Smoking Status

State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1997

Demographic Characteristics	Current smoker   N          %        95% C.I.	Former smoker    N          %        95% C.I.	Never smoker     N          %        95% C.I.	Total
TOTAL	407     18.7     (16.8-20.7)	586     26.4     (24.3-28.6)	1172     54.9     (52.4-57.4)	2165
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	39     21.1     (15.2-28.6)	27     13.7     ( 9.2-20.1)	124     65.1     (57.1-72.4)	190
25-34 Years	92     22.6     (18.5-27.5)	61     12.4     ( 9.5-16.1)	261     65.0     (59.7-69.9)	414
35-44 Years	125     22.6     (18.9-26.9)	126     24.1     (20.1-28.5)	282     53.3     (48.4-58.1)	533
45-54 Years	78     21.2     (16.6-26.7)	125     35.0     (29.3-41.1)	173     43.8     (38.0-49.8)	376
55-64 Years	36      9.7     ( 6.6-14.0)	99     38.2     (31.0-45.9)	118     52.1     (44.4-59.8)	253
65+ Years	36     10.3     ( 7.2-14.4)	148     39.5     (34.1-45.2)	211     50.2     (44.5-55.9)	395
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	210     21.5     (18.7-24.6)	311     31.7     (28.4-35.2)	426     46.8     (43.2-50.5)	947
Female	197     15.8     (13.5-18.5)	275     21.0     (18.5-23.8)	746     63.2     (59.9-66.3)	1218
ETHNICITY
White	153     18.5     (15.6-21.7)	251     31.7     (28.0-35.6)	378     49.9     (45.8-54.0)	782
Hawaiian	71     28.9     (22.5-36.3)	52     19.1     (14.1-25.3)	121     52.0     (44.5-59.5)	244
Filipino	35     15.8     (11.0-22.1)	42     17.4     (12.3-24.1)	152     66.8     (59.3-73.5)	229
Japanese	78     15.6     (12.3-19.6)	153     30.1     (25.8-34.9)	311     54.2     (49.3-59.1)	542
Others	70     18.3     (14.3-23.2)	88     23.4     (18.8-28.7)	210     58.3     (52.4-63.9)	368
MARITAL STATUS
Married	177     15.6     (13.4-18.1)	351     30.1     (27.2-33.2)	650     54.3     (51.1-57.5)	1178
Unmarried	230     23.3     (20.3-26.7)	235     20.9     (18.2-24.0)	520     55.7     (51.9-59.5)	985
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	41     27.4     (19.7-36.8)	47     29.1     (21.5-38.0)	88     43.5     (35.0-52.3)	176
High School	156     24.0     (20.4-28.0)	165     25.5     (21.7-29.6)	315     50.5     (46.0-55.0)	636
Some College	139     21.4     (17.9-25.3)	185     26.4     (22.7-30.5)	321     52.2     (47.6-56.8)	645
College	70      8.2     ( 6.3-10.7)	188     26.7     (23.1-30.6)	446     65.1     (60.9-69.0)	704
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	268     19.1     (16.8-21.6)	354     24.8     (22.3-27.6)	757     56.1     (53.0-59.1)	1379
Unemployed	48     46.3     (35.5-57.5)	17     13.5     ( 7.7-22.6)	45     40.1     (30.0-51.2)	110
Student/homemaker	36     15.4     (10.9-21.4)	43     20.2     (14.6-27.2)	132     64.4     (56.7-71.4)	211
Retired/Can't Work	55     11.5     ( 8.5-15.2)	172     38.2     (33.1-43.6)	238     50.3     (44.9-55.7)	465
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	85     27.8     (22.3-34.1)	68     18.9     (14.4-24.3)	167     53.3     (46.6-59.8)	320
$15,000-24,999	69     20.7     (16.1-26.2)	91     25.0     (20.0-30.9)	178     54.3     (47.9-60.5)	338
$25,000-49,999	137     18.0     (15.0-21.4)	178     26.6     (22.9-30.7)	363     55.4     (51.0-59.8)	678
$50,000-74,999	55     16.3     (12.1-21.5)	108     29.7     (24.7-35.3)	202     54.0     (48.1-59.8)	365
>=$75,000	24      9.8     ( 6.3-15.1)	83     33.8     (27.5-40.8)	146     56.3     (49.3-63.1)	253
Unknown/Refused	37     21.2     (15.2-28.7)	58     22.7     (17.0-29.6)	116     56.1     (48.1-63.8)	211
COUNTY
Honolulu	261     18.4     (16.2-20.8)	366     26.1     (23.5-28.7)	775     55.6     (52.6-58.5)	1402
Hawaii	44     17.8     (13.1-23.9)	86     31.7     (25.6-38.6)	124     50.4     (43.3-57.5)	254
Kauai	54     22.8     (16.9-29.9)	73     28.3     (22.3-35.2)	129     49.0     (41.8-56.2)	256
Maui	48     20.1     (14.8-26.6)	61     22.2     (16.9-28.5)	144     57.7     (50.5-64.7)	253

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.