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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 3857  84.8  (83.3-86.2) 637  15.2  (13.8-16.7) 4494 921001
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  275  82.4  (76.4-87.1)  56  17.6  (12.9-23.6)  331 108999
25-34 Years  660  85.6  (82.1-88.5) 109  14.4  (11.5-17.9)  769 172372
35-44 Years  851  87.1  (83.9-89.7) 118  12.9  (10.3-16.1)  969 189495
45-54 Years  896  86.5  (82.8-89.5) 106  13.5  (10.5-17.2) 1002 160847
55-64 Years  496  86.6  (82.0-90.2)  68  13.4  ( 9.8-18.0)  564 124624
65+ Years  647  80.4  (76.6-83.7) 169  19.6  (16.3-23.4)  816 155609
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
GENDER        
Male 1660  85.1  (82.8-87.2) 274  14.9  (12.8-17.2) 1934 463670
Female 2197  84.5  (82.4-86.4) 363  15.5  (13.6-17.6) 2560 457331
ETHNICITY        
White 1648  87.9  (85.6-89.9) 206  12.1  (10.1-14.4) 1854 311338
Hawaiian  488  81.6  (76.6-85.7)  95  18.4  (14.3-23.4)  583 118632
Filipino  435  78.6  (73.3-83.1) 113  21.4  (16.9-26.7)  548 132924
Japanese  748  87.2  (84.2-89.7) 122  12.8  (10.3-15.8)  870 189457
Others  538  83.6  (79.6-87.0) 101  16.4  (13.0-20.4)  639 168650
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 1981  86.0  (84.0-87.7) 316  14.0  (12.3-16.0) 2297 522573
Unmarried 1861  83.2  (80.7-85.4) 320  16.8  (14.6-19.3) 2181 395839
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  186  64.0  (56.1-71.3) 117  36.0  (28.7-43.9)  303  58184
High School 1141  80.3  (77.2-83.1) 256  19.7  (16.9-22.8) 1397 306232
Some College 1206  87.2  (84.4-89.6) 147  12.8  (10.4-15.6) 1353 280343
College 1311  91.9  (89.9-93.5) 115   8.1  ( 6.5-10.1) 1426 273206
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 2629  87.0  (85.2-88.6) 356  13.0  (11.4-14.8) 2985 605095
Unemployed  125  76.5  (64.7-85.2)  30  23.5  (14.8-35.3)  155  31372
Student/Homemaker  304  81.3  (74.8-86.4)  62  18.7  (13.6-25.2)  366  90166
Retired/Can't work  796  81.0  (77.5-84.1) 189  19.0  (15.9-22.5)  985 193910
Unknown/Refused   -  - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  362  78.7  (72.4-83.9)  88  21.3  (16.1-27.6)  450  81805
$15,000-24,999  423  83.0  (77.5-87.4)  80  17.0  (12.6-22.5)  503 102462
$25,000-49,999 1020  85.5  (82.5-88.1) 148  14.5  (11.9-17.5) 1168 228189
$50,000-74,999  523  89.0  (85.1-91.9)  58  11.0  ( 8.1-14.9)  581 126038
>=$75,000  513  93.2  (90.0-95.4)  36   6.8  ( 4.6-10.0)  549 125140
Unknown/Refused 1016  80.8  (77.5-83.6) 227  19.2  (16.4-22.5) 1243 257369
COUNTY        
Honolulu 1636  84.9  (82.9-86.7) 281  15.1  (13.3-17.1) 1917 671582
Hawaii  874  85.9  (83.3-88.2) 144  14.1  (11.8-16.7) 1018 109614
Kauai  486  85.7  (81.5-89.0)  63  14.3  (11.0-18.5)  549  43514
Maui  861  82.8  (79.3-85.7) 149  17.2  (14.3-20.7) 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.