Type Coverage Paying for Most Medical Care

State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1998

Demographic Characteristics	Employer   N          %        95% C.I.	Medicare   N          %        95% C.I.	Own        N          %        95% C.I.	Medicaid   N          %        95% C.I.	Military   N          %        95% C.I.	Others     N          %        95% C.I.	Total
TOTAL	1290     64.7     (61.8-67.4)	407     19.6     (17.4-22.0)	108      4.7     ( 3.5- 6.2)	83      3.4     ( 2.6- 4.6)	101      6.6     ( 5.3- 8.2)	14      1.0     ( 0.5- 2.1)	2003
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	100     73.0     (62.1-81.7)	-	12     10.2     ( 4.6-21.0)	10      2.9     ( 1.3- 6.0)	9      7.5     ( 3.8-14.4)	-	138
25-34 Years	267     69.8     (63.5-75.4)	12      2.7     ( 1.3- 5.2)	20      5.7     ( 3.2-10.1)	23      4.4     ( 2.5- 7.5)	48     16.8     (12.4-22.3)	-	372
35-44 Years	369     77.9     (72.6-82.4)	9      2.1     ( 0.8- 5.3)	30      4.5     ( 2.8- 7.1)	24      5.9     ( 3.5- 9.7)	28      8.8     ( 6.0-12.6)	-	463
45-54 Years	354     84.7     (79.9-88.5)	17      3.9     ( 2.2- 7.1)	27      4.5     ( 2.7- 7.5)	19      3.7     ( 1.9- 6.9)	9      2.7     ( 1.4- 5.4)	-	428
55-64 Years	180     87.2     (81.3-91.5)	15      4.6     ( 2.3- 9.2)	16      4.2     ( 2.2- 7.7)	-	7      0.8     ( 0.4- 1.9)	-	226
65+ Years	13      3.0     ( 1.5- 6.0)	347     95.5     (91.9-97.5)	-	-	-	-	365
Unknown/Refused	7     43.4     (13.6-78.9)	-	-	-	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	572     64.5     (60.1-68.7)	148     18.1     (14.9-21.9)	54      5.4     ( 3.5- 8.2)	26      2.7     ( 1.7- 4.5)	53      8.0     ( 5.9-10.7)	7      1.2     ( 0.4- 3.5)	860
Female	718     64.8     (61.2-68.2)	259     21.1     (18.2-24.3)	54      3.9     ( 2.8- 5.4)	57      4.2     ( 2.9- 5.9)	48      5.3     ( 3.9- 7.0)	7      0.8     ( 0.4- 1.8)	1143
ETHNICITY
White	444     56.7     (51.9-61.5)	143     18.8     (15.2-23.2)	68      6.2     ( 4.5- 8.5)	38      3.3     ( 2.1- 5.0)	69     14.3     (11.2-18.3)	-	765
Hawaiian	186     65.1     (56.8-72.5)	54     17.2     (12.0-23.9)	8      5.3     ( 1.8-14.7)	29     11.2     ( 7.1-17.1)	-	-	282
Filipino	170     82.0     (75.5-87.1)	27     10.4     ( 6.7-16.0)	5      1.6     ( 0.6- 4.2)	6      2.2     ( 0.8- 6.0)	-	-	216
Japanese	293     62.5     (56.6-68.0)	149     31.6     (26.4-37.3)	14      4.0     ( 2.1- 7.6)	5      1.6     ( 0.5- 4.5)	-	-	465
Others	197     68.2     (60.7-74.8)	34     12.3     ( 8.1-18.1)	13      4.8     ( 2.6- 8.8)	5      0.5     ( 0.2- 1.4)	23     11.1     ( 7.2-16.7)	-	275
MARITAL STATUS
Married	766     67.3     (63.7-70.7)	179     17.9     (15.0-21.1)	48      2.8     ( 2.0- 4.1)	27      2.2     ( 1.4- 3.6)	77      8.8     ( 7.0-11.0)	9      0.9     ( 0.5- 1.9)	1106
Unmarried	522     60.5     (55.8-64.9)	227     22.3     (18.8-26.2)	60      7.5     ( 5.1-11.0)	56      5.3     ( 3.7- 7.6)	24      3.3     ( 1.9- 5.7)	5      1.2     ( 0.3- 4.3)	894
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	-	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	48     33.6     (24.1-44.8)	78     44.7     (33.8-56.1)	7      4.5     ( 1.9-10.1)	10      9.1     ( 4.1-19.1)	5      5.7     ( 2.1-14.5)	-	151
High School	366     63.0     (57.7-68.0)	138     21.7     (17.7-26.4)	22      3.4     ( 1.6- 6.8)	49      5.6     ( 3.8- 8.1)	26      5.1     ( 3.4- 7.6)	-	605
Some College	369     66.8     (61.6-71.6)	97     15.3     (11.9-19.4)	32      6.1     ( 3.8- 9.6)	15      2.5     ( 1.3- 4.7)	38      8.3     ( 5.9-11.5)	5      1.1     ( 0.5- 2.9)	556
College	506     72.0     (67.3-76.2)	94     15.1     (11.8-19.1)	47      4.8     ( 3.2- 7.3)	9      0.7     ( 0.3- 1.5)	32      7.0     ( 4.7-10.4)	-	690
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	1119     79.9     (77.0-82.6)	68      5.0     ( 3.6- 6.8)	82      4.2     ( 3.1- 5.8)	38      2.7     ( 1.8- 4.0)	78      7.7     ( 6.1- 9.8)	5      0.5     ( 0.2- 1.2)	1390
Unemployed	27     44.3     (26.3-64.0)	5     13.3     ( 4.8-31.6)	-	17     19.8     ( 9.8-35.9)	-	-	56
Student/homemaker	79     57.1     (46.4-67.1)	11      5.9     ( 2.9-11.8)	15     12.0     ( 6.6-20.8)	12      6.6     ( 2.9-14.2)	16     12.1     ( 7.4-19.2)	-	137
Retired/Can't Work	65     17.6     (13.3-23.0)	323     76.7     (71.0-81.6)	7      1.5     ( 0.6- 4.0)	16      2.7     ( 1.3- 5.3)	5      0.7     ( 0.2- 2.0)	-	420
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	62     34.0     (25.3-44.0)	91     38.2     (29.6-47.5)	15      6.2     ( 3.6-10.6)	45     16.6     (11.3-23.6)	-	-	221
$15,000-24,999	185     54.7     (47.6-61.5)	86     25.5     (19.7-32.4)	12      2.4     ( 1.2- 5.0)	21      6.4     ( 3.6-11.0)	26     11.0     ( 7.3-16.1)	-	330
$25,000-49,999	452     70.2     (65.3-74.7)	94     16.3     (12.7-20.8)	24      2.6     ( 1.6- 4.4)	-	46      9.2     ( 6.8-12.4)	5      1.0     ( 0.4- 2.6)	625
$50,000-74,999	273     80.6     (74.0-85.8)	26     11.8     ( 7.6-18.0)	15      3.6     ( 1.6- 7.8)	-	9      3.3     ( 1.7- 6.3)	-	326
>=$75,000	194     74.1     (65.8-80.9)	23     11.0     ( 6.7-17.5)	21      6.5     ( 3.2-12.7)	-	14      7.8     ( 4.1-14.6)	-	253
Unknown/Refused	124     55.4     (46.8-63.7)	87     25.6     (19.7-32.7)	21     10.5     ( 5.6-18.7)	12      5.1     ( 2.4-10.6)	-	-	248
COUNTY
Honolulu	629     65.0     (61.3-68.4)	170     18.7     (16.0-21.9)	37      4.2     ( 2.8- 6.2)	24      2.7     ( 1.7- 4.1)	87      8.4     ( 6.7-10.5)	7      1.1     ( 0.4- 2.5)	954
Hawaii	267     57.6     (52.5-62.5)	128     24.7     (20.8-29.1)	32      6.8     ( 4.5-10.2)	35      7.4     ( 5.1-10.6)	9      2.0     ( 0.9- 4.3)	5      1.5     ( 0.6- 4.0)	476
Kauai	122     66.9     (58.9-74.1)	42     21.1     (15.2-28.4)	15      6.9     ( 3.9-11.8)	8      3.5     ( 1.7- 7.1)	-	-	192
Maui	272     69.2     (63.0-74.8)	67     19.8     (15.3-25.3)	24      4.8     ( 3.0- 7.6)	16      5.2     ( 2.5-10.5)	-	-	381

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.