Ever told by a doctor or other health professional that you have some form of
arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, lupus, or fibromyalgia
State of Hawaii BRFSS 2003

Demographic
Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
 # of Adults
TOTAL 895  17.9  (16.6-19.3) 3,427  82.1  (80.7-83.4) 4,322 958,028
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  10   2.4  ( 1.1- 5.0)   308  97.6  (95.0-98.9)   318 119,589
25-34 Years  46   6.2  ( 4.5- 8.6)   649  93.8  (91.4-95.5)   695 166,700
35-44 Years  85  10.5  ( 8.2-13.4)   738  89.5  (86.6-91.8)   823 186,811
45-54 Years 181  18.9  (15.9-22.3)   756  81.1  (77.7-84.1)   937 179,268
55-64 Years 201  28.3  (24.0-33.0)   441  71.7  (67.0-76.0)   642 126,216
65+ Years 366  39.0  (35.1-43.0)   514  61.0  (57.0-64.9)   880 174,926
Unknown/Refused  -    -   --  
GENDER        
Male 314  15.2  (13.3-17.2) 1,440  84.8  (82.8-86.7) 1,754 478,076
Female 581  20.6  (18.7-22.5) 1,987  79.4  (77.5-81.3) 2,568 479,952
ETHNICITY        
White 393  19.9  (17.8-22.2) 1,265  80.1  (77.8-82.2) 1,658 303,699
Hawaiian  98  15.5  (12.2-19.4)   513  84.5  (80.6-87.8)   611 132,354
Filipino  77  12.1  ( 9.3-15.7)   424  87.9  (84.3-90.7)   501 143,226
Japanese 174  21.3  (18.0-25.0)   605  78.7  (75.0-82.0)   779 185,956
Others 153  17.3  (14.4-20.7)   620  82.7  (79.3-85.6)   773 192,792
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 450  19.0  (17.1-20.9) 1,793  81.0  (79.1-82.9) 2,243 546,812
Unmarried 443  16.5  (14.7-18.4) 1,625  83.5  (81.6-85.3) 2,068 409,668
Unknown/Refused  -    -   --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  83  28.0  (21.5-35.6)   172  72.0  (64.4-78.5)   255  56,672
High School 249  17.2  (14.8-19.8)   976  82.8  (80.2-85.2) 1,225 288,686
Some College 241  18.0  (15.6-20.8)   982  82.0  (79.2-84.4) 1,223 274,268
College 321  16.7  (14.7-18.9) 1,281  83.3  (81.1-85.3) 1,602 335,335
Unknown/Refused  -    -   --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 408  13.1  (11.6-14.7) 2,330  86.9  (85.3-88.4) 2,738 620,438
Unemployed  21  12.0  ( 6.9-20.2)   113  88.0  (79.8-93.1)   134  33,589
Student/Homemaker  42   7.6  ( 5.3-10.7)   339  92.4  (89.3-94.7)   381  94,621
Retired/Can't work 423  37.9  (34.4-41.6)   638  62.1  (58.4-65.6) 1,061 208,174
Unknown/Refused  -    -   --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000 140  21.4  (17.5-26.0)   364  78.6  (74.0-82.5)   504 104,298
$15,000-24,999 110  17.0  (13.6-21.0)   397  83.0  (79.0-86.4)   507 110,534
$25,000-49,999 215  17.6  (15.0-20.4)   869  82.4  (79.6-85.0) 1,084 229,246
$50,000-74,999 109  16.3  (13.1-20.0)   494  83.7  (80.0-86.9)   603 138,165
>=$75,000 121  16.3  (13.3-19.9)   570  83.7  (80.1-86.7)   691 160,306
Unknown/Refused 200  19.2  (16.2-22.4)   733  80.8  (77.6-83.8)   933 215,478
COUNTY        
Honolulu 438  17.6  (15.9-19.4) 1,805  82.4  (80.6-84.1) 2,243 691,831
Hawaii 236  21.6  (18.8-24.6)   732  78.4  (75.4-81.2)   968 118,218
Kauai  88  19.2  (15.3-23.8)   331  80.8  (76.2-84.7)   419  45,373
Maui 133  15.2  (12.4-18.4)   559  84.8  (81.6-87.6)   692 102,605

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.