How Long Since Your Last Blood Cholesterol Checked

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.	Total
TOTAL	1114     73.7     (70.9-76.3)	218     15.4     (13.2-17.8)	173     10.9     ( 9.2-12.9)	1505
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	55     73.2     (59.9-83.3)	11     12.2     ( 6.1-22.8)	9     14.6     ( 7.3-27.1)	75
25-34 Years	181     71.6     (64.9-77.4)	48     19.6     (14.7-25.8)	25      8.8     ( 5.7-13.3)	254
35-44 Years	235     64.0     (57.9-69.7)	56     19.2     (14.7-24.8)	62     16.7     (12.8-21.6)	353
45-54 Years	193     66.9     (59.8-73.2)	48     16.3     (11.7-22.3)	47     16.8     (12.1-23.0)	288
55-64 Years	126     82.4     (73.1-89.0)	16     13.1     ( 7.3-22.5)	11      4.4     ( 2.1- 8.9)	153
65+ Years	320     86.8     (82.3-90.3)	38      9.0     ( 6.2-12.9)	18      4.2     ( 2.4- 7.3)	376
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	480     74.7     (70.6-78.3)	97     14.0     (11.3-17.3)	79     11.3     ( 8.8-14.5)	656
Female	634     72.8     (68.9-76.4)	121     16.6     (13.5-20.3)	94     10.6     ( 8.4-13.2)	849
ETHNICITY
White	434     69.5     (64.9-73.7)	98     17.2     (13.9-21.2)	84     13.3     (10.4-16.9)	616
Hawaiian	177     81.0     (74.0-86.4)	23     11.1     ( 6.9-17.5)	19      7.9     ( 4.8-12.6)	219
Filipino	117     72.5     (62.5-80.6)	22     17.6     (10.9-27.2)	15      9.9     ( 5.6-17.1)	154
Japanese	247     76.4     (70.5-81.3)	45     12.8     ( 9.1-17.6)	35     10.9     ( 7.4-15.6)	327
Others	88     73.5     (63.0-82.0)	18     18.8     (11.6-29.0)	10      7.7     ( 3.7-15.2)	116
MARITAL STATUS
Married	630     74.1     (70.5-77.4)	134     15.6     (13.0-18.7)	95     10.3     ( 8.2-12.8)	859
Unmarried	480     73.1     (68.5-77.3)	81     14.7     (11.4-18.7)	78     12.2     ( 9.4-15.7)	639
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	119     83.0     (71.5-90.4)	18     14.9     ( 7.8-26.6)	-	141
High School	268     76.7     (70.9-81.7)	37     11.5     ( 7.9-16.5)	39     11.8     ( 8.3-16.5)	344
Some College	376     72.6     (67.9-76.9)	85     15.8     (12.6-19.8)	68     11.5     ( 8.7-15.1)	529
College	350     70.3     (65.2-75.0)	77     17.6     (13.8-22.2)	62     12.1     ( 9.1-15.9)	489
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	665     69.7     (66.0-73.2)	153     17.7     (14.8-20.9)	129     12.6     (10.3-15.3)	947
Unemployed	22     61.1     (40.5-78.4)	6     18.7     ( 8.3-36.9)	5     20.2     ( 7.5-44.1)	--
Student/homemaker	95     71.8     (62.5-79.5)	20     14.1     ( 8.7-22.0)	19     14.1     ( 8.8-21.9)	134
Retired/Can't Work	332     86.7     (82.2-90.1)	39      9.2     ( 6.3-13.2)	20      4.2     ( 2.4- 7.0)	391
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	76     80.1     (66.6-89.0)	13     15.3     ( 7.4-29.0)	-	93
$15,000-24,999	162     79.6     (73.0-85.0)	30     11.7     ( 7.6-17.5)	25      8.7     ( 5.6-13.2)	217
$25,000-49,999	389     73.1     (68.4-77.3)	76     13.4     (10.5-17.0)	70     13.5     (10.3-17.5)	535
$50,000-74,999	137     64.6     (56.4-72.0)	40     23.6     (17.1-31.6)	30     11.8     ( 7.8-17.6)	207
>=$75,000	133     73.7     (65.4-80.6)	24     15.8     (10.2-23.5)	20     10.5     ( 6.5-16.7)	177
Unknown/Refused	217     77.3     (70.4-82.9)	35     14.3     ( 9.7-20.6)	24      8.5     ( 5.3-13.3)	276
COUNTY
Honolulu	678     73.3     (69.8-76.4)	140     16.0     (13.4-19.0)	103     10.8     ( 8.7-13.2)	921
Hawaii	134     79.4     (72.2-85.1)	18      9.7     ( 5.7-15.9)	22     10.9     ( 7.0-16.6)	174
Kauai	118     72.5     (63.7-79.9)	23     16.4     (10.6-24.7)	19     11.0     ( 6.6-17.8)	160
Maui	184     71.6     (64.4-77.8)	37     16.2     (11.5-22.4)	29     12.2     ( 8.1-18.0)	250

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.