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State Of Hawaii BRFSS 2002


Demographic
Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
#of Adults
TOTAL 172  21.8  (18.1-26.1) 706  78.2  (73.9-81.9)  878 111341
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  -  - --  
25-34 Years  -  - --  
35-44 Years  18  12.1  ( 7.0-19.9)  80  87.9  (80.1-93.0)   98  13679
45-54 Years  23  11.3  ( 6.7-18.3) 144  88.7  (81.7-93.3)  167  19349
55-64 Years  17  19.2  (10.5-32.6) 141  80.8  (67.4-89.5)  158  19417
65+ Years 108  31.0  (25.2-37.4) 288  69.0  (62.6-74.8)  396  48410
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
GENDER        
Male  69  24.3  (18.3-31.4) 296  75.7  (68.6-81.7)  365  53577
Female 103  19.5  (15.3-24.6) 410  80.5  (75.4-84.7)  513  57764
ETHNICITY        
White  59  16.9  (12.2-22.8) 335  83.1  (77.2-87.8)  394  42702
Hawaiian  33  22.1  (14.0-33.1)  97  77.9  (66.9-86.0)  130  14203
Filipino  25  23.7  (13.7-37.9)  69  76.3  (62.1-86.3)   94  13964
Japanese  33  23.1  (15.9-32.3) 126  76.9  (67.7-84.1)  159  22212
Others  22  30.0  (18.5-44.7)  79  70.0  (55.3-81.5)  101  18260
MARITAL STATUS        
Married  92  23.6  (18.3-29.9) 314  76.4  (70.1-81.7)  406  59334
Unmarried  80  19.8  (14.9-25.7) 391  80.2  (74.3-85.1)  471  51847
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  35  33.2  (22.7-45.7)  79  66.8  (54.3-77.3)  114  13186
High School  85  28.0  (21.8-35.1) 260  72.0  (64.9-78.2)  345  46250
Some College  31  12.7  ( 8.3-19.1) 186  87.3  (80.9-91.7)  217  25931
College  20  13.8  ( 6.9-25.4) 179  86.2  (74.6-93.1)  199  25681
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed  23  10.0  ( 5.8-16.6) 228  90.0  (83.4-94.2)  251  33391
Unemployed   9  21.6  ( 7.2-49.5)  45  78.4  (50.5-92.8)   54   9051
Student/Homemaker  29  31.8  (20.4-45.9)  52  68.2  (54.1-79.6)   81   9181
Retired/Can't work 109  26.7  (21.5-32.6) 380  73.3  (67.4-78.5)  489  59438
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  22  17.4  (10.4-27.7) 130  82.6  (72.3-89.6)  152  13624
$15,000-24,999  16  28.1  (13.6-49.2)  74  71.9  (50.8-86.4)   90  10517
$25,000-49,999  18  10.8  ( 6.1-18.6) 126  89.2  (81.4-93.9)  144  18653
$50,000-74,999   7  10.7  ( 4.5-23.4)  74  89.3  (76.6-95.5)   81  10281
>=$75,000   4   8.9  ( 2.0-31.4)  46  91.1  (68.6-98.0)   50   7943
Unknown/Refused 105  30.0  (24.1-36.7) 256  70.0  (63.3-75.9)  361  50323
COUNTY        
Honolulu  67  22.3  (17.2-28.4) 287  77.7  (71.6-82.8)  354  74921
Hawaii  39  17.3  (12.5-23.6) 196  82.7  (76.4-87.5)  235  16979
Kauai  15  23.4  (13.0-38.5)  69  76.6  (61.5-87.0)   84   5714
Maui  51  23.9  (17.3-32.0) 154  76.1  (68.0-82.7)  205  13728

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.