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State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1995


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 No     
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 455     21.1     (19.0-23.3) 1693     78.9     (76.7-81.0) 2148
AGE GROUP      
18-24 Years   8      4.2     ( 1.8- 9.5)  191     95.8     (90.5-98.2)  199
25-34 Years  40     10.3     ( 7.3-14.3)  418     89.7     (85.7-92.7)  458
35-44 Years  83     17.2     (13.7-21.5)  420     82.8     (78.5-86.3)  503
45-54 Years  86     25.2     (20.1-31.2)  276     74.8     (68.8-79.9)  362
55-64 Years  64     40.6     (31.4-50.5)  114     59.4     (49.5-68.6)  178
65+ Years 172     37.7     (32.3-43.3)  268     62.3     (56.7-67.7)  440
Unknown/Refused  -    6     74.4     (36.5-93.6) --
GENDER      
Male 212     21.5     (18.5-24.8)  737     78.5     (75.2-81.5)  949
Female 243     20.8     (18.0-23.8)  956     79.2     (76.2-82.0) 1199
ETHNICITY      
White 140     14.4     (11.9-17.3)  654     85.6     (82.7-88.1)  794
Hawaiian  69     21.1     (16.3-26.9)  297     78.9     (73.1-83.7)  366
Filipino  65     26.4     (20.0-34.0)  207     73.6     (66.0-80.0)  272
Japanese 124     28.1     (23.2-33.5)  313     71.9     (66.5-76.8)  437
Others  32     19.8     (13.5-28.0)  146     80.2     (72.0-86.5)  178
MARITAL STATUS      
Married 249     22.5     (19.6-25.5)  913     77.5     (74.5-80.4) 1162
Unmarried 205     19.1     (16.2-22.3)  772     80.9     (77.7-83.8)  977
Unknown/Refused  -    8     74.8     (26.6-96.1) --
EDUCATION      
<High School  77     36.4     (27.9-45.7)  119     63.6     (54.3-72.1)  196
High School 118     22.1     (18.2-26.6)  445     77.9     (73.4-81.8)  563
Some College 145     18.9     (15.8-22.5)  632     81.1     (77.5-84.2)  777
College 114     18.7     (15.1-23.0)  496     81.3     (77.0-84.9)  610
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
EMPLOYMENT      
Employed 224     17.1     (14.7-19.8) 1154     82.9     (80.2-85.3) 1378
Unemployed  15     18.8     (10.5-31.4)   52     81.2     (68.6-89.5)   67
Student/homemaker  31     13.4     ( 8.9-19.6)  210     86.6     (80.4-91.1)  241
Retired/Can't Work 185     40.5     (34.9-46.3)  277     59.5     (53.7-65.1)  462
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
<$15,000  54     34.5     (25.5-44.8)   96     65.5     (55.2-74.5)  150
$15,000-24,999  70     19.7     (15.0-25.5)  268     80.3     (74.5-85.0)  338
$25,000-49,999 143     18.5     (15.4-21.9)  614     81.5     (78.1-84.6)  757
$50,000-74,999  62     27.0     (20.7-34.4)  200     73.0     (65.6-79.3)  262
>=$75,000  33     13.8     ( 9.3-19.9)  189     86.2     (80.1-90.7)  222
Unknown/Refused  93     23.7     (18.9-29.3)  326     76.3     (70.7-81.1)  419
COUNTY      
Honolulu 248     20.4     (17.8-23.1) 1039     79.6     (76.9-82.2) 1287
Hawaii  62     25.6     (19.9-32.3)  189     74.4     (67.7-80.1)  251
Kauai  61     23.6     (17.9-30.3)  190     76.4     (69.7-82.1)  251
Maui  84     20.6     (16.1-25.9)  275     79.4     (74.1-83.9)  359

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.