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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 4233  93.5  (92.3-94.6) 263   6.5  ( 5.4- 7.7) 4496 921811
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  316  95.6  (92.1-97.6)  15   4.4  ( 2.4- 7.9)  331 108999
25-34 Years  743  96.5  (94.1-97.9)  26   3.5  ( 2.1- 5.9)  769 172372
35-44 Years  931  96.0  (93.7-97.5)  38   4.0  ( 2.5- 6.3)  969 189495
45-54 Years  967  95.4  (92.6-97.2)  36   4.6  ( 2.8- 7.4) 1003 161356
55-64 Years  535  94.2  (90.6-96.5)  29   5.8  ( 3.5- 9.4)  564 124624
65+ Years  702  83.6  (79.0-87.4) 115  16.4  (12.6-21.0)  817 155910
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
GENDER        
Male 1821  93.5  (91.9-94.9) 114   6.5  ( 5.1- 8.1) 1935 464179
Female 2412  93.5  (91.7-95.0) 149   6.5  ( 5.0- 8.3) 2561 457632
ETHNICITY        
White 1796  96.3  (94.8-97.5)  59   3.7  ( 2.5- 5.2) 1855 311848
Hawaiian  545  94.3  (91.4-96.2)  38   5.7  ( 3.8- 8.6)  583 118632
Filipino  478  84.3  (78.2-88.9)  70  15.7  (11.1-21.8)  548 132924
Japanese  820  94.8  (92.7-96.3)  51   5.2  ( 3.7- 7.3)  871 189758
Others  594  93.7  (90.9-95.7)  45   6.3  ( 4.3- 9.1)  639 168650
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 2167  93.6  (92.0-94.8) 131   6.4  ( 5.2- 8.0) 2298 523082
Unmarried 2050  93.5  (91.4-95.1) 132   6.5  ( 4.9- 8.6) 2182 396140
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  237  74.3  (64.7-82.1)  66  25.7  (17.9-35.3)  303  58184
High School 1290  92.8  (90.8-94.3) 108   7.2  ( 5.7- 9.2) 1398 306533
Some College 1301  94.0  (91.6-95.8)  53   6.0  ( 4.2- 8.4) 1354 280852
College 1391  98.1  (97.0-98.7)  35   1.9  ( 1.3- 3.0) 1426 273206
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 2871  95.6  (94.3-96.5) 115   4.4  ( 3.5- 5.7) 2986 605604
Unemployed  145  94.2  (86.7-97.6)  10   5.8  ( 2.4-13.3)  155  31372
Student/Homemaker  346  94.7  (90.3-97.1)  20   5.3  ( 2.9- 9.7)  366  90166
Retired/Can't work  868  86.6  (82.7-89.7) 118  13.4  (10.3-17.3)  986 194211
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  406  89.7  (84.5-93.3)  44  10.3  ( 6.7-15.5)  450  81805
$15,000-24,999  468  89.9  (82.6-94.4)  35  10.1  ( 5.6-17.4)  503 102462
$25,000-49,999 1117  94.9  (92.6-96.5)  51   5.1  ( 3.5- 7.4) 1168 228189
$50,000-74,999  562  96.0  (92.8-97.8)  19   4.0  ( 2.2- 7.2)  581 126038
>=$75,000  540  97.6  (95.0-98.9)  10   2.4  ( 1.1- 5.0)  550 125649
Unknown/Refused 1140  91.8  (89.6-93.6) 104   8.2  ( 6.4-10.4) 1244 257670
COUNTY        
Honolulu 1801  93.5  (91.9-94.8) 118   6.5  ( 5.2- 8.1) 1919 672392
Hawaii  955  93.5  (91.5-95.1)  63   6.5  ( 4.9- 8.5) 1018 109614
Kauai  519  94.4  (91.5-96.3)  30   5.6  ( 3.7- 8.5)  549  43514
Maui  958  93.3  (90.5-95.3)  52   6.7  ( 4.7- 9.5) 1010  96291

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.