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State of Hawaii BRFSS 2005

Demographic
 
Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
 
#of Adults
TOTAL 245  31.2  (26.7-36.1) 555  68.8  (63.9-73.3) 800 227,746
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  -  - --  
25-34 Years  -  - --  
35-44 Years  27  36.7  (22.2-54.1)  34  63.3  (45.9-77.8)  61  23,029
45-54 Years  63  44.3  (34.0-55.1)  80  55.7  (44.9-66.0) 143  40,991
55-64 Years  68  29.8  (21.8-39.3) 137  70.2  (60.7-78.2) 205  52,919
65+ Years  76  24.5  (19.1-30.9) 275  75.5  (69.1-80.9) 351  86,912
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
GENDER        
Male 146  38.2  (31.0-46.0) 201  61.8  (54.0-69.0) 347 115,677
Female  99  24.0  (18.9-29.9) 354  76.0  (70.1-81.1) 453 112,069
ETHNICITY        
White  82  36.6  (27.1-47.3) 174  63.4  (52.7-72.9) 256  58,075
Hawaiian  50  41.2  (29.9-53.6)  68  58.8  (46.4-70.1) 118  30,671
Filipino  40  36.7  (24.7-50.6)  67  63.3  (49.4-75.3) 107  39,218
Japanese  51  24.0  (17.7-31.6) 182  76.0  (68.4-82.3) 233  67,111
Others  22  20.4  (12.0-32.7)  64  79.6  (67.3-88.0)  86  32,671
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 140  34.0  (27.8-40.8) 274  66.0  (59.2-72.2) 414 142,562
Unmarried 105  26.5  (20.9-33.0) 279  73.5  (67.0-79.1) 384  84,997
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  28  26.6  (16.2-40.4)  62  73.4  (59.6-83.8)  90  26,194
High School  83  35.8  (27.1-45.5) 166  64.2  (54.5-72.9) 249  72,929
Some College  63  31.3  (23.6-40.2) 145  68.7  (59.8-76.4) 208  62,251
College  71  27.9  (20.6-36.7) 182  72.1  (63.3-79.4) 253  66,372
Unknown/Refused        
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 145  38.6  (31.4-46.4) 216  61.4  (53.6-68.6) 361 117,828
Unemployed  -  - --  
Student/Homemaker  -  - --  
Retired/Can't work  98  25.2  (20.1-31.2) 306  74.8  (68.8-79.9) 404  97,574
Unknown/Refused        
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  28  34.7  (21.1-51.4)  58  65.3  (48.6-78.9)  86  18,927
$15,000-24,999  37  25.5  (16.9-36.6)  92  74.5  (63.4-83.1) 129  33,724
$25,000-49,999  66  25.7  (19.2-33.6) 171  74.3  (66.4-80.8) 237  62,791
$50,000-74,999  43  37.7  (27.3-49.3)  77  62.3  (50.7-72.7) 120  39,561
>=$75,000  49  44.2  (31.4-57.9)  74  55.8  (42.1-68.6) 123  43,176
Unknown/Refused  22  19.5  (11.2-31.7)  83  80.5  (68.3-88.8) 105  29,568
COUNTY        
Honolulu 109  31.0  (25.3-37.4) 262  69.0  (62.6-74.7) 371 168,407
Hawaii  67  33.4  (26.1-41.6) 140  66.6  (58.4-73.9) 207  28,187
Kauai  24  29.4  (18.8-42.9)  49  70.6  (57.1-81.2)  73  10,720
Maui  45  30.9  (22.5-40.9) 104  69.1  (59.1-77.5) 149  20,433

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.