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State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1995


Demographic
Characteristics		 Within 1 year    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 1-2 years        
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 More than 2 years
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Others  
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 1931     89.4     (87.7-90.9) 115      5.4     ( 4.3- 6.7) 88      4.0     ( 3.2- 5.2) 23      1.2     ( 0.7- 2.1) 2157
AGE GROUP          
18-24 Years  178     89.7     (83.2-93.9)  14      6.6     ( 3.2-12.9) - -  200
25-34 Years  404     88.5     (84.7-91.4)  31      6.7     ( 4.6- 9.7) 19      3.2     ( 1.9- 5.5)  6      1.6     ( 0.6- 4.3)  460
35-44 Years  431     82.5     (77.8-86.3)  32      6.2     ( 4.2- 9.2) 37      9.9     ( 7.0-13.9)  5      1.4     ( 0.4- 5.1)  505
45-54 Years  331     91.4     (87.3-94.3)  22      5.4     ( 3.2- 8.8) 11      3.2     ( 1.6- 6.3) -  364
55-64 Years  163     93.5     (86.9-96.9)   5      3.9     ( 1.3-11.1)  8      2.3     ( 0.9- 6.0) -  178
65+ Years  417     95.2     (92.6-96.9)  11      2.6     ( 1.3- 4.9)  8      1.0     ( 0.5- 2.1)  6      1.2     ( 0.5- 2.9)  442
Unknown/Refused    7     83.6     (38.3-97.7)  - - - --
GENDER          
Male  833     87.7     (84.9-90.0)  62      5.8     ( 4.2- 7.8) 49      4.8     ( 3.4- 6.6) 14      1.8     ( 0.9- 3.5)  958
Female 1098     91.1     (88.9-93.0)  53      5.0     ( 3.6- 6.8) 39      3.3     ( 2.3- 4.8)  9      0.6     ( 0.2- 1.4) 1199
ETHNICITY          
White  730     90.5     (87.2-93.0)  34      4.5     ( 2.8- 7.1) 25      3.6     ( 2.3- 5.6)  7      1.4     ( 0.5- 3.8)  796
Hawaiian  320     88.1     (83.7-91.4)  24      6.1     ( 3.9- 9.4) 21      5.5     ( 3.3- 9.1) -  367
Filipino  242     90.9     (86.3-94.1)  13      3.5     ( 1.8- 6.6) 14      4.3     ( 2.2- 8.3)  5      1.3     ( 0.5- 3.4)  274
Japanese  390     88.4     (84.0-91.7)  31      7.5     ( 5.0-11.3) 12      2.4     ( 1.1- 5.1)  7      1.7     ( 0.6- 4.4)  440
Others  161     89.3     (83.1-93.5)   7      4.6     ( 2.1- 9.7) 10      5.0     ( 2.6- 9.4) -  179
MARITAL STATUS          
Married 1054     91.0     (89.0-92.7)  65      4.9     ( 3.7- 6.5) 38      3.5     ( 2.5- 5.0)  8      0.5     ( 0.2- 1.1) 1165
Unmarried  868     86.9     (83.7-89.6)  50      6.1     ( 4.3- 8.5) 50      4.8     ( 3.4- 6.7) 15      2.2     ( 1.1- 4.4)  983
Unknown/Refused    9  - - - --
EDUCATION          
<High School  179     93.0     (87.7-96.1)  - 10      3.9     ( 1.7- 8.4) -  197
High School  498     88.0     (84.2-90.9)  33      5.4     ( 3.7- 7.9) 29      4.8     ( 3.0- 7.4)  6      1.9     ( 0.7- 5.1)  566
Some College  694     88.9     (85.7-91.4)  47      6.1     ( 4.2- 8.9) 27      3.7     ( 2.4- 5.7) 11      1.3     ( 0.6- 2.7)  779
College  558     90.4     (87.3-92.9)  31      5.3     ( 3.5- 7.8) 22      3.9     ( 2.4- 6.1) -  613
Unknown/Refused   -  - - - --
EMPLOYMENT          
Employed 1220     88.0     (85.7-90.1)  85      5.9     ( 4.5- 7.6) 64      4.8     ( 3.6- 6.3) 13      1.3     ( 0.6- 2.6) 1382
Unemployed   55     78.4     (64.7-87.8)   6     12.6     ( 5.6-26.2)  7      9.0     ( 3.8-19.5) -   68
Student/homemaker  216     90.4     (85.5-93.7)  12      4.7     ( 2.5- 8.6) 11      4.1     ( 2.1- 7.8) -  242
Retired/Can't Work  440     95.3     (92.6-97.0)  12      2.9     ( 1.5- 5.5)  6      0.7     ( 0.3- 1.7)  7      1.1     ( 0.5- 2.6)  465
Unknown/Refused   -  - - - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME          
<$15,000  133     88.6     (81.0-93.4)   8      6.5     ( 2.9-13.7)  9      4.9     ( 2.3-10.3) -  150
$15,000-24,999  301     89.3     (84.7-92.6)  21      6.6     ( 4.1-10.4) 16      3.1     ( 1.8- 5.4) -  340
$25,000-49,999  684     89.8     (86.8-92.2)  38      4.3     ( 3.0- 6.2) 33      5.0     ( 3.4- 7.5)  6      0.8     ( 0.2- 3.1)  761
$50,000-74,999  234     89.3     (83.8-93.0)  16      6.6     ( 3.6-11.8) 11      3.8     ( 2.0- 7.0) -  262
>=$75,000  201     89.4     (83.6-93.3)  10      4.8     ( 2.4- 9.2) 10      5.7     ( 3.0-10.8) -  222
Unknown/Refused  378     89.2     (84.7-92.5)  22      5.6     ( 3.2- 9.5)  9      2.1     ( 1.0- 4.2) 13      3.2     ( 1.6- 6.0)  422
COUNTY          
Honolulu 1160     89.3     (87.1-91.1)  72      5.7     ( 4.4- 7.4) 50      4.0     ( 2.9- 5.4) 12      1.0     ( 0.5- 2.0) 1294
Hawaii  231     91.9     (86.8-95.1)   9      3.3     ( 1.7- 6.4)  8      3.2     ( 1.4- 7.0) -  251
Kauai  221     87.5     (81.7-91.6)  14      5.9     ( 3.2-10.8) 14      5.6     ( 3.1- 9.9) -  252
Maui  319     88.6     (83.8-92.1)  20      4.6     ( 2.9- 7.3) 16      4.5     ( 2.5- 8.0)  5      2.2     ( 0.7- 7.4)  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.