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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 3913  86.6  (85.2-87.9) 582  13.4  (12.1-14.8) 4495 921510
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  284  87.1  (82.1-90.9)  47  12.9  ( 9.1-17.9)  331 108999
25-34 Years  674  87.7  (84.4-90.4)  95  12.3  ( 9.6-15.6)  769 172372
35-44 Years  865  89.6  (86.7-91.9) 104  10.4  ( 8.1-13.3)  969 189495
45-54 Years  907  89.0  (85.8-91.5)  96  11.0  ( 8.5-14.2) 1003 161356
55-64 Years  503  88.7  (84.3-91.9)  61  11.3  ( 8.1-15.7)  564 124624
65+ Years  643  78.2  (74.2-81.8) 173  21.8  (18.2-25.8)  816 155609
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
GENDER        
Male 1683  86.6  (84.4-88.4) 252  13.4  (11.6-15.6) 1935 464179
Female 2230  86.7  (84.8-88.4) 330  13.3  (11.6-15.2) 2560 457331
ETHNICITY        
White 1640  87.6  (85.3-89.6) 215  12.4  (10.4-14.7) 1855 311848
Hawaiian  503  84.9  (80.4-88.6)  80  15.1  (11.4-19.6)  583 118632
Filipino  457  83.5  (78.7-87.4)  91  16.5  (12.6-21.3)  548 132924
Japanese  759  87.7  (84.7-90.1) 111  12.3  ( 9.9-15.3)  870 189457
Others  554  87.3  (83.7-90.2)  85  12.7  ( 9.8-16.3)  639 168650
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 2014  86.9  (85.0-88.6) 284  13.1  (11.4-15.0) 2298 523082
Unmarried 1885  86.3  (84.0-88.2) 296  13.7  (11.8-16.0) 2181 395839
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  208  67.7  (59.6-74.8)  95  32.3  (25.2-40.4)  303  58184
High School 1169  83.4  (80.6-85.9) 228  16.6  (14.1-19.4) 1397 306232
Some College 1213  88.8  (86.1-91.0) 141  11.2  ( 9.0-13.9) 1354 280852
College 1311  92.2  (90.3-93.7) 115   7.8  ( 6.3- 9.7) 1426 273206
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 2662  88.7  (87.0-90.1) 324  11.3  ( 9.9-13.0) 2986 605604
Unemployed  133  81.4  (70.0-89.2)  22  18.6  (10.8-30.0)  155  31372
Student/Homemaker  312  86.7  (81.5-90.6)  54  13.3  ( 9.4-18.5)  366  90166
Retired/Can't work  803  81.1  (77.5-84.2) 182  18.9  (15.8-22.5)  985 193910
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  363  79.6  (73.2-84.7)  87  20.4  (15.3-26.8)  450  81805
$15,000-24,999  422  84.2  (79.3-88.1)  81  15.8  (11.9-20.7)  503 102462
$25,000-49,999 1037  88.9  (86.3-91.0) 131  11.1  ( 9.0-13.7) 1168 228189
$50,000-74,999  539  91.6  (88.0-94.1)  42   8.4  ( 5.9-12.0)  581 126038
>=$75,000  507  91.4  (87.8-94.0)  43   8.6  ( 6.0-12.2)  550 125649
Unknown/Refused 1045  83.1  (80.1-85.7) 198  16.9  (14.3-19.9) 1243 257369
COUNTY        
Honolulu 1660  86.7  (84.8-88.3) 258  13.3  (11.7-15.2) 1918 672091
Hawaii  874  85.7  (82.9-88.1) 144  14.3  (11.9-17.1) 1018 109614
Kauai  495  90.2  (87.0-92.7)  54   9.8  ( 7.3-13.0)  549  43514
Maui  884  85.7  (82.6-88.4) 126  14.3  (11.6-17.4) 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.