How Long Since Your Last Blood Cholesterol Checked

State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1997

Demographic Characteristics	Within 1 year       N          %        95% C.I.	Within 2 years      N          %        95% C.I.	More than 2 years   N          %        95% C.I.	Total
TOTAL	1098     69.2     (66.4-71.8)	248     15.0     (13.1-17.1)	242     15.8     (13.7-18.2)	1588
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	41     55.7     (42.8-67.9)	17     21.3     (12.7-33.4)	16     23.0     (13.8-35.8)	74
25-34 Years	140     61.5     (54.3-68.2)	49     18.5     (13.9-24.2)	47     20.0     (14.6-26.8)	236
35-44 Years	231     60.2     (54.5-65.7)	73     17.9     (14.1-22.6)	85     21.9     (17.3-27.2)	389
45-54 Years	209     64.7     (58.1-70.7)	52     17.6     (12.9-23.6)	56     17.7     (13.3-23.2)	317
55-64 Years	183     78.8     (70.8-85.1)	30     11.9     ( 7.7-17.8)	16      9.3     ( 4.9-17.0)	229
65+ Years	293     87.8     (83.5-91.0)	26      6.4     ( 4.2- 9.7)	20      5.8     ( 3.6- 9.3)	339
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	460     67.9     (63.7-71.8)	114     15.5     (12.7-18.8)	107     16.6     (13.5-20.2)	681
Female	638     70.4     (66.7-73.8)	134     14.5     (12.0-17.4)	135     15.1     (12.4-18.3)	907
ETHNICITY
White	382     66.3     (61.5-70.7)	108     16.9     (13.8-20.5)	96     16.8     (13.2-21.1)	586
Hawaiian	115     66.4     (57.4-74.3)	27     15.6     (10.2-23.2)	30     18.0     (12.0-26.1)	172
Filipino	108     71.3     (61.0-79.7)	15     11.5     ( 6.3-20.1)	17     17.2     (10.5-26.9)	140
Japanese	322     74.3     (69.3-78.6)	56     12.6     ( 9.5-16.6)	60     13.1     ( 9.9-17.1)	438
Others	171     66.3     (59.1-72.8)	42     17.3     (12.5-23.5)	39     16.4     (11.6-22.8)	252
MARITAL STATUS
Married	636     69.9     (66.4-73.2)	147     15.2     (12.8-18.0)	133     14.9     (12.4-17.9)	916
Unmarried	461     67.8     (63.2-72.1)	101     14.7     (11.7-18.2)	109     17.5     (14.0-21.7)	671
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	99     87.9     (78.7-93.4)	6      3.5     ( 1.5- 8.4)	7      8.6     ( 3.9-17.9)	112
High School	328     73.9     (68.7-78.5)	66     14.2     (10.8-18.5)	49     11.9     ( 8.7-16.2)	443
Some College	297     64.3     (58.8-69.4)	78     16.1     (12.6-20.4)	86     19.6     (15.5-24.6)	461
College	373     65.8     (61.2-70.2)	98     16.9     (13.7-20.7)	100     17.2     (13.8-21.3)	571
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	636     63.9     (60.3-67.3)	178     17.7     (15.1-20.6)	181     18.5     (15.7-21.5)	995
Unemployed	40     69.9     (55.0-81.5)	12     18.9     ( 9.6-33.8)	11     11.3     ( 5.3-22.3)	63
Student/homemaker	84     66.0     (55.9-74.9)	20     15.0     ( 9.5-23.1)	24     19.0     (11.9-28.7)	128
Retired/Can't Work	338     83.7     (78.5-87.8)	38      7.4     ( 5.1-10.5)	26      8.9     ( 5.5-14.0)	402
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	144     74.3     (65.9-81.2)	26      9.5     ( 6.2-14.5)	27     16.1     (10.3-24.5)	197
$15,000-24,999	178     74.3     (66.6-80.7)	37     13.7     ( 9.4-19.4)	26     12.0     ( 7.2-19.4)	241
$25,000-49,999	347     68.4     (63.2-73.1)	75     16.0     (12.4-20.3)	74     15.7     (12.0-20.1)	496
$50,000-74,999	197     68.5     (62.1-74.2)	45     14.0     (10.1-19.0)	52     17.6     (13.1-23.1)	294
>=$75,000	138     63.5     (56.2-70.2)	44     20.2     (14.9-26.8)	41     16.3     (11.7-22.2)	223
Unknown/Refused	94     68.5     (58.6-76.9)	21     14.1     ( 8.9-21.6)	22     17.4     (10.9-26.7)	137
COUNTY
Honolulu	718     69.6     (66.2-72.7)	164     15.3     (13.0-17.9)	153     15.1     (12.7-17.9)	1035
Hawaii	128     63.8     (55.5-71.2)	25     13.2     ( 8.8-19.3)	36     23.1     (16.6-31.1)	189
Kauai	122     66.7     (58.6-73.8)	32     18.6     (13.0-25.9)	29     14.7     (10.0-21.2)	183
Maui	130     73.4     (65.2-80.2)	27     13.0     ( 8.5-19.3)	24     13.6     ( 8.6-21.1)	181

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.