Summary: | Asthma is a major public health concern for
the state of Hawai‘i, where 10% of adults reported
current asthma status in 2016 (Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, 2018). Each county reported
high prevalence rates: Hawai‘i, 19.6%; Honolulu,
17.3%; Kaua‘i, 15.4%; Maui, 17.2% (Hawai‘i Health
Data Warehouse, 2016). Lāna‘i is the smallest island
in the State consisting of 141 square miles and a
population of 3,102 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2018).
Although robust asthma data exist for metropolitan
Honolulu, statistics are unavailable for Lāna‘i. If data
were to be extrapolated using whole ethnic populations
and adult asthma rates (Hawai‘i Health Data
Warehouse, 2016), 184 (13%) Filipinos and 200
(28.4%) part-Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders
may be affected by the condition.
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