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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 210  32.6  (28.4-37.0) 384  67.4  (63.0-71.6)  594 43880
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  -  - --  
25-34 Years  10  16.2  ( 8.5-28.8)  50  83.8  (71.2-91.5)   60  6589
35-44 Years  48  41.5  (32.0-51.7)  65  58.5  (48.3-68.0)  113  8856
45-54 Years  59  36.9  (28.7-46.0)  94  63.1  (54.0-71.3)  153  9688
55-64 Years  41  39.6  (30.0-50.1)  64  60.4  (49.9-70.0)  105  6017
65+ Years  41  27.8  (19.8-37.4)  84  72.2  (62.6-80.2)  125  8212
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
GENDER        
Male  73  25.1  (19.7-31.4) 192  74.9  (68.6-80.3)  265 21854
Female 137  40.0  (34.1-46.2) 192  60.0  (53.8-65.9)  329 22026
ETHNICITY        
White  97  35.1  (28.8-41.9) 171  64.9  (58.1-71.2)  268 16942
Hawaiian  28  33.4  (22.4-46.5)  48  66.6  (53.5-77.6)   76  6540
Filipino  30  25.6  (17.4-36.0)  65  74.4  (64.0-82.6)   95  9278
Japanese  35  33.6  (24.3-44.3)  67  66.4  (55.7-75.7)  102  7354
Others  20  35.2  (22.4-50.5)  33  64.8  (49.5-77.6)   53  3767
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 126  34.7  (29.4-40.4) 209  65.3  (59.6-70.6)  335 27461
Unmarried  83  28.9  (22.6-36.1) 175  71.1  (63.9-77.4)  258 16390
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  -  - --  
High School  61  28.1  (21.7-35.6) 151  71.9  (64.4-78.3)  212 17145
Some College  65  35.1  (27.4-43.8) 103  64.9  (56.2-72.6)  168 12449
College  72  39.9  (32.2-48.1) 102  60.1  (51.9-67.8)  174 10776
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 132  33.3  (28.2-38.9) 240  66.7  (61.1-71.8)  372 28205
Unemployed  -  - --  
Student/Homemaker  -  - --  
Retired/Can't work  59  32.8  (25.0-41.8) 104  67.2  (58.2-75.0)  163 10103
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  15  25.0  (14.4-39.7)  47  75.0  (60.3-85.6)   62  3543
$15,000-24,999  26  40.2  (26.5-55.6)  34  59.8  (44.4-73.5)   60  4538
$25,000-49,999  52  33.8  (25.7-43.0)  91  66.2  (57.0-74.3)  143 10561
$50,000-74,999  30  41.8  (29.6-55.1)  38  58.2  (44.9-70.4)   68  5090
>=$75,000  35  46.1  (33.4-59.3)  35  53.9  (40.7-66.6)   70  4415
Unknown/Refused  52  24.5  (18.3-32.0) 139  75.5  (68.0-81.7)  191 15735

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.