Past 12 Months, Stopped Smoking for One Day or Longer-Trying to Quit Smoking?
State of Hawaii BRFSS 2001


Demographic
Characteristics
YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)
NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)
Total
N
Estimated
#of Adults
TOTAL 540  58.8  (54.4-63.1) 394  41.2  (36.9-45.6)  934 189000
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  72  66.2  (54.3-76.3)  35  33.8  (23.7-45.7)  107  33448
25-34 Years 118  62.4  (53.2-70.7)  69  37.6  (29.3-46.8)  187  40827
35-44 Years 123  57.9  (48.2-67.1)  95  42.1  (32.9-51.8)  218  41243
45-54 Years 121  56.1  (46.8-65.1)  99  43.9  (34.9-53.2)  220  33182
55-64 Years  54  44.9  (32.3-58.1)  60  55.1  (41.9-67.7)  114  24048
65+ Years  51  67.0  (53.6-78.2)  33  33.0  (21.8-46.4)   84  15179
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
GENDER        
Male 263  57.0  (50.8-63.0) 200  43.0  (37.0-49.2)  463 114654
Female 277  61.5  (55.5-67.2) 194  38.5  (32.8-44.5)  471  74345
ETHNICITY        
White 228  55.0  (48.3-61.4) 184  45.0  (38.6-51.7)  412  68570
Hawaiian 108  63.5  (52.6-73.3)  64  36.5  (26.7-47.4)  172  33847
Filipino  67  62.0  (48.9-73.5)  39  38.0  (26.5-51.1)  106  26760
Japanese  67  50.4  (39.3-61.4)  67  49.6  (38.6-60.7)  134  31958
Others  70  69.1  (56.9-79.1)  40  30.9  (20.9-43.1)  110  27865
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 209  58.6  (51.7-65.3) 153  41.4  (34.7-48.3)  362  77780
Unmarried 330  58.9  (53.1-64.5) 241  41.1  (35.5-46.9)  571 111167
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  40  54.8  (39.2-69.4)  34  45.2  (30.6-60.8)   74  15176
High School 225  56.2  (49.4-62.8) 164  43.8  (37.2-50.6)  389  83472
Some College 175  63.8  (55.7-71.3) 112  36.2  (28.7-44.3)  287  57747
College  99  58.6  (48.9-67.6)  83  41.4  (32.4-51.1)  182  32271
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 370  56.4  (51.0-61.7) 279  43.6  (38.3-49.0)  649 129203
Unemployed  42  61.8  (44.6-76.5)  21  38.2  (23.5-55.4)   63  14741
Student/Homemaker  48  65.4  (51.9-76.8)  33  34.6  (23.2-48.1)   81  20103
Retired/Can't work  80  64.1  (53.1-73.8)  61  35.9  (26.2-46.9)  141  24953
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  73  57.6  (45.2-69.2)  53  42.4  (30.8-54.8)  126  24254
$15,000-24,999  85  69.6  (57.5-79.5)  38  30.4  (20.5-42.5)  123  24392
$25,000-49,999 136  55.6  (47.0-63.9) 113  44.4  (36.1-53.0)  249  47961
$50,000-74,999  64  56.0  (44.0-67.3)  47  44.0  (32.7-56.0)  111  18368
>=$75,000  35  45.0  (31.0-59.9)  39  55.0  (40.1-69.0)   74  18676
Unknown/Refused 147  62.9  (54.6-70.6) 104  37.1  (29.4-45.4)  251  55348
COUNTY        
Honolulu 201  58.2  (52.1-64.0) 152  41.8  (36.0-47.9)  353 130372
Hawaii 126  59.2  (51.6-66.4)  95  40.8  (33.6-48.4)  221  25932
Kauai  71  59.9  (49.6-69.4)  54  40.1  (30.6-50.4)  125  10981
Maui 142  61.3  (53.7-68.5)  93  38.7  (31.5-46.3)  235  21715

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.