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Maui County, BRFSS 2002


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 No
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
#of Adults
TOTAL 270  19.2  (16.8-21.9) 930  80.8  (78.1-83.2) 1200 98850
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years   2   2.7  ( 0.7-10.2)  75  97.3  (89.8-99.3)   77 10524
25-34 Years  12   7.1  ( 3.6-13.3) 178  92.9  (86.7-96.4)  190 17793
35-44 Years  29  10.4  ( 6.9-15.3) 216  89.6  (84.7-93.1)  245 21718
45-54 Years  51  18.5  (13.6-24.6) 220  81.5  (75.4-86.4)  271 20907
55-64 Years  69  28.3  (21.9-35.8) 138  71.7  (64.2-78.1)  207 12696
65+ Years 107  52.1  (43.7-60.5)  97  47.9  (39.5-56.3)  204 14845
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
GENDER        
Male 116  18.2  (14.8-22.1) 433  81.8  (77.9-85.2)  549 49038
Female 154  20.2  (16.8-24.1) 497  79.8  (75.9-83.2)  651 49812
ETHNICITY        
White 122  21.5  (17.8-25.7) 430  78.5  (74.3-82.2)  552 44393
Hawaiian  56  16.5  (12.1-22.2) 150  83.5  (77.8-87.9)  206 18278
Filipino  48  24.5  (17.3-33.5) 141  75.5  (66.5-82.7)  189 13891
Japanese  30  16.7  (11.0-24.6) 118  83.3  (75.4-89.0)  148 12187
Others  14   9.8  ( 5.1-18.0)  91  90.2  (82.0-94.9)  105 10101
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 130  18.9  (15.7-22.6) 485  81.1  (77.4-84.3)  615 54838
Unmarried 140  19.6  (16.0-23.7) 445  80.4  (76.3-84.0)  585 44011
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  46  39.6  (28.4-52.0)  58  60.4  (48.0-71.6)  104  7772
High School 101  16.7  (13.2-20.8) 369  83.3  (79.2-86.8)  470 41659
Some College  62  17.9  (13.6-23.2) 251  82.1  (76.8-86.4)  313 25416
College  60  18.2  (13.8-23.6) 251  81.8  (76.4-86.2)  311 23769
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed  99  10.5  ( 8.4-13.1) 689  89.5  (86.9-91.6)  788 66396
Unemployed  19  23.7  (13.2-39.0)  40  76.3  (61.0-86.8)   59  5303
Student/Homemaker  31  23.8  (15.5-34.8)  68  76.2  (65.2-84.5)   99  8699
Retired/Can't work 120  46.7  (39.3-54.3) 133  53.3  (45.7-60.7)  253 18338
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  41  23.7  (15.9-33.8)  79  76.3  (66.2-84.1)  120  8552
$15,000-24,999  26  20.5  (12.7-31.3)  79  79.5  (68.7-87.3)  105  7051
$25,000-49,999  47  15.7  (11.5-21.1) 251  84.3  (78.9-88.5)  298 23470
$50,000-74,999  26  20.7  (13.9-29.6) 116  79.3  (70.4-86.1)  142 11924
>=$75,000  23  11.3  ( 7.1-17.5) 129  88.7  (82.5-92.9)  152 13140
Unknown/Refused 107  22.7  (18.2-27.9) 276  77.3  (72.1-81.8)  383 34714

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.