Type of Arthritis Been Told By Doctor
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1997


Demographic
Characteristics		 Osteo-/Degenerative arthritis
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Rheumatism                   
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Rheumatoid arthritis         
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Other type                   
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Others                      
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 93     28.3     (22.8-34.5) 13      5.1     ( 2.8- 8.9) 31      8.0     ( 5.3-12.0) 39     12.7     ( 8.8-17.9) 141     45.9     (39.5-52.5)  317
AGE GROUP            
18-24 Years - - - -  - --
25-34 Years - - - -  11     66.4     (41.6-84.6) --
35-44 Years 13     30.9     (17.4-48.7) - -  8     16.3     ( 6.8-34.3)  16     40.1     (24.4-58.0) --
45-54 Years 14     27.8     (16.4-43.0) -  7     10.1     ( 4.5-21.1)  8     14.4     ( 6.6-28.7)  23     37.8     (24.9-52.8)   56
55-64 Years 18     25.6     (14.1-42.0) -  6     10.3     ( 3.9-24.7) 10     18.2     ( 8.8-33.8)  25     41.5     (27.3-57.2)   62
65+ Years 48     36.0     (27.1-45.9) - 12      7.1     ( 3.7-12.9)  7      4.9     ( 2.1-11.1)  63     49.4     (39.5-59.3)  132
Unknown/Refused - - - -  - --
GENDER            
Male 24     23.9     (15.7-34.7)  5      4.4     ( 1.7-10.7)  8      7.4     ( 3.3-15.6) 18     14.1     ( 8.3-22.9)  57     50.2     (39.6-60.8)  112
Female 69     31.7     (24.9-39.4)  8      5.6     ( 2.6-11.5) 23      8.6     ( 5.4-13.2) 21     11.6     ( 7.0-18.7)  84     42.5     (34.8-50.7)  205
ETHNICITY            
White 42     30.4     (22.1-40.2)  5      5.5     ( 2.2-13.1) 14     11.3     ( 6.3-19.5) 15     15.3     ( 8.5-26.0)  49     37.5     (28.3-47.7)  125
Hawaiian - - - -  12     51.7     (28.7-74.1) --
Filipino  6     29.6     (13.2-53.8) - - -  15     47.0     (26.5-68.5) --
Japanese 27     27.6     (18.2-39.4) - 11      8.3     ( 4.3-15.2)  9      8.7     ( 3.7-19.2)  41     53.9     (41.4-65.8)   89
Others 14     27.7     (16.4-42.8) - - 10     21.3     (11.4-36.3)  24     44.1     (30.3-58.8)   54
MARITAL STATUS            
Married 49     27.8     (20.9-35.9) 10      6.6     ( 3.5-12.3) 14      7.0     ( 3.8-12.6) 22     13.5     ( 8.5-20.8)  75     45.1     (36.7-53.7)  170
Unmarried 44     29.2     (20.8-39.3) - 17      9.8     ( 5.7-16.5) 17     11.3     ( 6.4-19.2)  66     47.4     (37.7-57.4)  147
Unknown/Refused - - - -  - --
EDUCATION            
<High School  8     20.4     ( 8.3-42.0) - - -  30     58.0     (40.1-74.0) --
High School 29     24.2     (16.4-34.1) - 12      9.6     ( 4.7-18.5) 13      9.8     ( 5.4-17.2)  50     51.9     (41.0-62.6)  108
Some College 25     27.4     (17.7-39.8) -  8      7.5     ( 3.5-15.6) 14     19.8     (11.1-32.8)  30     39.7     (27.8-52.9)   80
College 31     41.3     (29.2-54.4) -  7      8.6     ( 3.8-18.5)  9     12.3     ( 5.2-26.3)  30     35.9     (24.9-48.7)   79
Unknown/Refused - - - -  - --
EMPLOYMENT            
Employed 30     21.4     (14.5-30.4)  7      6.6     ( 2.9-14.0) 10      5.2     ( 2.7- 9.9) 23     18.1     (11.4-27.3)  62     48.8     (39.0-58.6)  132
Unemployed - - - -  - --
Student/homemaker  8     22.8     (10.1-43.6) - - -   7     22.8     (10.3-43.3) --
Retired/Can't Work 53     36.5     (27.6-46.4) - 15      7.6     ( 3.9-14.3) 10      6.2     ( 3.1-12.1)  68     47.2     (37.6-57.0)  149
Unknown/Refused - - - -  - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME            
<$15,000 13     26.5     (13.3-45.7) - 12     19.6     ( 9.4-36.4)  5      8.5     ( 3.1-21.3)  23     39.7     (24.9-56.8)   55
$15,000-24,999 14     19.3     (10.4-33.0) - -  5      5.8     ( 2.3-13.8)  39     70.1     (55.8-81.4)   63
$25,000-49,999 24     26.3     (16.9-38.6)  6      9.3     ( 4.0-20.4) - 11     15.0     ( 7.2-28.7)  36     46.5     (34.3-59.1)   81
$50,000-74,999 16     37.7     (23.1-54.9) - -  7     16.6     ( 7.2-33.7)  14     36.3     (21.6-54.2) --
>=$75,000 12     33.7     (19.0-52.3) -  7     17.6     ( 8.1-34.1)  6     18.1     ( 7.6-37.3)  12     30.6     (16.7-49.1) --
Unknown/Refused 14     30.5     (17.9-46.9) - -  5     12.1     ( 5.0-26.6)  17     46.9     (30.7-63.8) --
COUNTY            
Honolulu 60     29.4     (22.7-37.2)  7      4.5     ( 2.1- 9.4) 19      8.0     ( 4.7-13.2) 23     11.9     ( 7.5-18.4)  84     46.2     (38.2-54.3)  193
Hawaii 13     24.1     (13.1-40.0) -  5      9.8     ( 4.0-22.3)  5     13.5     ( 4.8-32.4)  18     43.4     (28.2-59.9) --
Kauai  9     16.7     ( 8.3-30.8) -  5     11.9     ( 4.6-27.1)  5     12.1     ( 4.6-28.1)  19     57.2     (40.2-72.7) --
Maui 11     30.2     (16.4-48.8) - -  6     17.2     ( 7.3-35.6)  20     42.6     (26.7-60.1) --

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.