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Kauai County, BRFSS 2002


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 No
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
#of Adults
TOTAL 123  16.9  (13.9-20.5) 475  83.1  (79.5-86.1)  598 44271
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  -  - --  
25-34 Years   2   2.1  ( 0.5- 8.2)  59  97.9  (91.8-99.5)   61  6708
35-44 Years  12  11.7  ( 6.3-20.7) 103  88.3  (79.3-93.7)  115  9101
45-54 Years  24  11.7  ( 7.5-17.8) 130  88.3  (82.2-92.5)  154  9806
55-64 Years  31  28.4  (20.0-38.5)  74  71.6  (61.5-80.0)  105  6004
65+ Years  54  42.5  (32.3-53.4)  70  57.5  (46.6-67.7)  124  8106
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
GENDER        
Male  43  14.1  (10.2-19.2) 221  85.9  (80.8-89.8)  264 21780
Female  80  19.7  (15.3-24.9) 254  80.3  (75.1-84.7)  334 22491
ETHNICITY        
White  61  17.6  (13.4-22.8) 208  82.4  (77.2-86.6)  269 16955
Hawaiian   9  10.5  ( 4.8-21.4)  68  89.5  (78.6-95.2)   77  6803
Filipino  15  13.5  ( 7.4-23.2)  80  86.5  (76.8-92.6)   95  9278
Japanese  23  21.3  (13.9-31.2)  79  78.7  (68.8-86.1)  102  7354
Others  15  25.3  (14.4-40.4)  40  74.7  (59.6-85.6)   55  3880
MARITAL STATUS        
Married  59  16.4  (12.5-21.2) 277  83.6  (78.8-87.5)  336 27472
Unmarried  64  17.9  (13.4-23.5) 197  82.1  (76.5-86.6)  261 16769
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  -  - --  
High School  39  14.3  (10.0-20.0) 176  85.7  (80.0-90.0)  215 17613
Some College  33  16.1  (10.9-23.1) 134  83.9  (76.9-89.1)  167 12389
College  34  17.3  (12.2-24.0) 141  82.7  (76.0-87.8)  175 10730
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed  48   9.7  ( 7.1-13.1) 325  90.3  (86.9-92.9)  373 28257
Unemployed  -  - --  
Student/Homemaker  -  - --  
Retired/Can't work  66  39.2  (30.5-48.6)  97  60.8  (51.4-69.5)  163 10025
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  16  19.1  (10.9-31.2)  47  80.9  (68.8-89.1)   63  3628
$15,000-24,999  10   9.6  ( 4.9-18.1)  50  90.4  (81.9-95.1)   60  4590
$25,000-49,999  23  13.9  ( 8.9-21.2) 120  86.1  (78.8-91.1)  143 10489
$50,000-74,999  10  11.2  ( 5.6-21.0)  59  88.8  (79.0-94.4)   69  5115
>=$75,000  16  25.5  (14.7-40.5)  53  74.5  (59.5-85.3)   69  4355
Unknown/Refused  48  20.0  (14.6-26.9) 146  80.0  (73.1-85.4)  194 16093

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.