How Long Since Last Smoked Cigarettes*
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1996


Demographic
Characteristics		 Within 1 year     
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 1-5 years         
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 5-15 years        
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 More than 15 years
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Others            
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 66     12.0     ( 9.2-15.6) 92     18.2     (14.5-22.5) 134     26.2     (22.1-30.7) 246     43.2     (38.4-48.1) -  540
AGE GROUP            
18-24 Years 15     51.5     (28.8-73.7) 10     42.3     (21.2-66.7)  -  - - --
25-34 Years 19     28.5     (18.1-41.9) 20     31.5     (20.4-45.3)  23     37.2     (25.3-50.8)  - -   64
35-44 Years 16     15.2     ( 8.8-25.0) 20     20.8     (13.1-31.3)  33     26.2     (18.2-36.1)  40     37.8     (28.1-48.6) -  109
45-54 Years 10      5.6     ( 2.6-12.0) 21     18.4     (10.7-29.9)  34     35.7     (25.6-47.2)  58     40.3     (30.3-51.2) -  123
55-64 Years -  9     10.2     ( 5.1-19.5)  23     31.7     (21.5-44.0)  45     53.7     (41.7-65.3) -   81
65+ Years - 11      7.2     ( 3.9-13.1)  20     14.7     ( 9.0-23.1)  99     75.6     (66.6-82.9) -  133
Unknown/Refused - -  -  - - --
GENDER            
Male 38     12.5     ( 8.7-17.6) 49     18.1     (13.2-24.3)  72     26.4     (21.0-32.7) 128     42.9     (36.5-49.6) -  287
Female 28     11.3     ( 7.5-16.8) 43     18.2     (13.2-24.5)  62     25.7     (19.9-32.5) 118     43.6     (36.8-50.6) -  253
ETHNICITY            
White 32     13.9     ( 9.5-19.9) 39     17.6     (12.6-24.1)  66     29.2     (23.1-36.2) 111     38.9     (32.3-45.9) -  249
Hawaiian  8     11.7     ( 4.8-25.6)  8     14.5     ( 6.8-28.2)  18     38.1     (24.1-54.3)  20     35.7     (22.9-51.0) -   54
Filipino  9     21.4     (10.5-38.5) 15     38.1     (21.8-57.6)   5     10.7     ( 4.1-25.2)  12     29.9     (16.1-48.6) - --
Japanese  6      6.0     ( 2.5-13.7) 18     13.5     ( 8.1-21.8)  24     20.2     (13.3-29.4)  75     59.1     (49.0-68.5) -  124
Others 11     11.1     ( 5.7-20.7) 12     15.7     ( 8.4-27.4)  21     32.1     (20.8-46.0)  28     41.0     (29.0-54.2) -   72
MARITAL STATUS            
Married 24      6.9     ( 4.4-10.6) 50     16.3     (12.0-21.6)  82     28.1     (22.8-34.1) 155     48.1     (41.9-54.3) -  313
Unmarried 42     22.1     (15.9-29.9) 41     21.6     (15.3-29.7)  52     22.4     (16.7-29.4)  91     33.8     (27.1-41.2) -  226
Unknown/Refused - -  -  - - --
EDUCATION            
<High School  5      9.8     ( 3.7-23.4)  9     17.3     ( 8.5-32.3)   6      8.1     ( 3.1-19.4)  29     64.8     (48.6-78.2) - --
High School 20     14.8     ( 9.1-23.3) 30     20.7     (13.9-29.7)  39     24.7     (17.8-33.1)  61     38.9     (30.5-47.9) -  151
Some College 27     13.8     ( 9.0-20.4) 27     17.5     (11.4-26.0)  52     29.8     (22.6-38.1)  80     38.4     (30.7-46.9) -  187
College 14      7.2     ( 4.1-12.4) 26     16.2     (10.7-23.6)  37     29.1     (21.3-38.3)  76     47.5     (38.7-56.4) -  153
Unknown/Refused - -  -  - - --
EMPLOYMENT            
Employed 49     15.2     (11.2-20.4) 63     21.2     (16.2-27.3)  93     28.3     (23.0-34.2) 127     35.3     (29.6-41.4) -  332
Unemployed - -  -   7     47.3     (21.1-75.0) - --
Student/homemaker  8     17.8     ( 7.2-37.5)  8     27.7     (13.9-47.5)   8     31.1     (16.1-51.4)   5     16.2     ( 6.1-36.3) - --
Retired/Can't Work  6      3.3     ( 1.5- 7.3) 17      8.7     ( 5.3-14.0)  32     21.8     (15.2-30.2) 107     66.3     (57.6-74.0) -  162
Unknown/Refused - -  -  - - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME            
<$15,000 14     22.7     (11.6-39.6) 13     23.9     (13.3-39.1)  12     16.6     ( 8.1-31.1)  25     36.8     (24.1-51.7) -   64
$15,000-24,999  8      9.4     ( 4.6-18.4) 18     18.9     (11.5-29.5)  20     25.4     (15.8-38.0)  35     46.3     (33.8-59.3) -   81
$25,000-49,999 15      9.1     ( 5.3-15.2) 31     21.1     (14.6-29.4)  42     29.0     (21.7-37.7)  71     39.3     (31.4-47.9) -  161
$50,000-74,999 14     14.2     ( 7.9-24.2) 17     22.0     (12.7-35.3)  28     26.5     (18.0-37.2)  44     37.4     (27.3-48.7) -  103
>=$75,000  7      9.0     ( 3.8-19.6)  5      7.1     ( 2.9-16.1)  21     28.9     (18.8-41.7)  39     55.1     (42.3-67.2) -   72
Unknown/Refused  8     14.6     ( 6.5-29.4)  8     10.4     ( 4.4-22.5)  11     23.1     (12.2-39.3)  32     51.9     (37.2-66.3) -   59
COUNTY            
Honolulu 35     11.4     ( 7.9-16.0) 54     18.8     (14.2-24.5)  82     26.8     (21.7-32.6) 144     42.4     (36.5-48.5) -  317
Hawaii 10     14.6     ( 7.5-26.5) 14     17.6     (10.0-29.0)  19     26.0     (16.4-38.7)  33     41.7     (30.4-54.0) -   76
Kauai  9     11.5     ( 5.7-21.8) 13     17.6     ( 9.6-29.9)  16     24.6     (14.8-37.9)  32     46.3     (33.4-59.7) -   70
Maui 12     14.6     ( 7.7-26.0) 11     12.6     ( 6.5-23.0)  17     21.8     (12.8-34.6)  37     50.9     (37.4-64.3) -   77

*For former smokers.
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.