Smoking Status

Kauai County, BRFSS 2002

Demographic Characteristics	Current smoker   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Former smoker   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Never smoked   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Total N	Estimated #of Adults
TOTAL	127  24.4  (20.3-28.9)	153  24.3  (20.5-28.5)	321  51.3  (46.6-56.0)	601	44476
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	-	-	-	--
25-34 Years	15  33.4  (20.7-48.9)	9  13.0  ( 6.6-24.2)	37  53.6  (39.4-67.2)	61	6708
35-44 Years	29  28.8  (20.2-39.2)	25  21.9  (14.6-31.5)	61  49.3  (39.4-59.3)	115	9101
45-54 Years	41  26.1  (19.0-34.7)	35  23.5  (16.7-32.1)	79  50.4  (41.6-59.2)	155	9866
55-64 Years	24  21.0  (14.0-30.1)	34  30.0  (21.4-40.3)	48  49.1  (38.8-59.4)	106	6043
65+ Years	6   5.6  ( 2.2-13.4)	46  41.5  (31.1-52.7)	73  52.9  (42.1-63.5)	125	8212
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	67  28.3  (22.2-35.3)	81  30.1  (24.0-36.9)	118  41.6  (35.0-48.5)	266	21946
Female	60  20.5  (15.5-26.5)	72  18.7  (14.5-23.8)	203  60.8  (54.5-66.8)	335	22530
ETHNICITY
White	46  18.8  (13.7-25.2)	78  24.7  (19.6-30.6)	147  56.6  (49.7-63.2)	271	17121
Hawaiian	37  54.9  (41.9-67.2)	10  12.6  ( 6.3-23.6)	31  32.5  (22.3-44.8)	78	6842
Filipino	22  21.0  (13.5-31.3)	23  29.0  (19.2-41.3)	50  49.9  (38.5-61.3)	95	9278
Japanese	11  12.9  ( 7.0-22.6)	29  29.9  (20.9-40.7)	62  57.2  (46.3-67.5)	102	7354
Others	11  24.8  (13.4-41.2)	13  21.6  (11.7-36.5)	31  53.6  (38.4-68.1)	55	3880
MARITAL STATUS
Married	65  21.2  (16.6-26.5)	92  28.4  (23.2-34.1)	180  50.5  (44.6-56.3)	337	27578
Unmarried	62  29.6  (22.5-37.9)	61  17.7  (13.1-23.5)	140  52.6  (44.8-60.3)	263	16868
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	-	-	-	--
High School	73  36.4  (29.3-44.2)	52  25.9  (19.8-33.1)	91  37.7  (30.8-45.1)	216	17652
Some College	37  25.6  (17.9-35.2)	41  18.5  (13.1-25.4)	90  55.9  (46.7-64.8)	168	12449
College	12   6.0  ( 3.3-10.9)	46  23.8  (17.8-31.1)	118  70.2  (62.5-76.9)	176	10836
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	89  26.1  (21.1-31.7)	86  20.6  (16.5-25.5)	200  53.3  (47.5-59.0)	375	28356
Unemployed	-	-	-	--
Student/Homemaker	-	-	-	--
Retired/Can't work	16   8.6  ( 4.9-14.8)	51  36.6  (27.5-46.7)	97  54.8  (45.2-64.1)	164	10131
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	15  24.9  (14.3-39.7)	14  19.2  (10.8-31.9)	34  55.9  (41.7-69.2)	63	3628
$15,000-24,999	16  39.1  (24.7-55.7)	15  21.0  (11.7-34.9)	30  39.9  (26.6-54.8)	61	4629
$25,000-49,999	29  17.4  (11.7-25.1)	38  29.2  (21.4-38.4)	77  53.4  (44.2-62.4)	144	10595
$50,000-74,999	14  21.1  (12.5-33.4)	18  19.6  (12.0-30.4)	37  59.2  (46.3-71.0)	69	5115
>=$75,000	6   9.5  ( 4.1-20.5)	22  28.4  (17.6-42.6)	42  62.1  (48.1-74.2)	70	4415
Unknown/Refused	47  29.6  (22.2-38.3)	46  23.6  (17.2-31.5)	101  46.8  (38.7-55.1)	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.