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State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1998


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 No     
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 26     18.5     (10.5-30.4) 87     81.5     (69.6-89.5)  113
AGE GROUP      
18-24 Years - - --
25-34 Years - - --
35-44 Years -  9     90.6     (53.8-98.8) --
45-54 Years - 16     76.2     (39.5-94.0) --
55-64 Years - 20     91.5     (76.9-97.2) --
65+ Years 15     14.4     ( 7.3-26.6) 39     85.6     (73.4-92.7)   54
Unknown/Refused - - --
GENDER      
Male 11     15.4     ( 5.6-35.9) 41     84.6     (64.1-94.4)   52
Female 15     21.5     (10.9-37.8) 46     78.5     (62.2-89.1)   61
ETHNICITY      
White  6     17.2     ( 6.2-39.8) 16     82.8     (60.2-93.8) --
Hawaiian  5     11.5     ( 3.7-30.7) 18     88.5     (69.3-96.3) --
Filipino - 11     73.9     (31.6-94.5) --
Japanese  8     12.0     ( 4.9-26.7) 32     88.0     (73.3-95.1) --
Others  5     40.8     (14.2-74.2) 10     59.2     (25.8-85.8) --
MARITAL STATUS      
Married 11     17.0     ( 8.1-32.4) 42     83.0     (67.6-91.9)   53
Unmarried 15     20.3     ( 8.5-41.0) 45     79.7     (59.0-91.5)   60
Unknown/Refused - - --
EDUCATION      
<High School  7     11.7     ( 4.4-28.0) 16     88.3     (72.0-95.6) --
High School 10     18.0     ( 8.5-34.2) 32     82.0     (65.8-91.5) --
Some College - 19     74.1     (42.6-91.7) --
College  5     13.6     ( 4.0-37.1) 20     86.4     (62.9-96.0) --
Unknown/Refused - - --
EMPLOYMENT      
Employed  9     23.8     ( 9.2-48.9) 32     76.2     (51.1-90.8) --
Unemployed - - --
Student/homemaker - - --
Retired/Can't Work 15     14.4     ( 7.5-25.9) 48     85.6     (74.1-92.5)   63
Unknown/Refused - - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
<$15,000 - 16     93.2     (79.4-98.0) --
$15,000-24,999 - 18     90.7     (74.7-97.0) --
$25,000-49,999  8     23.7     ( 8.8-50.0) 25     76.3     (50.0-91.2) --
$50,000-74,999 -  8     76.3     (27.4-96.5) --
>=$75,000 - - --
Unknown/Refused  9     25.5     (11.0-48.7) 16     74.5     (51.3-89.0) --
COUNTY      
Honolulu  6     15.5     ( 6.4-32.8) 39     84.5     (67.2-93.6) --
Hawaii 13     33.0     (19.3-50.4) 22     67.0     (49.6-80.7) --
Kauai -  9     70.0     (32.3-92.0) --
Maui  5     18.8     ( 6.2-44.5) 17     81.2     (55.5-93.8) --

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.