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State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1995


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 No     
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 403     27.1     (24.5-30.0) 1102     72.9     (70.0-75.5) 1505
AGE GROUP      
18-24 Years  13     12.9     ( 7.1-22.5)   64     87.1     (77.5-92.9)   77
25-34 Years  44     20.7     (15.4-27.2)  209     79.3     (72.8-84.6)  253
35-44 Years  82     24.2     (19.4-29.7)  271     75.8     (70.3-80.6)  353
45-54 Years  84     33.3     (26.8-40.4)  201     66.7     (59.6-73.2)  285
55-64 Years  66     38.4     (29.0-48.7)   88     61.6     (51.3-71.0)  154
65+ Years 113     28.7     (23.5-34.4)  264     71.3     (65.6-76.5)  377
Unknown/Refused  -    5     84.3     (38.4-97.9) --
GENDER      
Male 181     28.5     (24.5-32.8)  475     71.5     (67.2-75.5)  656
Female 222     25.9     (22.4-29.7)  627     74.1     (70.3-77.6)  849
ETHNICITY      
White 152     23.3     (19.7-27.5)  463     76.7     (72.5-80.3)  615
Hawaiian  64     31.0     (23.9-39.2)  156     69.0     (60.8-76.1)  220
Filipino  33     19.6     (12.7-28.9)  120     80.4     (71.1-87.3)  153
Japanese 107     36.1     (30.0-42.6)  221     63.9     (57.4-70.0)  328
Others  27     22.5     (15.0-32.4)   89     77.5     (67.6-85.0)  116
MARITAL STATUS      
Married 232     27.8     (24.4-31.5)  627     72.2     (68.5-75.6)  859
Unmarried 171     26.1     (22.1-30.6)  468     73.9     (69.4-77.9)  639
Unknown/Refused  -    7 --
EDUCATION      
<High School  43     27.2     (18.8-37.6)   97     72.8     (62.4-81.2)  140
High School  96     29.1     (23.6-35.2)  249     70.9     (64.8-76.4)  345
Some College 131     24.4     (20.4-29.0)  399     75.6     (71.0-79.6)  530
College 132     28.6     (23.8-33.9)  356     71.4     (66.1-76.2)  488
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
EMPLOYMENT      
Employed 240     26.4     (23.1-30.0)  703     73.6     (70.0-76.9)  943
Unemployed  11     34.9     (19.1-54.9)   23     65.1     (45.1-80.9) --
Student/homemaker  30     26.4     (18.3-36.6)  103     73.6     (63.4-81.7)  133
Retired/Can't Work 122     28.9     (23.8-34.7)  273     71.1     (65.3-76.2)  395
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
<$15,000  35     34.2     (23.7-46.5)   57     65.8     (53.5-76.3)   92
$15,000-24,999  45     21.7     (15.8-29.1)  170     78.3     (70.9-84.2)  215
$25,000-49,999 136     24.8     (20.8-29.4)  400     75.2     (70.6-79.2)  536
$50,000-74,999  54     27.4     (20.9-35.1)  153     72.6     (64.9-79.1)  207
>=$75,000  48     29.8     (22.3-38.5)  128     70.2     (61.5-77.7)  176
Unknown/Refused  85     31.3     (24.8-38.6)  194     68.7     (61.4-75.2)  279
COUNTY      
Honolulu 251     27.1     (23.9-30.5)  670     72.9     (69.5-76.1)  921
Hawaii  55     34.3     (26.9-42.7)  121     65.7     (57.3-73.1)  176
Kauai  39     21.4     (15.0-29.5)  119     78.6     (70.5-85.0)  158
Maui  58     22.3     (16.8-28.9)  192     77.7     (71.1-83.2)  250

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.