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Hawaii County, BRFSS 2002


Demographic
Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
#of Adults
TOTAL 532  37.3  (34.3-40.4) 842  62.7  (59.6-65.7) 1374 113830
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  19  27.2  (17.2-40.2)  58  72.8  (59.8-82.8)   77  12954
25-34 Years  66  41.8  (32.7-51.4)  75  58.2  (48.6-67.3)  141  16030
35-44 Years 104  43.9  (36.8-51.3) 127  56.1  (48.7-63.2)  231  22816
45-54 Years 146  39.6  (34.1-45.4) 203  60.4  (54.6-65.9)  349  25473
55-64 Years 108  42.8  (36.1-49.8) 139  57.2  (50.2-63.9)  247  15701
65+ Years  86  25.5  (20.5-31.1) 237  74.5  (68.9-79.5)  323  20454
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
GENDER        
Male 167  28.4  (24.3-33.0) 419  71.6  (67.0-75.7)  586  56151
Female 365  45.9  (41.8-50.1) 423  54.1  (49.9-58.2)  788  57679
ETHNICITY        
White 256  38.3  (34.0-42.7) 397  61.7  (57.3-66.0)  653  48328
Hawaiian  95  45.0  (37.2-53.1) 118  55.0  (46.9-62.8)  213  20322
Filipino  54  32.0  (24.1-41.2)  83  68.0  (58.8-75.9)  137  14877
Japanese  86  31.6  (25.2-38.9) 177  68.4  (61.1-74.8)  263  20771
Others  41  36.4  (26.6-47.4)  67  63.6  (52.6-73.4)  108   9533
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 288  39.5  (35.6-43.6) 433  60.5  (56.4-64.4)  721  65512
Unmarried 244  34.3  (29.8-39.1) 408  65.7  (60.9-70.2)  652  48294
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  33  30.2  (21.3-40.8)  69  69.8  (59.2-78.7)  102   7998
High School 166  36.6  (31.3-42.2) 288  63.4  (57.8-68.7)  454  42883
Some College 167  40.9  (35.5-46.6) 237  59.1  (53.4-64.5)  404  31904
College 165  36.4  (31.2-42.0) 247  63.6  (58.0-68.8)  412  30949
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 358  40.4  (36.6-44.3) 476  59.6  (55.7-63.4)  834  71956
Unemployed  -  - --  
Student/Homemaker  37  33.6  (23.7-45.1)  70  66.4  (54.9-76.3)  107  11300
Retired/Can't work 119  31.4  (26.4-36.9) 267  68.6  (63.1-73.6)  386  24453
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  72  44.9  (36.0-54.0) 104  55.1  (46.0-64.0)  176  11898
$15,000-24,999  67  43.4  (34.2-53.0)  88  56.6  (47.0-65.8)  155  12677
$25,000-49,999 149  40.7  (34.8-46.8) 197  59.3  (53.2-65.2)  346  28209
$50,000-74,999  88  50.6  (42.3-58.9)  82  49.4  (41.1-57.7)  170  13516
>=$75,000  61  37.7  (29.3-46.9)  91  62.3  (53.1-70.7)  152  13021
Unknown/Refused  95  24.3  (19.4-30.0) 280  75.7  (70.0-80.6)  375  34510

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.