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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 3704  79.9  (78.1-81.5) 791  20.1  (18.5-21.9) 4495 921510
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  228  66.6  (59.7-72.8) 103  33.4  (27.2-40.3)  331 108999
25-34 Years  615  79.0  (75.0-82.5) 154  21.0  (17.5-25.0)  769 172372
35-44 Years  832  83.1  (79.4-86.3) 137  16.9  (13.7-20.6)  969 189495
45-54 Years  878  84.4  (80.7-87.5) 125  15.6  (12.5-19.3) 1003 161356
55-64 Years  488  88.2  (83.9-91.4)  76  11.8  ( 8.6-16.1)  564 124624
65+ Years  627  75.2  (71.0-79.0) 189  24.8  (21.0-29.0)  816 155609
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
GENDER        
Male 1555  78.2  (75.5-80.6) 380  21.8  (19.4-24.5) 1935 464179
Female 2149  81.6  (79.3-83.6) 411  18.4  (16.4-20.7) 2560 457331
ETHNICITY        
White 1637  86.7  (84.3-88.8) 218  13.3  (11.2-15.7) 1855 311848
Hawaiian  460  76.5  (71.5-80.9) 123  23.5  (19.1-28.5)  583 118632
Filipino  399  69.4  (63.3-74.8) 149  30.6  (25.2-36.7)  548 132924
Japanese  708  81.4  (77.9-84.5) 162  18.6  (15.5-22.1)  870 189457
Others  500  76.0  (71.5-80.0) 139  24.0  (20.0-28.5)  639 168650
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 1932  82.3  (80.1-84.2) 366  17.7  (15.8-19.9) 2298 523082
Unmarried 1759  76.8  (74.0-79.4) 422  23.2  (20.6-26.0) 2181 395839
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  192  61.9  (53.7-69.6) 111  38.1  (30.4-46.3)  303  58184
High School 1088  75.0  (71.7-78.1) 309  25.0  (21.9-28.3) 1397 306232
Some College 1146  80.8  (77.5-83.7) 208  19.2  (16.3-22.5) 1354 280852
College 1267  88.2  (85.9-90.2) 159  11.8  ( 9.8-14.1) 1426 273206
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 2508  81.5  (79.5-83.4) 478  18.5  (16.6-20.5) 2986 605604
Unemployed  121  70.5  (59.1-79.8)  34  29.5  (20.2-40.9)  155  31372
Student/Homemaker  286  74.2  (67.1-80.3)  80  25.8  (19.7-32.9)  366  90166
Retired/Can't work  786  78.7  (75.0-82.0) 199  21.3  (18.0-25.0)  985 193910
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  326  72.6  (66.2-78.2) 124  27.4  (21.8-33.8)  450  81805
$15,000-24,999  397  74.1  (67.9-79.4) 106  25.9  (20.6-32.1)  503 102462
$25,000-49,999  992  82.8  (79.6-85.5) 176  17.2  (14.5-20.4) 1168 228189
$50,000-74,999  504  84.4  (79.9-88.0)  77  15.6  (12.0-20.1)  581 126038
>=$75,000  485  85.4  (81.0-89.0)  65  14.6  (11.0-19.0)  550 125649
Unknown/Refused 1000  76.9  (73.4-80.1) 243  23.1  (19.9-26.6) 1243 257369
COUNTY        
Honolulu 1542  79.2  (76.9-81.3) 376  20.8  (18.7-23.1) 1918 672091
Hawaii  861  82.5  (79.4-85.2) 157  17.5  (14.8-20.6) 1018 109614
Kauai  464  82.8  (78.6-86.4)  85  17.2  (13.6-21.4)  549  43514
Maui  837  80.1  (76.6-83.2) 173  19.9  (16.8-23.4) 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.