combined | 16.6% | 15.8% | 11.9% | 12.4% | 14.3% | 16.6% | 12.5% | 12.9% |
| Caucasian | n/r | n/r | n/r | 12.8% | n/r | 8.8% | n/r | 8.2% |
| Native Hawaiian | 19.8% | 20.9% | 19.1% | 12.4% | 15.6% | 22.2% | 17.6% | 19.8% |
| Filipino | 21.1% | n/r | 7.1% | 11.7% | 14.2% | 16.1% | 8.3% | 10.4% |
| Japanese | n/r | n/r | n/r | 9.9% | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| Black | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| Other Asian | n/r | n/r | n/r | 6.0% | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| Other | 14.3% | 14.2% | 14.7% | 15.5% | 15% | 21.3% | 14.2% | 12.7% |
Note: Adapted from Lifetime and Current Asthma in Hawaii, by County. The Hawaii Health Data Warehouse; State of Hawaii, Hawaii School Health Survey, Youth Risk Behavior Survey Module. Retrieved: http://hhdw.org/wp-content/uploads/C_YRBS_Chronic-Diseases_IND_00001C.pdf. 2014 data unavailable. Youth: High School Grades 9th–12th; n/r: not reportable.