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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 114   7.3  ( 6.0- 9.0) 1265  92.7  (91.0-94.0) 1379 114227
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years     77   77  12954
25-34 Years   3   1.2  ( 0.3- 4.2)  138  98.8  (95.8-99.7)  141  16030
35-44 Years   5   1.4  ( 0.5- 3.3)  226  98.6  (96.7-99.5)  231  22816
45-54 Years  14   5.2  ( 3.1- 8.8)  338  94.8  (91.2-96.9)  352  25768
55-64 Years  18   6.3  ( 3.7-10.4)  229  93.7  (89.6-96.3)  247  15701
65+ Years  73  26.6  (21.2-32.9)  252  73.4  (67.1-78.8)  325  20556
Unknown/Refused  -   - --  
GENDER        
Male  44   6.8  ( 4.9- 9.4)  545  93.2  (90.6-95.1)  589  56403
Female  70   7.9  ( 6.1-10.1)  720  92.1  (89.9-93.9)  790  57824
ETHNICITY        
White  42   5.8  ( 4.1- 8.1)  612  94.2  (91.9-95.9)  654  48373
Hawaiian  18   6.7  ( 3.9-11.3)  195  93.3  (88.7-96.1)  213  20322
Filipino   5   3.1  ( 1.2- 7.8)  135  96.9  (92.2-98.8)  140  15172
Japanese  43  15.7  (11.3-21.3)  220  84.3  (78.7-88.7)  263  20771
Others   6   5.1  ( 2.2-11.4)  103  94.9  (88.6-97.8)  109   9589
MARITAL STATUS        
Married  56   7.3  ( 5.5- 9.6)  668  92.7  (90.4-94.5)  724  65764
Unmarried  58   7.4  ( 5.4-10.0)  596  92.6  (90.0-94.6)  654  48439
Unknown/Refused  -   - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  18  16.6  (10.0-26.1)   85  83.4  (73.9-90.0)  103   8055
High School  50   8.9  ( 6.5-11.9)  407  91.1  (88.1-93.5)  457  43105
Some College  26   5.8  ( 3.6- 9.1)  379  94.2  (90.9-96.4)  405  32023
College  19   4.4  ( 2.7- 7.1)  393  95.6  (92.9-97.3)  412  30949
Unknown/Refused  -   - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed  17   1.8  ( 1.1- 3.1)  820  98.2  (96.9-98.9)  837  72251
Unemployed  -   - --  
Student/Homemaker  14   8.1  ( 4.5-14.1)   93  91.9  (85.9-95.5)  107  11300
Retired/Can't work  80  24.3  (19.5-29.9)  308  75.7  (70.1-80.5)  388  24555
Unknown/Refused  -   - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  14   5.5  ( 3.1- 9.8)  162  94.5  (90.2-96.9)  176  11898
$15,000-24,999   8   4.2  ( 2.0- 8.6)  149  95.8  (91.4-98.0)  157  12832
$25,000-49,999  15   4.1  ( 2.4- 6.9)  332  95.9  (93.1-97.6)  347  28327
$50,000-74,999   4   2.1  ( 0.7- 6.2)  166  97.9  (93.8-99.3)  170  13516
>=$75,000   4   1.9  ( 0.6- 5.4)  148  98.1  (94.6-99.4)  152  13021
Unknown/Refused  69  15.9  (12.2-20.4)  308  84.1  (79.6-87.8)  377  34633

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.