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State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1997


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		                  No     
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 217     16.3     (14.0-19.0) 1000     83.7     (81.0-86.0) 1217
AGE GROUP      
18-39 Years   7      1.3     ( 0.6- 2.8)  459     98.7     (97.2-99.4)  466
40-49 Years  39     13.8     ( 9.8-19.0)  249     86.2     (81.0-90.2)  288
50-59 Years  54     33.4     (24.8-43.2)  101     66.6     (56.8-75.2)  155
60+ Years 117     34.8     (28.6-41.6)  189     65.2     (58.4-71.4)  306
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
ETHNICITY      
White  88     23.1     (18.1-29.1)  324     76.9     (70.9-81.9)  412
Hawaiian  14     11.4     ( 6.4-19.7)  127     88.6     (80.3-93.6)  141
Filipino  17      9.9     ( 5.7-16.7)  130     90.1     (83.3-94.3)  147
Japanese  66     16.4     (12.5-21.2)  258     83.6     (78.8-87.5)  324
Others  32     14.5     (10.0-20.7)  161     85.5     (79.3-90.0)  193
MARITAL STATUS      
Married 106     15.9     (12.8-19.6)  547     84.1     (80.4-87.2)  653
Unmarried 111     17.0     (13.7-20.8)  451     83.0     (79.2-86.3)  562
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
EDUCATION      
<High School  31     24.6     (16.2-35.4)   80     75.4     (64.6-83.8)  111
High School  79     22.6     (17.7-28.2)  271     77.4     (71.8-82.3)  350
Some College  54     12.6     ( 8.9-17.4)  325     87.4     (82.6-91.1)  379
College  53     12.0     ( 8.9-16.0)  321     88.0     (84.0-91.1)  374
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
EMPLOYMENT      
Employed  80     10.5     ( 8.2-13.5)  626     89.5     (86.5-91.8)  706
Unemployed   9     10.5     ( 4.5-22.7)   49     89.5     (77.3-95.5)   58
Student/homemaker  29     14.8     ( 9.8-21.7)  155     85.2     (78.3-90.2)  184
Retired/Can't Work  99     34.6     (28.0-41.9)  170     65.4     (58.1-72.0)  269
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
<$15,000  43     16.9     (11.7-23.9)  172     83.1     (76.1-88.3)  215
$15,000-24,999  41     22.5     (15.2-31.8)  137     77.5     (68.2-84.8)  178
$25,000-49,999  50     11.6     ( 8.5-15.5)  316     88.4     (84.5-91.5)  366
$50,000-74,999  36     16.9     (11.9-23.4)  156     83.1     (76.6-88.1)  192
>=$75,000  20     13.6     ( 8.4-21.1)  115     86.4     (78.9-91.6)  135
Unknown/Refused  27     22.1     (14.6-31.9)  104     77.9     (68.1-85.4)  131
COUNTY      
Honolulu 119     15.4     (12.7-18.7)  645     84.6     (81.3-87.3)  764
Hawaii  36     17.6     (12.4-24.3)  111     82.4     (75.7-87.6)  147
Kauai  28     18.1     (12.3-25.8)  126     81.9     (74.2-87.7)  154
Maui  34     20.8     (14.2-29.4)  118     79.2     (70.6-85.8)  152

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.