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State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1998


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 No     
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 212     16.1     (13.6-18.9) 1004     83.9     (81.1-86.4) 1216
AGE GROUP      
18-39 Years   8      1.8     ( 0.8- 4.1)  438     98.2     (95.9-99.2)  446
40-49 Years  34     13.8     ( 9.3-19.9)  235     86.2     (80.1-90.7)  269
50-59 Years  53     24.6     (17.6-33.3)  142     75.4     (66.7-82.4)  195
60+ Years 116     36.1     (29.3-43.5)  183     63.9     (56.5-70.7)  299
Unkown/Refused  -    6     55.0     (12.0-91.6) --
ETHNICITY      
White  90     17.1     (13.3-21.7)  393     82.9     (78.3-86.7)  483
Hawaiian  34     16.4     (10.1-25.5)  154     83.6     (74.5-89.9)  188
Filipino  18     14.2     ( 8.1-23.9)  109     85.8     (76.1-91.9)  127
Japanese  58     20.8     (15.5-27.3)  217     79.2     (72.7-84.5)  275
Others  12      5.9     ( 3.0-11.3)  131     94.1     (88.7-97.0)  143
MARITAL STATUS      
Married 104     15.5     (12.4-19.2)  528     84.5     (80.8-87.6)  632
Unmarried 108     16.8     (13.1-21.4)  476     83.2     (78.6-86.9)  584
Unkown/Refused  -   - --
EDUCATION      
<High School  33     23.3     (13.0-38.1)   66     76.7     (61.9-87.0)   99
High School  60     16.6     (12.4-21.8)  292     83.4     (78.2-87.6)  352
Some College  60     15.2     (11.3-20.2)  292     84.8     (79.8-88.7)  352
College  59     14.7     (10.7-19.8)  353     85.3     (80.2-89.3)  412
Unkown/Refused  -   - --
EMPLOYMENT      
Employed  96     10.6     ( 8.2-13.6)  685     89.4     (86.4-91.8)  781
Unemployed   6      7.5     ( 3.0-17.6)   46     92.5     (82.4-97.0)   52
Student/homemaker  15     11.7     ( 6.6-19.9)  113     88.3     (80.1-93.4)  128
Retired/Can't Work  95     38.2     (30.7-46.4)  160     61.8     (53.6-69.3)  255
Unkown/Refused  -   - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
<$15,000  37     18.1     (12.3-26.0)  136     81.9     (74.0-87.7)  173
$15,000-24,999  40     16.6     (11.6-23.1)  166     83.4     (76.9-88.4)  206
$25,000-49,999  53     18.2     (12.9-25.0)  295     81.8     (75.0-87.1)  348
$50,000-74,999  22     11.6     ( 7.0-18.5)  155     88.4     (81.5-93.0)  177
>=$75,000  21     14.2     ( 8.6-22.6)  111     85.8     (77.4-91.4)  132
Unkown/Refused  39     15.9     (10.5-23.3)  141     84.1     (76.7-89.5)  180
COUNTY      
Honolulu  91     15.7     (12.6-19.3)  473     84.3     (80.7-87.4)  564
Hawaii  59     18.3     (14.1-23.6)  241     81.7     (76.4-85.9)  300
Kauai  20     13.3     ( 8.4-20.5)  114     86.7     (79.5-91.6)  134
Maui  42     17.8     (12.5-24.8)  176     82.2     (75.2-87.5)  218

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.