Main Reason of Blood Tested for HIV

State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1994

Demographic Characteristics	Illness/Hospitalization   N          %        95% C.I.	Insurance/Employment      N          %        95% C.I.	Military service          N          %        95% C.I.	Just to know              N          %        95% C.I.	Refered/At risk           N          %        95% C.I.	Checkup/Pregnant          N          %        95% C.I.	Other reasons             N          %        95% C.I.	Total
TOTAL	27      4.5     ( 3.0- 6.9)	90     14.7     (11.7-18.2)	119     22.0     (18.4-26.0)	179     25.2     (21.4-29.4)	18      2.0     ( 1.2- 3.5)	111     14.1     (11.4-17.3)	110     17.5     (14.2-21.4)	654
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	-	7      6.1     ( 2.5-14.3)	26     20.1     (13.4-29.2)	37     32.9     (23.1-44.6)	-	24     17.8     (11.2-27.1)	18     18.6     (11.2-29.2)	117
25-34 Years	9      4.2     ( 2.1- 8.2)	28     15.5     (10.5-22.5)	48     25.5     (19.5-32.6)	56     26.0     (19.6-33.6)	-	38     15.1     (10.7-20.8)	27     12.5     ( 8.3-18.4)	210
35-44 Years	8      6.0     ( 2.7-12.9)	36     18.5     (13.2-25.4)	27     17.3     (11.9-24.4)	54     22.7     (16.7-30.0)	6      1.5     ( 0.6- 3.4)	24      9.7     ( 6.0-15.4)	38     24.3     (17.1-33.2)	193
45-54 Years	-	16     15.4     ( 9.2-24.9)	15     28.6     (17.1-43.7)	24     22.2     (13.7-33.9)	-	17     11.8     ( 6.8-19.8)	20     15.5     ( 8.9-25.5)	99
55-64 Years	-	-	-	8     15.1     ( 6.2-32.4)	-	8     23.3     (10.9-43.1)	7     19.1     ( 8.6-37.1)	--
GENDER
Male	10      3.2     ( 1.7- 6.2)	52     16.1     (12.0-21.2)	100     33.4     (27.7-39.6)	80     22.9     (17.8-28.9)	8      1.9     ( 0.9- 4.1)	31      7.4     ( 5.0-11.0)	45     15.0     (10.8-20.5)	326
Female	17      6.2     ( 3.6-10.6)	38     12.8     ( 9.0-17.9)	19      7.1     ( 4.5-11.2)	99     28.0     (22.7-34.1)	10      2.1     ( 1.0- 4.5)	80     22.6     (17.9-28.2)	66     21.1     (16.2-26.9)	329
ETHNICITY
White	18      5.7     ( 3.4- 9.2)	32      9.9     ( 6.9-14.2)	71     26.4     (21.3-32.3)	90     25.0     (19.9-30.8)	10      2.5     ( 1.2- 5.1)	54     13.5     (10.0-18.0)	58     17.0     (13.0-21.9)	333
Hawaiian	-	18     25.3     (15.1-39.2)	7     12.5     ( 5.4-26.4)	28     19.2     (12.1-29.1)	-	22     27.2     (17.3-40.0)	8     11.2     ( 4.9-23.6)	89
Filipino	-	10     19.2     ( 9.5-35.0)	9     23.5     (10.7-44.2)	11     17.4     ( 8.7-31.8)	-	7     13.3     ( 5.7-28.0)	10     24.3     (10.9-45.7)	--
Japanese	-	19     25.5     (15.9-38.4)	6      8.4     ( 3.6-18.5)	21     23.8     (14.9-35.7)	-	14     14.3     ( 7.8-24.7)	16     22.6     (13.6-35.1)	80
Others	-	10     12.6     ( 6.7-22.3)	20     27.3     (17.6-39.9)	22     35.8     (24.0-49.7)	-	7      5.6     ( 2.4-12.9)	13     14.0     ( 7.3-25.1)	76
MARITAL STATUS
Married	15      5.2     ( 3.0- 8.9)	63     17.6     (13.6-22.4)	89     29.6     (24.4-35.5)	49     14.3     (10.6-18.9)	5      0.9     ( 0.3- 2.6)	57     14.2     (10.8-18.6)	65     18.1     (14.0-23.1)	343
Unmarried	12      3.6     ( 1.9- 6.8)	27     10.7     ( 6.8-16.3)	30     11.4     ( 7.7-16.6)	130     40.0     (33.2-47.3)	13      3.5     ( 1.8- 6.5)	54     14.0     (10.1-19.0)	45     16.8     (11.7-23.5)	311
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	-	-	-	11     40.5     (22.3-61.8)	-	7     19.9     ( 8.4-40.3)	-	--
High School	10      7.4     ( 3.9-13.6)	15     11.9     ( 6.8-20.1)	28     22.3     (15.5-30.9)	35     20.1     (13.6-28.8)	5      2.8     ( 1.0- 7.9)	38     20.4     (14.3-28.3)	22     15.0     ( 9.2-23.5)	153
Some College	11      4.4     ( 2.2- 8.9)	30     11.6     ( 7.8-16.9)	55     24.2     (18.4-31.1)	72     25.0     (19.2-31.9)	6      1.8     ( 0.7- 4.3)	41     13.5     ( 9.6-18.6)	44     19.5     (14.0-26.4)	259
College	5      3.1     ( 1.2- 7.6)	43     20.8     (15.0-28.0)	35     20.1     (14.5-27.1)	61     27.0     (20.5-34.7)	-	25     10.2     ( 6.4-15.8)	43     18.3     (13.2-24.8)	215
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	15      3.7     ( 2.1- 6.5)	84     17.5     (13.9-21.8)	108     25.6     (21.3-30.4)	135     24.7     (20.5-29.4)	12      1.5     ( 0.7- 2.9)	61      9.8     ( 7.3-13.0)	88     17.3     (13.6-21.6)	503
Unemployed	-	-	-	13     36.8     (20.4-57.0)	-	10     24.0     (11.7-42.8)	-	--
Student/homemaker	6      7.0     ( 3.1-15.0)	-	6      8.2     ( 3.5-18.0)	27     28.1     (18.0-41.0)	-	33     32.9     (22.9-44.7)	16     19.2     (10.9-31.5)	91
Retired/Can't Work	5     18.2     ( 6.7-40.8)	-	-	-	-	7     27.2     (12.3-49.9)	5     35.9     (15.3-63.4)	--
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	5      4.4     ( 1.8-10.4)	-	15     25.9     (15.9-39.3)	36     30.6     (21.1-42.1)	-	24     27.7     (18.2-39.9)	-	90
$15,000-24,999	-	6      5.1     ( 2.1-12.0)	36     36.7     (27.2-47.5)	32     26.3     (17.5-37.5)	5      2.7     ( 0.9- 7.8)	16     12.4     ( 7.3-20.5)	19     15.2     ( 9.0-24.4)	116
$25,000-49,999	9      4.6     ( 2.3- 9.1)	35     17.6     (12.5-24.2)	36     21.9     (15.6-29.9)	51     24.5     (18.0-32.4)	6      2.2     ( 0.9- 5.5)	33     11.5     ( 7.8-16.7)	39     17.7     (12.4-24.6)	209
$50,000-74,999	-	15     18.3     (10.2-30.5)	16     20.2     (12.5-31.0)	23     24.3     (15.9-35.3)	-	9     10.0     ( 4.9-19.3)	24     23.9     (15.7-34.6)	90
>=$75,000	-	22     27.9     (17.9-40.8)	8     14.3     ( 7.0-27.0)	14     22.2     (12.6-36.1)	-	12     17.1     ( 9.0-30.3)	11     14.7     ( 7.9-25.7)	70
Unknown/Refused	6      9.9     ( 4.1-22.2)	10     12.6     ( 6.2-23.9)	8     11.4     ( 5.5-22.2)	23     25.0     (15.5-37.7)	-	17     14.0     ( 8.1-23.3)	14     24.9     (14.1-40.2)	80
COUNTY
Honolulu	20      4.6     ( 2.8- 7.4)	62     14.8     (11.3-19.0)	106     25.4     (21.1-30.3)	105     23.9     (19.6-28.9)	7      1.2     ( 0.5- 2.7)	59     12.5     ( 9.6-16.2)	73     17.5     (13.7-22.2)	432
Hawaii	-	11     13.8     ( 7.4-24.2)	-	20     32.3     (21.1-45.9)	-	14     18.1     (10.4-29.7)	14     21.0     (12.4-33.3)	67
Kauai	-	7     16.0     ( 6.6-33.8)	-	24     34.5     (22.5-48.8)	-	15     21.9     (12.6-35.4)	9     11.6     ( 5.6-22.5)	60
Maui	-	10     13.7     ( 7.1-24.9)	6      5.4     ( 2.0-13.4)	30     25.1     (16.7-35.9)	9      9.5     ( 4.4-19.3)	23     22.2     (14.1-33.3)	15     17.9     (10.0-29.8)	96

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.