Have Arthritis in Broad Definition*
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1997


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		                  No     
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 524     23.0     (21.0-25.2) 1645     77.0     (74.8-79.0) 2169
AGE GROUP      
18-24 Years  20      9.8     ( 6.1-15.5)  170     90.2     (84.5-93.9)  190
25-34 Years  57     12.8     ( 9.7-16.7)  357     87.2     (83.3-90.3)  414
35-44 Years  83     14.6     (11.5-18.3)  451     85.4     (81.7-88.5)  534
45-54 Years 114     30.3     (25.2-36.0)  264     69.7     (64.0-74.8)  378
55-64 Years  91     36.5     (29.2-44.5)  163     63.5     (55.5-70.8)  254
65+ Years 158     39.0     (33.6-44.6)  237     61.0     (55.4-66.4)  395
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
GENDER      
Male 210     21.4     (18.6-24.6)  739     78.6     (75.4-81.4)  949
Female 314     24.6     (21.9-27.6)  906     75.4     (72.4-78.1) 1220
ETHNICITY      
White 218     26.1     (22.7-29.9)  566     73.9     (70.1-77.3)  784
Hawaiian  48     19.6     (14.4-26.2)  197     80.4     (73.8-85.6)  245
Filipino  42     16.3     (11.6-22.5)  187     83.7     (77.5-88.4)  229
Japanese 132     25.3     (21.2-29.9)  411     74.7     (70.1-78.8)  543
Others  84     21.4     (17.2-26.4)  284     78.6     (73.6-82.8)  368
MARITAL STATUS      
Married 283     24.2     (21.6-27.2)  896     75.8     (72.8-78.4) 1179
Unmarried 240     21.1     (18.3-24.3)  748     78.9     (75.7-81.7)  988
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
EDUCATION      
<High School  65     36.2     (28.1-45.2)  112     63.8     (54.8-71.9)  177
High School 162     24.3     (20.7-28.4)  474     75.7     (71.6-79.3)  636
Some College 138     20.8     (17.3-24.8)  508     79.2     (75.2-82.7)  646
College 156     20.5     (17.3-24.1)  550     79.5     (75.9-82.7)  706
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
EMPLOYMENT      
Employed 267     18.8     (16.5-21.3) 1115     81.2     (78.7-83.5) 1382
Unemployed  24     19.2     (12.4-28.6)   86     80.8     (71.4-87.6)  110
Student/homemaker  47     19.1     (13.9-25.6)  164     80.9     (74.4-86.1)  211
Retired/Can't Work 186     39.2     (34.0-44.7)  280     60.8     (55.3-66.0)  466
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
<$15,000  93     27.9     (22.2-34.3)  229     72.1     (65.7-77.8)  322
$15,000-24,999  91     25.8     (20.4-32.0)  247     74.2     (68.0-79.6)  338
$25,000-49,999 146     20.4     (17.1-24.0)  534     79.6     (76.0-82.9)  680
$50,000-74,999  82     22.0     (17.6-27.1)  283     78.0     (72.9-82.4)  365
>=$75,000  57     25.2     (19.4-32.0)  196     74.8     (68.0-80.6)  253
Unknown/Refused  55     20.6     (15.3-27.1)  156     79.4     (72.9-84.7)  211
COUNTY      
Honolulu 323     22.6     (20.2-25.2) 1081     77.4     (74.8-79.8) 1404
Hawaii  71     25.7     (20.2-32.1)  183     74.3     (67.9-79.8)  254
Kauai  63     21.3     (16.4-27.2)  193     78.7     (72.8-83.6)  256
Maui  67     23.9     (18.4-30.4)  188     76.1     (69.6-81.6)  255

*Broad Definition of arthritis is derived from questions 1, 2, and 4 in arthritis module.
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.