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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 814  73.5  (69.7-77.0) 271  26.5  (23.0-30.3) 1085 221630
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  -  - --  
25-34 Years  13  21.1  (11.1-36.5)  44  78.9  (63.5-88.9)   57  12424
35-44 Years  69  41.8  (31.2-53.2)  75  58.2  (46.8-68.8)  144  28619
45-54 Years 143  66.4  (57.2-74.5)  77  33.6  (25.5-42.8)  220  39586
55-64 Years 176  86.4  (78.6-91.6)  29  13.6  ( 8.4-21.4)  205  47851
65+ Years 409  92.2  (88.1-95.0)  29   7.8  ( 5.0-11.9)  438  86312
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
GENDER        
Male 333  69.2  (63.5-74.4) 147  30.8  (25.6-36.5)  480 111267
Female 481  77.9  (72.7-82.3) 124  22.1  (17.7-27.3)  605 110363
ETHNICITY        
White 261  71.6  (65.2-77.3)  99  28.4  (22.7-34.8)  360  60881
Hawaiian  98  65.7  (54.6-75.4)  48  34.3  (24.6-45.4)  146  30005
Filipino 107  70.5  (57.6-80.8)  39  29.5  (19.2-42.4)  146  31234
Japanese 255  82.3  (75.5-87.5)  45  17.7  (12.5-24.5)  300  61165
Others  93  71.1  (60.1-80.0)  40  28.9  (20.0-39.9)  133  38345
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 443  76.7  (71.9-80.9) 139  23.3  (19.1-28.1)  582 138047
Unmarried 367  67.9  (61.5-73.8) 132  32.1  (26.2-38.5)  499  82860
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School 122  86.9  (75.3-93.6)  17  13.1  ( 6.4-24.7)  139  27452
High School 274  70.5  (63.6-76.5)  93  29.5  (23.5-36.4)  367  74369
Some College 216  71.1  (63.6-77.6)  89  28.9  (22.4-36.4)  305  65327
College 201  73.7  (66.3-79.9)  72  26.3  (20.1-33.7)  273  54278
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 322  61.8  (55.8-67.5) 191  38.2  (32.5-44.2)  513 105095
Unemployed  -  - --  
Student/Homemaker  39  54.8  (36.9-71.5)  20  45.2  (28.5-63.1)   59  11649
Retired/Can't work 438  89.4  (85.1-92.6)  43  10.6  ( 7.4-14.9)  481  98651
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000 100  78.1  (67.3-86.1)  33  21.9  (13.9-32.7)  133  22928
$15,000-24,999  94  71.7  (57.6-82.5)  26  28.3  (17.5-42.4)  120  22170
$25,000-49,999 190  73.8  (65.8-80.5)  68  26.2  (19.5-34.2)  258  52659
$50,000-74,999  91  72.1  (60.4-81.4)  34  27.9  (18.6-39.6)  125  27071
>=$75,000  85  69.3  (58.4-78.5)  44  30.7  (21.5-41.6)  129  30995
Unknown/Refused 254  74.8  (67.5-81.0)  66  25.2  (19.0-32.5)  320  65806
COUNTY        
Honolulu 338  73.5  (68.5-78.0) 114  26.5  (22.0-31.5)  452 160938
Hawaii 188  70.7  (63.9-76.7)  67  29.3  (23.3-36.1)  255  27153
Kauai 119  79.8  (71.4-86.2)  31  20.2  (13.8-28.6)  150  12306
Maui 169  73.7  (65.3-80.6)  59  26.3  (19.4-34.7)  228  21233

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.