Reason for Mammogram
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1995


Demographic
Characteristics
Routine checkup
 
N          %        95% C.I.
Breast problem 
 
N          %        95% C.I.
Breast cancer  
 
N          %        95% C.I.
Total
TOTAL 615     85.7     (82.1-88.6) 85     13.4     (10.6-16.9)  9      0.9     ( 0.4- 2.3)  709
AGE GROUP        
18-39 Years  88     73.7     (63.1-82.2) 26     23.9     (15.9-34.2) -  116
40-49 Years 194     86.6     (79.9-91.3) 23     12.8     ( 8.1-19.5) -  220
50-59 Years 106     89.3     (81.5-94.0) 16     10.7     ( 6.0-18.5) -  122
60+ Years 223     88.6     (81.8-93.0) 20     10.5     ( 6.2-17.3) -  247
Unknown/Refused  - - - --
ETHNICITY        
White 214     78.6     (71.6-84.3) 43     20.6     (15.0-27.7) -  261
Hawaiian  94     80.9     (70.5-88.3) 16     15.3     ( 8.8-25.2) -  114
Filipino  74     87.4     (77.5-93.3) 11     12.6     ( 6.7-22.5) -   85
Japanese 163     92.2     (85.0-96.1) 12      7.8     ( 3.9-15.0) -  175
Others  47     99.7     (98.2- 100) - - --
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 354     86.7     (82.1-90.2) 49     12.9     ( 9.4-17.5) -  406
Unmarried 258     83.5     (77.3-88.3) 36     14.5     (10.1-20.3)  6      2.1     ( 0.6- 6.6)  300
Unknown/Refused  - - - --
EDUCATION        
<High School  89     93.7     (86.1-97.3)  6      6.0     ( 2.5-13.7) -   97
High School 140     81.4     (71.6-88.4) 20     18.0     (11.1-27.9) -  162
Some College 208     82.0     (75.2-87.2) 36     16.5     (11.5-23.0) -  247
College 176     89.9     (84.5-93.5) 23      9.5     ( 5.9-14.8) -  201
Unknown/Refused  - - - --
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 332     84.6     (79.7-88.5) 53     14.3     (10.6-19.1) -  389
Unemployed  10     52.7     (26.1-77.9)  5     46.1     (21.2-73.2) - --
Student/homemaker  76     82.3     (69.6-90.4) 13     17.7     ( 9.6-30.4) -   89
Retired/Can't Work 197     91.4     (84.9-95.2) 14      7.5     ( 3.9-14.0) -  215
Unknown/Refused  - - - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  51     76.4     (56.8-88.9)  6     21.4     ( 9.4-41.6) -   59
$15,000-24,999  93     82.5     (70.9-90.1) 14     16.2     ( 8.8-27.8) -  109
$25,000-49,999 205     89.4     (83.9-93.2) 24     10.0     ( 6.3-15.5) -  231
$50,000-74,999  69     81.6     (70.2-89.3) 16     15.5     ( 8.8-26.0) -   87
>=$75,000  61     90.7     (80.9-95.8)  7      9.3     ( 4.2-19.1) -   68
Unknown/Refused 136     84.4     (75.2-90.6) 18     15.5     ( 9.3-24.8) -  155
COUNTY        
Honolulu 353     86.0     (81.4-89.5) 46     13.1     ( 9.6-17.5) -  403
Hawaii  82     85.4     (75.6-91.7) 12     14.6     ( 8.3-24.4) -   94
Kauai  80     87.8     (78.7-93.3) 10     10.6     ( 5.5-19.7) -   93
Maui 100     82.5     (72.9-89.2) 17     16.2     ( 9.7-25.7) -  119

The symbol -- means cell size less than 50. The symbol - means cell size less than 5.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, 95% C.I. = Confidence Interval at 95 percent probability level.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.