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State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1997


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 No     
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 24     19.4     (12.2-29.4) 88     80.6     (70.6-87.8)  112
AGE GROUP      
18-24 Years - - --
25-34 Years - - --
35-44 Years - 11     97.4     (81.9-99.7) --
45-54 Years - 16     83.9     (51.7-96.2) --
55-64 Years 10     23.5     (10.8-43.8) 23     76.5     (56.2-89.2) --
65+ Years 10     22.6     (11.5-39.8) 34     77.4     (60.2-88.5) --
Unknown/Refused - - --
GENDER      
Male  6     13.4     ( 4.9-31.9) 36     86.6     (68.1-95.1) --
Female 18     24.1     (14.6-37.3) 52     75.9     (62.7-85.4)   70
ETHNICITY      
White  8     33.9     (16.7-56.6) 22     66.1     (43.4-83.3) --
Hawaiian - 13     78.3     (51.8-92.4) --
Filipino - 12     93.6     (79.5-98.2) --
Japanese - 28     94.6     (79.5-98.7) --
Others  6     29.5     (12.4-55.3) 13     70.5     (44.7-87.6) --
MARITAL STATUS      
Married 16     20.8     (12.0-33.6) 47     79.2     (66.4-88.0)   63
Unmarried  8     16.1     ( 6.6-34.5) 41     83.9     (65.5-93.4) --
Unknown/Refused - - --
EDUCATION      
<High School  9     25.5     (11.9-46.6) 17     74.5     (53.4-88.1) --
High School  8     24.7     (11.9-44.3) 33     75.3     (55.7-88.1) --
Some College  6     19.0     ( 7.0-42.4) 17     81.0     (57.6-93.0) --
College - 21     97.0     (81.0-99.6) --
Unknown/Refused - - --
EMPLOYMENT      
Employed  5      5.6     ( 2.0-14.6) 39     94.4     (85.4-98.0) --
Unemployed - - --
Student/homemaker - - --
Retired/Can't Work 16     28.3     (16.7-43.8) 43     71.7     (56.2-83.3)   59
Unknown/Refused - - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
<$15,000  6     22.8     ( 8.9-46.9) 22     77.2     (53.1-91.1) --
$15,000-24,999  6     28.4     (10.4-57.5) 15     71.6     (42.5-89.6) --
$25,000-49,999  6     16.4     ( 6.6-35.1) 26     83.6     (64.9-93.4) --
$50,000-74,999 - 13     89.9     (65.1-97.7) --
>=$75,000 -  5     66.3     (28.0-90.8) --
Unknown/Refused -  7     86.9     (43.8-98.3) --
COUNTY      
Honolulu 10     15.7     ( 8.1-28.4) 54     84.3     (71.6-91.9)   64
Hawaii  5     25.9     (10.5-50.9) 15     74.1     (49.1-89.5) --
Kauai - 14     77.2     (50.3-91.9) --
Maui  5     38.8     (13.1-72.7)  5     61.2     (27.3-86.9) --

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.