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State of Hawaii BRFSS 2001


Demographic
Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
#of Adults
TOTAL 895  50.0  (46.8-53.1) 945  50.0  (46.9-53.2) 1840 351027
AGE GROUP        
50-54 Years 177  42.3  (36.0-48.9) 298  57.7  (51.1-64.0)  475  72970
55-64 Years 262  45.4  (39.8-51.2) 292  54.6  (48.8-60.2)  554 122723
65-74 Years 263  56.5  (50.1-62.7) 193  43.5  (37.3-49.9)  456  90161
75+ Years 193  58.1  (51.4-64.4) 162  41.9  (35.6-48.6)  355  65173
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
GENDER        
Male 362  50.4  (45.6-55.2) 391  49.6  (44.8-54.4)  753 163436
Female 533  49.6  (45.4-53.8) 554  50.4  (46.2-54.6) 1087 187591
ETHNICITY        
White 406  55.3  (50.5-60.0) 384  44.7  (40.0-49.5)  790 120045
Hawaiian  68  35.7  (27.0-45.6) 121  64.3  (54.4-73.0)  189  39039
Filipino  69  37.4  (26.8-49.4) 122  62.6  (50.6-73.2)  191  43519
Japanese 255  55.4  (49.5-61.2) 205  44.6  (38.8-50.5)  460  95309
Others  97  48.9  (40.1-57.7) 113  51.1  (42.3-59.9)  210  53117
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 517  52.3  (48.2-56.4) 473  47.7  (43.6-51.8)  990 228970
Unmarried 375  45.6  (40.7-50.6) 467  54.4  (49.4-59.3)  842 120455
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  84  43.9  (33.4-55.1) 128  56.1  (44.9-66.6)  212  37238
High School 244  46.2  (40.6-51.9) 269  53.8  (48.1-59.4)  513 100972
Some College 262  51.7  (45.6-57.8) 259  48.3  (42.2-54.4)  521 103147
College 301  54.4  (49.0-59.8) 285  45.6  (40.2-51.0)  586 107606
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 338  43.5  (38.7-48.4) 473  56.5  (51.6-61.3)  811 151175
Unemployed  -  - --  
Student/Homemaker  36  40.4  (27.0-55.5)  37  59.6  (44.5-73.0)   73  13209
Retired/Can't work 509  56.4  (52.1-60.7) 412  43.6  (39.3-47.9)  921 181707
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  78  41.6  (32.3-51.5) 124  58.4  (48.5-67.7)  202  30660
$15,000-24,999  92  53.8  (42.6-64.7)  91  46.2  (35.3-57.4)  183  30333
$25,000-49,999 208  49.9  (43.4-56.4) 213  50.1  (43.6-56.6)  421  80433
$50,000-74,999 103  49.0  (39.9-58.1) 107  51.0  (41.9-60.1)  210  44571
>=$75,000 123  51.6  (43.0-60.1) 116  48.4  (39.9-57.0)  239  55044
Unknown/Refused 291  50.9  (45.4-56.3) 294  49.1  (43.7-54.6)  585 109985
COUNTY        
Honolulu 387  51.0  (46.8-55.2) 357  49.0  (44.8-53.2)  744 251527
Hawaii 210  47.8  (42.7-52.9) 241  52.2  (47.1-57.3)  451  45086
Kauai 118  51.8  (43.8-59.6) 119  48.2  (40.4-56.2)  237  17256
Maui 180  44.4  (38.7-50.3) 228  55.6  (49.7-61.3)  408  37159

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.