General Health Status

State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1995

Demographic Characteristics	Excellent/Very good   N          %        95% C.I.	Good                  N          %        95% C.I.	Fair/Poor             N          %        95% C.I.	Total
TOTAL	1110     51.2     (48.6-53.8)	754     37.2     (34.7-39.8)	285     11.6     (10.1-13.3)	2149
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	111     54.5     (46.1-62.5)	71     35.8     (28.4-44.0)	18      9.7     ( 5.7-16.1)	200
25-34 Years	283     62.4     (57.2-67.3)	145     31.4     (26.7-36.5)	31      6.2     ( 4.0- 9.4)	459
35-44 Years	268     52.6     (47.5-57.7)	182     37.3     (32.5-42.4)	55     10.1     ( 7.3-13.7)	505
45-54 Years	206     53.4     (47.1-59.6)	118     36.0     (30.1-42.4)	40     10.6     ( 7.3-15.2)	364
55-64 Years	82     45.3     (35.9-55.1)	71     44.9     (35.4-54.8)	24      9.7     ( 5.7-16.1)	177
65+ Years	156     33.0     (27.9-38.5)	164     42.1     (36.5-47.9)	116     24.9     (20.5-30.0)	436
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	497     50.5     (46.7-54.4)	347     38.5     (34.8-42.3)	111     11.0     ( 8.8-13.6)	955
Female	613     51.9     (48.4-55.3)	407     35.9     (32.6-39.3)	174     12.2     (10.2-14.6)	1194
ETHNICITY
White	539     70.4     (66.4-74.0)	174     21.4     (18.2-25.0)	81      8.2     ( 6.3-10.7)	794
Hawaiian	143     40.9     (34.9-47.3)	156     41.3     (35.3-47.6)	66     17.8     (13.4-23.2)	365
Filipino	106     38.5     (31.4-46.1)	127     48.1     (40.7-55.7)	40     13.4     ( 9.1-19.2)	273
Japanese	188     41.8     (36.4-47.4)	184     47.1     (41.5-52.8)	66     11.1     ( 8.4-14.4)	438
Others	88     42.6     (34.6-51.0)	69     43.5     (35.2-52.2)	22     13.9     ( 8.8-21.2)	179
MARITAL STATUS
Married	606     50.8     (47.4-54.2)	416     38.2     (34.9-41.6)	138     11.0     ( 9.0-13.3)	1160
Unmarried	498     51.7     (47.7-55.7)	336     35.7     (32.0-39.6)	146     12.6     (10.3-15.2)	980
Unknown/Refused	6     69.3     (31.3-91.8)	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	58     26.1     (18.7-35.3)	70     46.3     (36.9-56.0)	67     27.6     (20.6-35.9)	195
High School	239     42.1     (37.3-47.1)	251     47.0     (42.1-52.0)	73     10.9     ( 8.3-14.1)	563
Some College	420     53.2     (48.9-57.5)	267     36.2     (32.2-40.5)	89     10.6     ( 8.2-13.5)	776
College	392     63.8     (59.0-68.4)	166     27.0     (22.9-31.6)	55      9.2     ( 6.7-12.4)	613
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	795     56.3     (53.1-59.5)	470     36.6     (33.5-39.8)	115      7.1     ( 5.7- 8.9)	1380
Unemployed	32     51.6     (37.8-65.2)	29     39.2     (26.7-53.3)	7      9.2     ( 3.7-21.0)	68
Student/homemaker	116     48.5     (41.2-55.9)	86     35.5     (28.7-42.8)	40     16.0     (11.0-22.8)	242
Retired/Can't Work	167     34.5     (29.2-40.1)	169     40.1     (34.5-46.0)	123     25.4     (20.9-30.5)	459
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	44     28.6     (20.5-38.5)	55     39.2     (29.5-49.8)	49     32.2     (23.3-42.6)	148
$15,000-24,999	159     46.8     (40.2-53.5)	128     36.7     (30.8-43.2)	53     16.5     (11.8-22.6)	340
$25,000-49,999	413     52.0     (47.8-56.3)	270     38.5     (34.4-42.7)	77      9.5     ( 7.3-12.2)	760
$50,000-74,999	166     60.5     (52.9-67.5)	75     33.9     (27.0-41.6)	20      5.6     ( 3.3- 9.2)	261
>=$75,000	141     63.0     (55.2-70.1)	65     29.3     (22.8-36.8)	15      7.7     ( 4.2-13.6)	221
Unknown/Refused	187     44.9     (39.0-50.9)	161     41.1     (35.4-47.1)	71     14.0     (10.7-18.1)	419
COUNTY
Honolulu	689     52.5     (49.4-55.7)	454     37.1     (34.0-40.2)	146     10.4     ( 8.6-12.4)	1289
Hawaii	117     42.7     (36.0-49.7)	92     40.0     (33.3-47.0)	41     17.3     (12.3-23.9)	250
Kauai	115     45.7     (38.6-53.0)	93     39.4     (32.5-46.8)	44     14.9     (10.6-20.4)	252
Maui	189     53.3     (47.0-59.5)	115     33.6     (27.8-40.0)	54     13.1     ( 9.6-17.6)	358

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.