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State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1997


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		                 No     
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 508     23.9     (21.9-26.2) 1653     76.1     (73.8-78.1) 2161
AGE GROUP      
18-24 Years  14      7.2     ( 4.1-12.3)  176     92.8     (87.7-95.9)  190
25-34 Years  39     10.8     ( 7.7-14.9)  373     89.2     (85.1-92.3)  412
35-44 Years  76     14.7     (11.5-18.5)  456     85.3     (81.5-88.5)  532
45-54 Years  96     30.5     (25.1-36.5)  282     69.5     (63.5-74.9)  378
55-64 Years 101     41.9     (34.4-49.8)  152     58.1     (50.2-65.6)  253
65+ Years 180     45.1     (39.5-50.8)  212     54.9     (49.2-60.5)  392
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
GENDER      
Male 234     24.6     (21.5-27.9)  713     75.4     (72.1-78.5)  947
Female 274     23.3     (20.6-26.3)  940     76.7     (73.7-79.4) 1214
ETHNICITY      
White 149     19.4     (16.3-22.8)  635     80.6     (77.2-83.7)  784
Hawaiian  65     26.4     (20.3-33.4)  178     73.6     (66.6-79.7)  243
Filipino  49     22.1     (16.3-29.3)  178     77.9     (70.7-83.7)  227
Japanese 167     31.7     (27.2-36.5)  373     68.3     (63.5-72.8)  540
Others  78     20.3     (16.1-25.3)  289     79.7     (74.7-83.9)  367
MARITAL STATUS      
Married 277     26.5     (23.6-29.6)  900     73.5     (70.4-76.4) 1177
Unmarried 231     20.1     (17.4-23.2)  751     79.9     (76.8-82.6)  982
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
EDUCATION      
<High School  64     33.6     (25.7-42.6)  110     66.4     (57.4-74.3)  174
High School 172     29.2     (25.1-33.6)  460     70.8     (66.4-74.9)  632
Some College 119     18.9     (15.5-22.9)  527     81.1     (77.1-84.5)  646
College 153     21.6     (18.3-25.2)  552     78.4     (74.8-81.7)  705
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
EMPLOYMENT      
Employed 246     19.5     (17.1-22.2) 1134     80.5     (77.8-82.9) 1380
Unemployed  16     15.9     ( 9.3-25.8)   93     84.1     (74.2-90.7)  109
Student/homemaker  32     15.9     (10.9-22.7)  178     84.1     (77.3-89.1)  210
Retired/Can't Work 214     44.3     (38.9-49.7)  248     55.7     (50.3-61.1)  462
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
<$15,000 101     31.5     (25.6-38.0)  219     68.5     (62.0-74.4)  320
$15,000-24,999  92     25.6     (20.5-31.5)  245     74.4     (68.5-79.5)  337
$25,000-49,999 140     22.2     (18.6-26.1)  539     77.8     (73.9-81.4)  679
$50,000-74,999  72     20.5     (16.0-25.9)  292     79.5     (74.1-84.0)  364
>=$75,000  55     25.4     (19.6-32.3)  198     74.6     (67.7-80.4)  253
Unknown/Refused  48     22.3     (16.4-29.5)  160     77.7     (70.5-83.6)  208
COUNTY      
Honolulu 328     24.6     (22.0-27.3) 1072     75.4     (72.7-78.0) 1400
Hawaii  67     22.5     (17.6-28.4)  187     77.5     (71.6-82.4)  254
Kauai  55     20.9     (15.6-27.3)  200     79.1     (72.7-84.4)  255
Maui  58     22.3     (16.9-28.7)  194     77.7     (71.3-83.1)  252

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.