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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 446   6.0  ( 5.3- 6.8) 5550  94.0  (93.2-94.7) 5996 932859
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years   5   1.1  ( 0.4- 3.4)  446  98.9  (96.6-99.6)  451 119204
25-34 Years  13   1.0  ( 0.5- 1.9)  879  99.0  (98.1-99.5)  892 167780
35-44 Years  24   1.6  ( 1.0- 2.5) 1134  98.4  (97.5-99.0) 1158 187819
45-54 Years  49   3.7  ( 2.5- 5.4) 1268  96.3  (94.6-97.5) 1317 174968
55-64 Years  65   5.7  ( 4.0- 8.1)  824  94.3  (91.9-96.0)  889 116369
65+ Years 286  22.6  (19.8-25.8)  962  77.4  (74.2-80.2) 1248 161480
Unknown/Refused  -   - --  
GENDER        
Male 171   5.7  ( 4.7- 6.9) 2432  94.3  (93.1-95.3) 2603 464648
Female 275   6.3  ( 5.4- 7.3) 3118  93.7  (92.7-94.6) 3393 468211
ETHNICITY        
White 146   4.8  ( 3.9- 5.9) 2333  95.2  (94.1-96.1) 2479 329530
Hawaiian  81   6.8  ( 5.0- 9.1)  690  93.2  (90.9-95.0)  771 118657
Filipino  58   6.2  ( 4.4- 8.8)  717  93.8  (91.2-95.6)  775 140704
Japanese 109   7.3  ( 5.9- 9.1) 1059  92.7  (90.9-94.1) 1168 190008
Others  52   6.2  ( 4.4- 8.5)  751  93.8  (91.5-95.6)  803 153960
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 219   5.6  ( 4.7- 6.6) 3009  94.4  (93.4-95.3) 3228 544947
Unmarried 225   6.5  ( 5.5- 7.8) 2531  93.5  (92.2-94.5) 2756 386440
Unknown/Refused  -   - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  75  16.1  (12.0-21.3)  326  83.9  (78.7-88.0)  401  55773
High School 207   8.6  ( 7.2-10.2) 1794  91.4  (89.8-92.8) 2001 325347
Some College  87   3.9  ( 3.0- 5.1) 1632  96.1  (94.9-97.0) 1719 271193
College  74   3.0  ( 2.2- 3.9) 1790  97.0  (96.1-97.8) 1864 279097
Unknown/Refused  -   - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed  55   1.2  ( 0.9- 1.8) 3723  98.8  (98.2-99.1) 3778 602807
Unemployed  23   8.1  ( 4.2-15.0)  197  91.9  (85.0-95.8)  220  41722
Student/Homemaker  59   6.4  ( 4.6- 8.9)  480  93.6  (91.1-95.4)  539 101935
Retired/Can't work 306  20.7  (18.1-23.5) 1145  79.3  (76.5-81.9) 1451 185339
Unknown/Refused  -   - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  62   7.4  ( 5.4-10.1)  537  92.6  (89.9-94.6)  599  73414
$15,000-24,999  43   4.8  ( 3.3- 6.9)  546  95.2  (93.1-96.7)  589  87297
$25,000-49,999  46   2.3  ( 1.6- 3.2) 1362  97.7  (96.8-98.4) 1408 202415
$50,000-74,999  22   2.4  ( 1.5- 3.9)  768  97.6  (96.1-98.5)  790 127707
>=$75,000  15   1.9  ( 0.9- 4.0)  779  98.1  (96.0-99.1)  794 135802
Unknown/Refused 258  11.8  (10.1-13.7) 1558  88.2  (86.3-89.9) 1816 306224
COUNTY        
Honolulu 176   5.5  ( 4.6- 6.4) 2634  94.5  (93.6-95.4) 2810 674557
Hawaii 114   7.3  ( 6.0- 9.0) 1265  92.7  (91.0-94.0) 1379 114227
Kauai  38   6.9  ( 4.8-10.0)  562  93.1  (90.0-95.2)  600  44448
Maui 118   7.8  ( 6.3- 9.7) 1089  92.2  (90.3-93.7) 1207  99626

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.