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State of Hawaii BRFSS 2003

Demographic
Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
 # of Adults
TOTAL 497  11.6  (10.4-12.8) 3,835  88.4  (87.2-89.6) 4,332 959,736
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  57  16.1  (12.1-20.9)   261  83.9  (79.1-87.9)   318 119,589
25-34 Years  89  12.8  (10.0-16.2)   605  87.2  (83.8-90.0)   694 166,282
35-44 Years 103  12.1  ( 9.6-15.1)   724  87.9  (84.9-90.4)   827 187,739
45-54 Years 100  10.7  ( 8.4-13.4)   838  89.3  (86.6-91.6)   938 179,277
55-64 Years  77  12.0  ( 9.1-15.6)   569  88.0  (84.4-90.9)   646 126,940
65+ Years  70   7.7  ( 5.9-10.0)   812  92.3  (90.0-94.1)   882 175,389
Unknown/Refused  -    -   --  
GENDER        
Male 165   9.9  ( 8.3-11.8) 1,593  90.1  (88.2-91.7) 1,758 478,478
Female 332  13.2  (11.6-14.9) 2,242  86.8  (85.1-88.4) 2,574 481,258
ETHNICITY        
White 178  10.7  ( 9.0-12.6) 1,487  89.3  (87.4-91.0) 1,665 305,148
Hawaiian 101  15.9  (12.6-19.8)   511  84.1  (80.2-87.4)   612 132,562
Filipino  39   6.1  ( 4.2- 8.7)   464  93.9  (91.3-95.8)   503 143,617
Japanese  76  11.1  ( 8.5-14.4)   703  88.9  (85.6-91.5)   779 186,030
Others 103  14.5  (11.6-17.9)   670  85.5  (82.1-88.4)   773 192,379
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 250  10.5  ( 9.1-12.1) 2,000  89.5  (87.9-90.9) 2,250 548,015
Unmarried 244  13.0  (11.1-15.1) 1,827  87.0  (84.9-88.9) 2,071 410,173
Unknown/Refused  -    -   --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  32  13.6  ( 8.8-20.4)   222  86.4  (79.6-91.2)   254  56,543
High School 133  10.9  ( 8.9-13.2) 1,094  89.1  (86.8-91.1) 1,227 288,844
Some College 155  13.6  (11.3-16.3) 1,077  86.4  (83.7-88.7) 1,232 276,074
College 175  10.1  ( 8.5-12.0) 1,427  89.9  (88.0-91.5) 1,602 335,207
Unknown/Refused  -    -   --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 308  11.1  ( 9.7-12.7) 2,438  88.9  (87.3-90.3) 2,746 621,530
Unemployed  19  16.3  ( 9.0-27.7)   114  83.7  (72.3-91.0)   133  33,458
Student/Homemaker  60  15.8  (12.0-20.6)   321  84.2  (79.4-88.0)   381  94,621
Retired/Can't work 110  10.2  ( 8.2-12.7)   954  89.8  (87.3-91.8) 1,064 208,921
Unknown/Refused  -    -   --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  57  10.8  ( 7.9-14.4)   446  89.2  (85.6-92.1)   503 104,206
$15,000-24,999  64  13.2  ( 9.8-17.6)   445  86.8  (82.4-90.2)   509 110,814
$25,000-49,999 129  11.6  ( 9.4-14.1)   956  88.4  (85.9-90.6) 1,085 228,674
$50,000-74,999  55   7.8  ( 5.8-10.6)   547  92.2  (89.4-94.2)   602 138,212
>=$75,000  68  10.5  ( 7.9-13.8)   626  89.5  (86.2-92.1)   694 161,034
Unknown/Refused 124  14.3  (11.6-17.4)   815  85.7  (82.6-88.4)   939 216,796
COUNTY        
Honolulu 259  11.3  ( 9.9-12.9) 1,985  88.7  (87.1-90.1) 2,244 691,692
Hawaii 104  10.9  ( 8.8-13.5)   864  89.1  (86.5-91.2)   968 118,376
Kauai  48  12.2  ( 8.8-16.5)   373  87.8  (83.5-91.2)   421  45,540
Maui  86  13.7  (10.8-17.4)   613  86.3  (82.6-89.2)   699 104,127

The symbol '--' means cell size less than 50.
N = Cell Sample Size, % = Percentage, 95% C.I. = Confidence Interval at 95 percent probability level.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.