Presence of Chronic Joint Symptoms or Being Told One Has Arthritis

State of Hawaii BRFSS 2001

Demographic Characteristics	NOT AT RISK   N       %   C.I.(95%)	AT RISK   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Total N	Estimated #of Adults
TOTAL	3616  82.2  (80.6-83.7)	874  17.8  (16.3-19.4)	4490	920879
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	310  93.2  (88.5-96.1)	21   6.8  ( 3.9-11.5)	331	108999
25-34 Years	707  91.4  (88.7-93.6)	61   8.6  ( 6.4-11.3)	768	172219
35-44 Years	857  89.4  (86.6-91.7)	109  10.6  ( 8.3-13.4)	966	189252
45-54 Years	799  81.2  (77.7-84.3)	205  18.8  (15.7-22.3)	1004	161405
55-64 Years	388  71.2  (66.0-75.8)	176  28.8  (24.2-34.0)	564	124624
65+ Years	521  65.2  (60.5-69.6)	293  34.8  (30.4-39.5)	814	155324
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	1621  85.6  (83.6-87.5)	315  14.4  (12.5-16.4)	1936	464257
Female	1995  78.7  (76.4-80.9)	559  21.3  (19.1-23.6)	2554	456622
ETHNICITY
White	1423  78.0  (75.5-80.4)	431  22.0  (19.6-24.5)	1854	311588
Hawaiian	488  83.6  (79.1-87.3)	96  16.4  (12.7-20.9)	584	119002
Filipino	478  86.6  (81.0-90.7)	69  13.4  ( 9.3-19.0)	547	132532
Japanese	692  82.0  (78.6-84.9)	175  18.0  (15.1-21.4)	867	189257
Others	535  85.8  (82.1-88.8)	103  14.2  (11.2-17.9)	638	168500
MARITAL STATUS
Married	1865  82.0  (80.0-83.9)	425  18.0  (16.1-20.0)	2290	521719
Unmarried	1738  82.4  (80.0-84.6)	446  17.6  (15.4-20.0)	2184	396570
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	210  66.5  (57.3-74.6)	92  33.5  (25.4-42.7)	302	57792
High School	1109  81.4  (78.7-83.9)	287  18.6  (16.1-21.3)	1396	306327
Some College	1113  84.2  (81.5-86.6)	241  15.8  (13.4-18.5)	1354	280832
College	1171  84.3  (81.8-86.5)	252  15.7  (13.5-18.2)	1423	272891
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	2548  86.7  (85.1-88.2)	435  13.3  (11.8-14.9)	2983	605214
Unemployed	129  84.1  (75.0-90.4)	26  15.9  ( 9.6-25.0)	155	31372
Student/Homemaker	314  88.5  (83.5-92.1)	50  11.5  ( 7.9-16.5)	364	89929
Retired/Can't work	623  64.9  (60.7-68.9)	362  35.1  (31.1-39.3)	985	193904
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	314  71.6  (65.5-77.0)	135  28.4  (23.0-34.5)	449	81321
$15,000-24,999	415  85.6  (79.2-90.3)	88  14.4  ( 9.7-20.8)	503	102462
$25,000-49,999	961  83.4  (80.5-86.0)	206  16.6  (14.0-19.5)	1167	228071
$50,000-74,999	481  82.5  (78.0-86.2)	100  17.5  (13.8-22.0)	581	126038
>=$75,000	458  83.8  (79.6-87.3)	91  16.2  (12.7-20.4)	549	125579
Unknown/Refused	987  82.2  (79.3-84.7)	254  17.8  (15.3-20.7)	1241	257409
COUNTY
Honolulu	1554  82.7  (80.6-84.5)	361  17.3  (15.5-19.4)	1915	671631
Hawaii	779  77.5  (74.5-80.2)	241  22.5  (19.8-25.5)	1020	109822
Kauai	448  82.7  (78.0-86.6)	100  17.3  (13.4-22.0)	548	43444
Maui	835  84.1  (81.4-86.5)	172  15.9  (13.5-18.6)	1007	95981

The symbol -- means cell size less than 50. The symbol - means cell size less than 5.

N = Cell Sample Size, % = Percentage, 95% C.I. = Confidence Interval at 95 percent probability level.

Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.