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State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1997


Demographic
Characteristics		      Within 1 year    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Within 2 years   
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 More than 2 years
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Others           
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 1946     89.3     (87.7-90.7) 111      5.4     ( 4.3- 6.6) 92      4.4     ( 3.5- 5.6) 20      0.9     ( 0.5- 1.5) 2169
AGE GROUP          
18-24 Years  167     86.5     (79.7-91.3)  13      8.2     ( 4.5-14.3)  8      4.1     ( 1.8- 8.7) -  190
25-34 Years  366     88.4     (84.5-91.4)  26      6.1     ( 4.0- 9.1) 17      4.5     ( 2.7- 7.3)  5      1.1     ( 0.4- 2.8)  414
35-44 Years  467     87.3     (83.6-90.3)  31      5.4     ( 3.6- 8.0) 31      6.3     ( 4.3- 9.3)  5      1.0     ( 0.3- 2.8)  534
45-54 Years  341     90.5     (86.5-93.4)  21      5.9     ( 3.7- 9.4) 14      3.1     ( 1.7- 5.8) -  378
55-64 Years  233     91.4     (86.0-94.9)  10      4.4     ( 2.1- 9.1)  9      3.4     ( 1.5- 7.5) -  254
65+ Years  369     92.3     (88.4-95.0)  10      2.6     ( 1.2- 5.3) 13      4.3     ( 2.4- 7.6) -  395
Unknown/Refused   -  - - - --
GENDER          
Male  807     85.2     (82.4-87.6)  63      7.1     ( 5.4- 9.3) 68      6.6     ( 5.0- 8.5) 11      1.1     ( 0.6- 2.2)  949
Female 1139     93.5     (91.6-95.0)  48      3.6     ( 2.5- 5.0) 24      2.3     ( 1.4- 3.6)  9      0.7     ( 0.3- 1.4) 1220
ETHNICITY          
White  701     88.8     (85.9-91.2)  39      4.7     ( 3.3- 6.8) 40      6.0     ( 4.2- 8.4) -  784
Hawaiian  211     86.7     (80.9-91.0)  14      6.4     ( 3.4-11.5) 17      6.4     ( 3.7-10.6) -  245
Filipino  212     92.0     (86.9-95.2)  10      5.0     ( 2.5- 9.5) - -  229
Japanese  488     88.2     (84.4-91.1)  30      6.4     ( 4.3- 9.4) 20      4.4     ( 2.6- 7.2)  5      1.0     ( 0.4- 2.7)  543
Others  334     91.6     (87.9-94.2)  18      4.6     ( 2.8- 7.7) 11      2.8     ( 1.4- 5.3)  5      1.0     ( 0.4- 2.6)  368
MARITAL STATUS          
Married 1085     91.8     (89.8-93.4)  52      4.4     ( 3.3- 5.9) 36      3.3     ( 2.3- 4.7)  6      0.5     ( 0.2- 1.2) 1179
Unmarried  859     85.6     (82.6-88.1)  59      6.8     ( 5.0- 9.2) 56      6.2     ( 4.6- 8.2) 14      1.5     ( 0.8- 2.7)  988
Unknown/Refused   -  - - - --
EDUCATION          
<High School  158     89.1     (82.8-93.3)  - 11      7.2     ( 3.9-13.0) -  177
High School  564     89.3     (86.3-91.7)  40      5.8     ( 4.1- 8.2) 27      4.0     ( 2.6- 6.0)  5      0.9     ( 0.4- 2.4)  636
Some College  579     88.8     (85.4-91.4)  37      6.2     ( 4.2- 9.0) 27      4.4     ( 2.9- 6.8) -  646
College  641     89.9     (86.8-92.3)  30      4.9     ( 3.3- 7.2) 27      4.2     ( 2.7- 6.5)  8      1.0     ( 0.5- 2.2)  706
Unknown/Refused   -  - - - --
EMPLOYMENT          
Employed 1232     89.3     (87.3-91.1)  76      5.5     ( 4.3- 7.0) 60      4.3     ( 3.2- 5.7) 14      0.9     ( 0.5- 1.7) 1382
Unemployed   84     76.7     (66.0-84.8)  13     13.1     ( 6.9-23.4) 12      9.0     ( 4.8-16.3) -  110
Student/homemaker  191     90.0     (84.2-93.8)  11      4.6     ( 2.4- 8.8)  8      4.5     ( 2.1- 9.5) -  211
Retired/Can't Work  439     92.3     (88.6-94.9)  11      3.3     ( 1.6- 6.4) 12      3.5     ( 1.9- 6.4) -  466
Unknown/Refused   -  - - - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME          
<$15,000  274     85.0     (79.7-89.0)  21      6.1     ( 3.7-10.0) 24      8.0     ( 5.1-12.3) -  322
$15,000-24,999  300     89.0     (84.5-92.3)  18      5.3     ( 3.0- 9.0) 17      4.9     ( 2.9- 8.2) -  338
$25,000-49,999  620     90.2     (87.2-92.6)  26      3.8     ( 2.4- 6.0) 29      5.1     ( 3.4- 7.6)  5      0.9     ( 0.3- 2.3)  680
$50,000-74,999  334     90.4     (86.1-93.4)  22      7.4     ( 4.7-11.5)  7      1.7     ( 0.7- 3.9) -  365
>=$75,000  230     90.9     (85.9-94.2)  12      4.5     ( 2.4- 8.4)  9      3.9     ( 1.9- 8.0) -  253
Unknown/Refused  188     88.5     (82.5-92.7)  12      6.7     ( 3.7-11.9)  6      2.8     ( 1.1- 7.0)  5      2.0     ( 0.7- 5.6)  211
COUNTY          
Honolulu 1265     89.6     (87.6-91.3)  67      5.3     ( 4.1- 6.9) 60      4.3     ( 3.3- 5.7) 12      0.8     ( 0.4- 1.4) 1404
Hawaii  228     89.6     (84.4-93.2)  15      5.9     ( 3.4-10.3) 10      3.7     ( 1.8- 7.3) -  254
Kauai  225     85.5     (79.3-90.1)  15      6.7     ( 3.9-11.2) 14      7.1     ( 3.9-12.6) -  256
Maui  228     88.4     (82.5-92.4)  14      4.7     ( 2.5- 8.6)  8      4.7     ( 2.2- 9.9)  5      2.2     ( 0.8- 5.7)  255

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.