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State Of Hawaii BRFSS 2002


Demographic
Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
#of Adults
TOTAL 2237  36.3  (34.7-37.9) 3737  63.7  (62.1-65.3) 5974 929838
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  131  26.6  (22.0-31.8)  320  73.4  (68.2-78.0)  451 119204
25-34 Years  313  33.5  (29.8-37.5)  577  66.5  (62.5-70.2)  890 167482
35-44 Years  486  40.4  (36.9-44.0)  667  59.6  (56.0-63.1) 1153 186833
45-54 Years  553  43.1  (39.6-46.6)  754  56.9  (53.4-60.4) 1307 173876
55-64 Years  375  43.1  (38.6-47.8)  512  56.9  (52.2-61.4)  887 116081
65+ Years  362  29.1  (25.9-32.6)  883  70.9  (67.4-74.1) 1245 161124
Unknown/Refused   -   - --  
GENDER        
Male  753  28.1  (25.9-30.4) 1843  71.9  (69.6-74.1) 2596 463639
Female 1484  44.5  (42.3-46.6) 1894  55.5  (53.4-57.7) 3378 466199
ETHNICITY        
White  931  36.5  (34.0-39.1) 1541  63.5  (60.9-66.0) 2472 328647
Hawaiian  341  45.1  (40.3-50.0)  425  54.9  (50.0-59.7)  766 117983
Filipino  260  31.8  (27.8-36.2)  511  68.2  (63.8-72.2)  771 140120
Japanese  390  32.7  (29.5-36.1)  775  67.3  (63.9-70.5) 1165 189450
Others  315  37.6  (33.5-41.9)  485  62.4  (58.1-66.5)  800 153639
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 1264  38.6  (36.5-40.7) 1951  61.4  (59.3-63.5) 3215 543081
Unmarried  968  33.0  (30.5-35.5) 1779  67.0  (64.5-69.5) 2747 385285
Unknown/Refused   -   - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  132  32.9  (26.9-39.4)  267  67.1  (60.6-73.1)  399  55427
High School  666  33.3  (30.7-36.1) 1326  66.7  (63.9-69.3) 1992 324258
Some College  666  36.1  (33.1-39.1) 1050  63.9  (60.9-66.9) 1716 270691
College  771  40.8  (37.9-43.7) 1086  59.2  (56.3-62.1) 1857 278132
Unknown/Refused   -   - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 1499  38.8  (36.8-40.8) 2267  61.2  (59.2-63.2) 3766 601118
Unemployed   82  31.6  (24.3-39.9)  135  68.4  (60.1-75.7)  217  41427
Student/Homemaker  176  30.2  (25.6-35.1)  360  69.8  (64.9-74.4)  536 101356
Retired/Can't work  480  32.8  (29.6-36.1)  967  67.2  (63.9-70.4) 1447 184882
Unknown/Refused   -   - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  232  41.7  (36.2-47.4)  362  58.3  (52.6-63.8)  594  72429
$15,000-24,999  247  39.8  (34.4-45.4)  339  60.2  (54.6-65.6)  586  87049
$25,000-49,999  577  40.8  (37.5-44.3)  827  59.2  (55.7-62.5) 1404 201975
$50,000-74,999  360  43.5  (39.2-48.0)  430  56.5  (52.0-60.8)  790 127721
>=$75,000  373  46.3  (41.9-50.8)  421  53.7  (49.2-58.1)  794 135773
Unknown/Refused  448  23.5  (21.1-26.1) 1358  76.5  (73.9-78.9) 1806 304891
COUNTY        
Honolulu 1072  36.5  (34.4-38.6) 1732  63.5  (61.4-65.6) 2804 672916
Hawaii  532  37.3  (34.3-40.4)  842  62.7  (59.6-65.7) 1374 113830
Kauai  210  32.6  (28.4-37.0)  384  67.4  (63.0-71.6)  594  43880
Maui  423  35.4  (32.2-38.7)  779  64.6  (61.3-67.8) 1202  99211

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