Smoking Status
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1994


Demographic
Characteristics		 Current smoker
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Former smoker 
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Never smoker  
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 446     20.5     (18.4-22.6) 511     22.9     (20.8-25.1) 1203     56.7     (54.1-59.2) 2160
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  67     25.0     (19.2-32.0)  29      9.3     ( 5.8-14.6)  165     65.6     (58.3-72.3)  261
25-34 Years 116     23.0     (18.8-27.7)  70     15.4     (11.8-19.7)  282     61.7     (56.4-66.7)  468
35-44 Years 119     25.3     (20.9-30.2) 117     23.7     (19.6-28.4)  268     51.0     (45.8-56.2)  504
45-54 Years  64     18.5     (13.4-25.0) 108     30.8     (24.8-37.5)  164     50.7     (43.9-57.6)  336
55-64 Years  36     15.8     (10.8-22.6)  60     31.9     (24.3-40.6)   99     52.3     (43.6-60.8)  195
65+ Years  44     11.5     ( 8.0-16.3) 124     31.3     (25.9-37.4)  217     57.1     (50.9-63.2)  385
Unknown/Refused  -  -    8     74.5     (37.5-93.5) --
GENDER        
Male 220     22.8     (19.8-26.1) 265     27.8     (24.5-31.4)  451     49.4     (45.5-53.2)  936
Female 226     18.2     (15.5-21.1) 246     18.0     (15.6-20.7)  752     63.8     (60.5-67.1) 1224
ETHNICITY        
White 175     20.5     (17.4-23.8) 256     29.4     (26.0-33.0)  400     50.2     (46.2-54.1)  831
Hawaiian  91     31.3     (24.9-38.5)  52     13.3     ( 9.6-18.1)  166     55.4     (48.2-62.4)  309
Filipino  35     17.5     (11.7-25.3)  39     19.6     (13.4-27.7)  159     62.9     (54.3-70.9)  233
Japanese  79     16.2     (12.7-20.5) 119     26.1     (21.6-31.1)  286     57.7     (52.4-62.8)  484
Others  39     19.7     (14.1-26.9)  31     13.4     ( 8.8-19.9)  135     66.8     (58.9-73.9)  205
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 176     15.8     (13.5-18.4) 298     26.1     (23.2-29.3)  679     58.1     (54.7-61.4) 1153
Unmarried 270     27.4     (23.9-31.2) 213     18.1     (15.4-21.2)  521     54.5     (50.5-58.4) 1004
Unknown/Refused  -  -   - --
EDUCATION        
<High School  37     22.1     (15.5-30.5)  42     25.1     (17.6-34.5)  111     52.8     (43.8-61.7)  190
High School 145     25.4     (21.1-30.2) 130     19.5     (16.0-23.7)  319     55.1     (50.0-60.0)  594
Some College 185     23.4     (20.0-27.2) 189     24.0     (20.4-27.9)  379     52.6     (48.2-57.0)  753
College  79     11.6     ( 9.0-14.9) 150     24.2     (20.4-28.4)  390     64.2     (59.6-68.5)  619
Unknown/Refused  -  -   - --
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 315     22.3     (19.8-25.1) 321     22.5     (19.9-25.3)  797     55.2     (52.0-58.3) 1433
Unemployed  23     22.4     (13.9-34.0)  26     26.2     (16.8-38.4)   43     51.4     (39.3-63.4)   92
Student/homemaker  54     21.4     (15.8-28.3)  35     12.2     ( 8.4-17.3)  126     66.4     (58.9-73.2)  215
Retired/Can't Work  54     12.7     ( 9.2-17.1) 129     29.9     (24.7-35.7)  233     57.4     (51.4-63.2)  416
Unknown/Refused  -  -   - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  83     27.0     (21.4-33.5)  69     20.8     (15.5-27.2)  152     52.2     (45.3-59.0)  304
$15,000-24,999  85     23.4     (18.5-29.2)  77     21.1     (16.5-26.7)  201     55.4     (49.1-61.6)  363
$25,000-49,999 144     22.6     (18.8-27.0) 185     26.7     (22.7-31.0)  319     50.7     (46.0-55.4)  648
$50,000-74,999  41     15.0     (10.7-20.6)  63     23.3     (17.8-30.0)  172     61.7     (54.6-68.3)  276
>=$75,000  21     10.8     ( 6.7-17.0)  62     28.0     (21.7-35.2)  126     61.2     (53.4-68.4)  209
Unknown/Refused  72     20.8     (16.1-26.4)  55     16.7     (12.2-22.2)  233     62.5     (56.1-68.5)  360
COUNTY        
Honolulu 253     19.6     (17.2-22.2) 293     22.3     (19.8-25.1)  752     58.1     (55.0-61.2) 1298
Hawaii  66     26.7     (20.8-33.5)  51     20.5     (15.0-27.3)  132     52.9     (45.7-59.9)  249
Kauai  58     20.2     (15.2-26.4)  60     26.1     (20.3-32.9)  135     53.7     (46.6-60.6)  253
Maui  69     20.7     (15.9-26.6) 107     28.5     (23.3-34.4)  184     50.8     (44.6-56.9)  360

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.