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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 1823  39.6  (37.6-41.6) 2662  60.4  (58.4-62.4) 4485 919812
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  130  36.9  (30.2-44.2)  200  63.1  (55.8-69.8)  330 108781
25-34 Years  284  37.4  (33.1-41.9)  483  62.6  (58.1-66.9)  767 172146
35-44 Years  429  43.6  (39.3-48.0)  536  56.4  (52.0-60.7)  965 188575
45-54 Years  479  48.3  (43.9-52.7)  518  51.7  (47.3-56.1)  997 160269
55-64 Years  258  44.0  (38.5-49.7)  306  56.0  (50.3-61.5)  564 124624
65+ Years  229  26.9  (23.1-31.2)  590  73.1  (68.8-76.9)  819 156361
Unknown/Refused   -   - --  
GENDER        
Male  607  31.7  (28.9-34.6) 1327  68.3  (65.4-71.1) 1934 464228
Female 1216  47.6  (45.0-50.3) 1335  52.4  (49.7-55.0) 2551 455583
ETHNICITY        
White  754  39.7  (36.8-42.7) 1096  60.3  (57.3-63.2) 1850 311120
Hawaiian  290  45.3  (39.9-50.9)  294  54.7  (49.1-60.1)  584 119053
Filipino  220  37.8  (31.8-44.2)  328  62.2  (55.8-68.2)  548 132924
Japanese  323  37.3  (33.1-41.6)  544  62.7  (58.4-66.9)  867 188841
Others  236  39.3  (34.5-44.4)  400  60.7  (55.6-65.5)  636 167875
MARITAL STATUS        
Married  985  41.2  (38.6-44.0) 1305  58.8  (56.0-61.4) 2290 521555
Unmarried  834  37.5  (34.6-40.5) 1345  62.5  (59.5-65.4) 2179 395666
Unknown/Refused   -   - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School   94  30.0  (23.5-37.5)  209  70.0  (62.5-76.5)  303  58184
High School  572  39.9  (36.4-43.5)  825  60.1  (56.5-63.6) 1397 306709
Some College  562  40.1  (36.4-44.0)  789  59.9  (56.0-63.6) 1351 279941
College  592  41.1  (37.8-44.4)  827  58.9  (55.6-62.2) 1419 271941
Unknown/Refused   -   - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 1279  41.4  (39.0-43.9) 1694  58.6  (56.1-61.0) 2973 603071
Unemployed   64  40.8  (30.5-52.1)   91  59.2  (47.9-69.5)  155  31372
Student/Homemaker  170  44.1  (37.2-51.3)  195  55.9  (48.7-62.8)  365  90118
Retired/Can't work  310  31.6  (27.8-35.7)  679  68.4  (64.3-72.2)  989 194791
Unknown/Refused   -   - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  164  40.3  (33.7-47.1)  287  59.7  (52.9-66.3)  451  81863
$15,000-24,999  209  42.6  (35.5-50.1)  292  57.4  (49.9-64.5)  501 101861
$25,000-49,999  500  41.3  (37.6-45.1)  665  58.7  (54.9-62.4) 1165 227568
$50,000-74,999  250  39.2  (34.2-44.4)  331  60.8  (55.6-65.8)  581 126038
>=$75,000  234  41.1  (35.9-46.6)  314  58.9  (53.4-64.1)  548 125255
Unknown/Refused  466  36.1  (32.6-39.7)  773  63.9  (60.3-67.4) 1239 257226
COUNTY        
Honolulu  774  40.1  (37.5-42.7) 1141  59.9  (57.3-62.5) 1915 670956
Hawaii  396  37.5  (34.2-41.0)  621  62.5  (59.0-65.8) 1017 109614
Kauai  242  41.2  (36.4-46.2)  305  58.8  (53.8-63.6)  547  43419
Maui  411  37.8  (34.3-41.3)  595  62.2  (58.7-65.7) 1006  95822

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.