Reporting Having Chronic Joint Symptoms for at Least a Month During the Last Year
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 3903  88.1  (86.7-89.3) 590  11.9  (10.7-13.3) 4493 921391
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  314  94.4  (89.7-97.0)  17   5.6  ( 3.0-10.3)  331 108999
25-34 Years  715  92.4  (89.8-94.4)  54   7.6  ( 5.6-10.2)  769 172372
35-44 Years  882  92.2  (89.8-94.1)  86   7.8  ( 5.9-10.2)  968 189409
45-54 Years  864  87.8  (84.9-90.2) 140  12.2  ( 9.8-15.1) 1004 161405
55-64 Years  441  80.7  (76.2-84.5) 122  19.3  (15.5-23.8)  563 124535
65+ Years  647  79.5  (75.0-83.4) 168  20.5  (16.6-25.0)  815 155616
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
GENDER        
Male 1715  90.4  (88.7-91.9) 220   9.6  ( 8.1-11.3) 1935 464168
Female 2188  85.7  (83.6-87.6) 370  14.3  (12.4-16.4) 2558 457223
ETHNICITY        
White 1541  84.1  (81.8-86.1) 313  15.9  (13.9-18.2) 1854 311588
Hawaiian  527  90.4  (86.9-93.1)  58   9.6  ( 6.9-13.1)  585 119155
Filipino  504  91.3  (86.0-94.8)  42   8.7  ( 5.2-14.0)  546 132443
Japanese  759  89.0  (86.2-91.3) 111  11.0  ( 8.7-13.8)  870 189706
Others  572  90.1  (86.7-92.7)  66   9.9  ( 7.3-13.3)  638 168500
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 2016  88.6  (86.9-90.1) 279  11.4  ( 9.9-13.1) 2295 522470
Unmarried 1873  87.4  (85.1-89.3) 310  12.6  (10.7-14.9) 2183 396481
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  243  78.3  (68.8-85.6)  57  21.7  (14.4-31.2)  300  57553
High School 1208  87.2  (84.8-89.4) 191  12.8  (10.6-15.2) 1399 306824
Some College 1187  89.7  (87.4-91.6) 167  10.3  ( 8.4-12.6) 1354 280930
College 1252  89.4  (87.3-91.2) 173  10.6  ( 8.8-12.7) 1425 273047
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 2672  90.7  (89.3-92.0) 312   9.3  ( 8.0-10.7) 2984 605348
Unemployed  138  90.5  (83.7-94.6)  17   9.5  ( 5.4-16.3)  155  31372
Student/Homemaker  331  91.2  (86.3-94.4)  35   8.8  ( 5.6-13.7)  366  90166
Retired/Can't work  760  78.0  (74.0-81.5) 225  22.0  (18.5-26.0)  985 194046
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  359  81.7  (76.2-86.1)  90  18.3  (13.9-23.8)  449  81321
$15,000-24,999  441  89.7  (83.1-93.9)  61  10.3  ( 6.1-16.9)  502 102373
$25,000-49,999 1020  87.8  (85.3-90.0) 149  12.2  (10.0-14.7) 1169 228267
$50,000-74,999  515  89.6  (86.0-92.4)  66  10.4  ( 7.6-14.0)  581 126038
>=$75,000  489  89.6  (86.0-92.3)  61  10.4  ( 7.7-14.0)  550 125649
Unknown/Refused 1079  88.2  (85.7-90.3) 163  11.8  ( 9.7-14.3) 1242 257744
COUNTY        
Honolulu 1678  88.5  (86.7-90.0) 238  11.5  (10.0-13.3) 1916 671932
Hawaii  855  84.3  (81.6-86.6) 164  15.7  (13.4-18.4) 1019 109770
Kauai  482  88.9  (85.8-91.4)  67  11.1  ( 8.6-14.2)  549  43514
Maui  888  89.2  (86.9-91.2) 121  10.8  ( 8.8-13.1) 1009  96175

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.