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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 1814  38.9  (36.9-40.8) 2482  61.1  (59.2-63.1) 4296 875391
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  117  31.5  (25.5-38.1)  207  68.5  (61.9-74.5)  324 106354
25-34 Years  348  42.1  (37.8-46.5)  404  57.9  (53.5-62.2)  752 167826
35-44 Years  455  42.1  (37.9-46.5)  491  57.9  (53.5-62.1)  946 184390
45-54 Years  430  44.5  (40.1-48.9)  530  55.5  (51.1-59.9)  960 153527
55-64 Years  220  44.0  (38.3-49.9)  309  56.0  (50.1-61.7)  529 114351
65+ Years  230  26.6  (22.8-30.7)  514  73.4  (69.3-77.2)  744 139987
Unknown/Refused   -   - --  
GENDER        
Male  502  27.1  (24.5-29.9) 1332  72.9  (70.1-75.5) 1834 438442
Female 1312  50.6  (48.0-53.3) 1150  49.4  (46.7-52.0) 2462 436949
ETHNICITY        
White  888  46.9  (43.8-50.0)  894  53.1  (50.0-56.2) 1782 299403
Hawaiian  201  33.7  (28.6-39.2)  357  66.3  (60.8-71.4)  558 112532
Filipino  156  26.7  (21.9-32.2)  363  73.3  (67.8-78.1)  519 124353
Japanese  326  40.7  (36.4-45.2)  497  59.3  (54.8-63.6)  823 178194
Others  243  34.9  (30.4-39.6)  371  65.1  (60.4-69.6)  614 160909
MARITAL STATUS        
Married  972  41.5  (38.9-44.2) 1218  58.5  (55.8-61.1) 2190 494179
Unmarried  835  35.2  (32.5-38.1) 1256  64.8  (61.9-67.5) 2091 378772
Unknown/Refused   -   - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School   56  17.5  (12.4-24.2)  230  82.5  (75.8-87.6)  286  53990
High School  433  27.8  (24.8-31.0)  889  72.2  (69.0-75.2) 1322 285307
Some College  581  42.4  (38.6-46.2)  725  57.6  (53.8-61.4) 1306 271548
College  736  51.8  (48.3-55.2)  632  48.2  (44.8-51.7) 1368 261960
Unknown/Refused   -   - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 1261  40.6  (38.2-43.1) 1614  59.4  (56.9-61.8) 2875 578988
Unemployed   56  33.1  (24.2-43.4)   95  66.9  (56.6-75.8)  151  30798
Student/Homemaker  189  44.9  (38.2-51.9)  164  55.1  (48.1-61.8)  353  87653
Retired/Can't work  305  30.9  (27.2-35.0)  609  69.1  (65.0-72.8)  914 177493
Unknown/Refused   -   - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  154  29.1  (23.8-35.1)  274  70.9  (64.9-76.2)  428  77220
$15,000-24,999  201  32.5  (26.8-38.8)  279  67.5  (61.2-73.2)  480  96482
$25,000-49,999  486  39.7  (36.0-43.6)  634  60.3  (56.4-64.0) 1120 219808
$50,000-74,999  273  47.3  (42.1-52.7)  286  52.7  (47.3-57.9)  559 118444
>=$75,000  270  48.8  (43.3-54.4)  252  51.2  (45.6-56.7)  522 119383
Unknown/Refused  430  34.7  (31.2-38.4)  757  65.3  (61.6-68.8) 1187 244054
COUNTY        
Honolulu  795  39.3  (36.8-41.9) 1026  60.7  (58.1-63.2) 1821 636550
Hawaii  420  39.2  (35.8-42.8)  554  60.8  (57.2-64.2)  974 104954
Kauai  204  34.4  (29.7-39.3)  318  65.6  (60.7-70.3)  522  41376
Maui  395  37.2  (33.6-41.0)  584  62.8  (59.0-66.4)  979  92511

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.