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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 3914  84.9  (83.3-86.3) 581  15.1  (13.7-16.7) 4495 921510
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  254  74.3  (67.5-80.1)  77  25.7  (19.9-32.5)  331 108999
25-34 Years  666  86.0  (82.5-89.0) 103  14.0  (11.0-17.5)  769 172372
35-44 Years  865  87.2  (83.8-89.9) 104  12.8  (10.1-16.2)  969 189495
45-54 Years  924  89.5  (86.0-92.2)  79  10.5  ( 7.8-14.0) 1003 161356
55-64 Years  508  89.8  (85.9-92.7)  56  10.2  ( 7.3-14.1)  564 124624
65+ Years  660  79.4  (75.3-82.9) 156  20.6  (17.1-24.7)  816 155609
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
GENDER        
Male 1643  82.6  (80.1-84.8) 292  17.4  (15.2-19.9) 1935 464179
Female 2271  87.2  (85.2-88.9) 289  12.8  (11.1-14.8) 2560 457331
ETHNICITY        
White 1691  88.9  (86.5-91.0) 164  11.1  ( 9.0-13.5) 1855 311848
Hawaiian  492  83.2  (78.4-87.0)  91  16.8  (13.0-21.6)  583 118632
Filipino  434  76.9  (71.4-81.6) 114  23.1  (18.4-28.6)  548 132924
Japanese  758  86.3  (82.9-89.1) 112  13.7  (10.9-17.1)  870 189457
Others  539  83.2  (79.2-86.7) 100  16.8  (13.3-20.8)  639 168650
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 2025  86.4  (84.4-88.2) 273  13.6  (11.8-15.6) 2298 523082
Unmarried 1875  82.8  (80.2-85.1) 306  17.2  (14.9-19.8) 2181 395839
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  205  65.6  (57.5-72.9)  98  34.4  (27.1-42.5)  303  58184
High School 1146  80.4  (77.3-83.1) 251  19.6  (16.9-22.7) 1397 306232
Some College 1218  86.3  (83.2-89.0) 136  13.7  (11.0-16.8) 1354 280852
College 1334  92.6  (90.6-94.2)  92   7.4  ( 5.8- 9.4) 1426 273206
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 2664  86.5  (84.6-88.2) 322  13.5  (11.8-15.4) 2986 605604
Unemployed  124  79.1  (68.3-87.0)  31  20.9  (13.0-31.7)  155  31372
Student/Homemaker  308  81.5  (74.9-86.7)  58  18.5  (13.3-25.1)  366  90166
Retired/Can't work  815  82.1  (78.6-85.1) 170  17.9  (14.9-21.4)  985 193910
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  357  76.1  (69.6-81.6)  93  23.9  (18.4-30.4)  450  81805
$15,000-24,999  428  83.1  (77.5-87.5)  75  16.9  (12.5-22.5)  503 102462
$25,000-49,999 1055  87.6  (84.6-90.1) 113  12.4  ( 9.9-15.4) 1168 228189
$50,000-74,999  527  87.9  (83.3-91.3)  54  12.1  ( 8.7-16.7)  581 126038
>=$75,000  515  93.3  (90.2-95.5)  35   6.7  ( 4.5- 9.8)  550 125649
Unknown/Refused 1032  80.3  (77.0-83.3) 211  19.7  (16.7-23.0) 1243 257369
COUNTY        
Honolulu 1645  84.3  (82.2-86.1) 273  15.7  (13.9-17.8) 1918 672091
Hawaii  912  88.7  (86.2-90.8) 106  11.3  ( 9.2-13.8) 1018 109614
Kauai  489  87.8  (83.9-90.8)  60  12.2  ( 9.2-16.1)  549  43514
Maui  868  83.3  (80.0-86.2) 142  16.7  (13.8-20.0) 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.