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State of Hawaii BRFSS 2003

Demographic
Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
 # of Adults
TOTAL 848  82.8  (79.8-85.4) 199  17.2  (14.6-20.2) 1,047 222,862
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  -  -   --  
25-34 Years  -  -   --  
35-44 Years  57  55.4  (43.5-66.7)  45  44.6  (33.3-56.5)   102  22,075
45-54 Years 175  84.1  (78.3-88.6)  50  15.9  (11.4-21.7)   225  47,156
55-64 Years 199  91.9  (87.4-94.9)  32   8.1  ( 5.1-12.6)   231  48,991
65+ Years 399  94.0  (90.6-96.2)  26   6.0  ( 3.8- 9.4)   425  88,119
Unknown/Refused  -  -   --  
GENDER        
Male 341  80.6  (75.8-84.7)  90  19.4  (15.3-24.2)   431 110,358
Female 507  84.9  (81.3-87.9) 109  15.1  (12.1-18.7)   616 112,504
ETHNICITY        
White 242  80.7  (75.0-85.3)  68  19.3  (14.7-25.0)   310  50,520
Hawaiian 130  76.4  (67.6-83.4)  48  23.6  (16.6-32.4)   178  37,026
Filipino 101  86.4  (78.3-91.8)  19  13.6  ( 8.2-21.7)   120  28,758
Japanese 252  91.4  (86.6-94.6)  26   8.6  ( 5.4-13.4)   278  66,677
Others 123  74.3  (65.1-81.7)  38  25.7  (18.3-34.9)   161  39,881
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 430  86.1  (82.5-89.1)  91  13.9  (10.9-17.5)   521 128,075
Unmarried 416  78.2  (73.1-82.5) 108  21.8  (17.5-26.9)   524  94,585
Unknown/Refused  -  -   --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  77  84.5  (74.1-91.2)  17  15.5  ( 8.8-25.9)    94  19,594
High School 261  84.4  (78.7-88.8)  48  15.6  (11.2-21.3)   309  68,594
Some College 247  82.1  (76.2-86.8)  62  17.9  (13.2-23.8)   309  68,381
College 261  81.4  (76.1-85.7)  71  18.6  (14.3-23.9)   332  65,917
Unknown/Refused  -  -   --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 363  76.6  (71.7-80.8) 132  23.4  (19.2-28.3)   495 107,768
Unemployed  -  -   --  
Student/Homemaker  -  -   --  
Retired/Can't work 443  93.7  (90.8-95.7)  39   6.3  ( 4.3- 9.2)   482 101,328
Unknown/Refused        
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000 126  84.1  (76.1-89.8)  31  15.9  (10.2-23.9)   157  28,539
$15,000-24,999  92  77.0  (66.1-85.2)  26  23.0  (14.8-33.9)   118  25,821
$25,000-49,999 179  81.7  (74.5-87.2)  41  18.3  (12.8-25.5)   220  45,407
$50,000-74,999 105  83.3  (75.0-89.3)  28  16.7  (10.7-25.0)   133  29,440
>=$75,000 108  85.5  (78.1-90.6)  28  14.5  ( 9.4-21.9)   136  30,588
Unknown/Refused 238  83.7  (77.6-88.4)  45  16.3  (11.6-22.4)   283  63,069
COUNTY        
Honolulu 446  84.8  (81.1-87.9)  86  15.2  (12.1-18.9)   532 161,654
Hawaii 185  77.8  (70.1-83.9)  47  22.2  (16.1-29.9)   232  27,172
Kauai  74  67.8  (56.8-77.2)  30  32.2  (22.8-43.2)   104  10,296
Maui 143  81.3  (73.3-87.3)  36  18.7  (12.7-26.7)   179  23,740

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