General Health Status

State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1998

Demographic Characteristics	Excellent/Very good   N          %        95% C.I.	Good                  N          %        95% C.I.	Fair/Poor             N          %        95% C.I.	Total
TOTAL	1162     54.1     (51.3-56.9)	706     33.6     (31.0-36.4)	280     12.3     (10.5-14.2)	2148
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	86     52.4     (42.5-62.2)	63     42.7     (33.1-52.8)	10      4.9     ( 2.3-10.2)	159
25-34 Years	252     63.7     (57.6-69.5)	124     29.2     (23.9-35.2)	27      7.0     ( 4.5-10.9)	403
35-44 Years	301     60.8     (55.3-66.0)	160     31.6     (26.7-37.0)	37      7.6     ( 5.1-11.3)	498
45-54 Years	274     56.5     (50.6-62.2)	137     30.0     (24.8-35.7)	60     13.5     ( 9.7-18.5)	471
55-64 Years	114     46.8     (38.4-55.4)	79     32.7     (25.2-41.3)	49     20.5     (14.2-28.6)	242
65+ Years	128     37.8     (31.3-44.7)	141     40.1     (33.4-47.2)	95     22.1     (17.0-28.3)	364
Unknown/Refused	7     70.1     (30.4-92.6)	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	503     54.4     (50.1-58.6)	315     35.8     (31.7-40.0)	113      9.9     ( 7.7-12.6)	931
Female	659     53.8     (50.2-57.5)	391     31.5     (28.2-35.0)	167     14.7     (12.1-17.7)	1217
ETHNICITY
White	554     67.3     (62.7-71.5)	206     25.0     (21.0-29.5)	84      7.7     ( 5.8-10.2)	844
Hawaiian	135     44.6     (37.3-52.2)	115     36.5     (29.4-44.2)	55     18.9     (13.5-25.7)	305
Filipino	97     42.4     (34.4-50.9)	104     44.4     (36.3-52.7)	31     13.2     ( 8.3-20.4)	232
Japanese	209     47.3     (41.6-53.0)	194     40.2     (34.7-45.9)	72     12.5     ( 9.3-16.6)	475
Others	167     57.6     (50.3-64.5)	87     28.7     (22.5-35.7)	38     13.8     ( 9.5-19.6)	292
MARITAL STATUS
Married	653     56.9     (53.2-60.5)	373     32.3     (29.0-35.9)	127     10.8     ( 8.7-13.3)	1153
Unmarried	507     50.0     (45.6-54.4)	333     35.6     (31.4-40.1)	152     14.3     (11.6-17.7)	992
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	41     27.2     (18.3-38.4)	63     46.1     (35.3-57.3)	51     26.7     (18.3-37.1)	155
High School	290     44.7     (39.7-49.8)	258     39.6     (34.6-44.8)	104     15.7     (12.4-19.8)	652
Some College	345     57.6     (52.4-62.6)	205     35.9     (31.1-41.0)	55      6.6     ( 4.7- 9.2)	605
College	485     67.4     (62.8-71.6)	180     22.4     (18.8-26.5)	69     10.2     ( 7.5-13.7)	734
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	890     58.7     (55.4-62.0)	468     32.3     (29.2-35.6)	127      8.9     ( 7.1-11.2)	1485
Unemployed	43     48.1     (33.9-62.7)	33     38.1     (24.3-54.2)	15     13.7     ( 7.2-24.6)	91
Student/homemaker	89     57.6     (47.3-67.2)	47     32.8     (23.8-43.2)	13      9.6     ( 5.2-16.9)	149
Retired/Can't Work	140     37.3     (31.2-43.7)	158     37.7     (31.7-44.2)	125     25.0     (20.1-30.8)	423
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	89     37.7     (29.8-46.4)	102     40.8     (32.6-49.5)	74     21.5     (16.2-27.9)	265
$15,000-24,999	175     49.6     (42.8-56.3)	140     40.1     (33.6-46.9)	42     10.4     ( 7.2-14.7)	357
$25,000-49,999	365     52.7     (47.5-57.8)	236     36.2     (31.4-41.3)	59     11.1     ( 7.9-15.5)	660
$50,000-74,999	214     62.9     (56.0-69.2)	85     28.2     (22.3-34.8)	31      9.0     ( 5.7-13.7)	330
>=$75,000	188     73.4     (66.1-79.6)	59     19.6     (14.3-26.2)	16      7.0     ( 3.9-12.5)	263
Unknown/Refused	131     46.0     (38.2-54.1)	84     34.9     (27.3-43.5)	58     19.0     (13.7-25.8)	273
COUNTY
Honolulu	577     55.5     (51.9-59.1)	312     32.8     (29.5-36.4)	109     11.6     ( 9.5-14.2)	998
Hawaii	254     48.4     (43.5-53.4)	192     36.9     (32.2-41.8)	78     14.7     (11.7-18.4)	524
Kauai	111     54.3     (45.9-62.5)	64     31.7     (24.1-40.4)	35     14.0     ( 9.6-20.0)	210
Maui	220     49.7     (43.9-55.6)	138     37.0     (31.4-43.0)	58     13.3     ( 9.8-17.7)	416

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.