Are you changing your eating habits to help lower or control your high blood pressure?
State of Hawaii BRFSS 2005

Demographic
 
Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
 
#of Adults
TOTAL 577  72.7  (68.3-76.7) 231  27.3  (23.3-31.7) 808 228,987
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  -  - --  
25-34 Years  -  - --  
35-44 Years  46  77.4  (62.1-87.8)  16  22.6  (12.2-37.9)  62  23,433
45-54 Years 105  79.1  (70.4-85.7)  39  20.9  (14.3-29.6) 144  41,056
55-64 Years 160  75.2  (64.7-83.4)  46  24.8  (16.6-35.3) 206  53,090
65+ Years 243  69.2  (62.8-74.8) 114  30.8  (25.2-37.2) 357  87,998
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
GENDER        
Male 239  69.9  (62.8-76.1) 112  30.1  (23.9-37.2) 351 116,069
Female 338  75.6  (70.0-80.4) 119  24.4  (19.6-30.0) 457 112,918
ETHNICITY        
White 180  70.6  (62.6-77.6)  80  29.4  (22.4-37.4) 260  58,766
Hawaiian  96  78.7  (67.4-86.8)  25  21.3  (13.2-32.6) 121  31,328
Filipino  83  77.0  (62.8-86.9)  23  23.0  (13.1-37.2) 106  38,376
Japanese 157  68.9  (61.1-75.7)  77  31.1  (24.3-38.9) 234  67,352
Others  61  73.6  (58.8-84.4)  26  26.4  (15.6-41.2)  87  33,165
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 298  73.6  (67.6-78.9) 118  26.4  (21.1-32.4) 416 142,458
Unmarried 277  71.1  (64.6-76.8) 113  28.9  (23.2-35.4) 390  86,341
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  67  75.3  (61.8-85.2)  23  24.7  (14.8-38.2)  90  26,209
High School 177  74.4  (66.7-80.9)  75  25.6  (19.1-33.3) 252  73,264
Some College 159  69.9  (60.3-78.0)  53  30.1  (22.0-39.7) 212  63,009
College 174  72.5  (64.5-79.2)  80  27.5  (20.8-35.5) 254  66,505
Unknown/Refused        
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 266  75.0  (68.2-80.8)  97  25.0  (19.2-31.8) 363 117,995
Unemployed  -  - --  
Student/Homemaker  -  - --  
Retired/Can't work 285  70.8  (64.9-76.1) 126  29.2  (23.9-35.1) 411  98,978
Unknown/Refused        
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  57  53.0  (36.8-68.6)  31  47.0  (31.4-63.2)  88  19,287
$15,000-24,999  92  76.8  (66.8-84.5)  37  23.2  (15.5-33.2) 129  33,565
$25,000-49,999 182  77.2  (69.3-83.5)  56  22.8  (16.5-30.7) 238  62,782
$50,000-74,999  81  68.0  (55.9-78.1)  39  32.0  (21.9-44.1) 120  39,570
>=$75,000  87  76.2  (65.6-84.3)  37  23.8  (15.7-34.4) 124  43,500
Unknown/Refused  78  72.6  (59.8-82.5)  31  27.4  (17.5-40.2) 109  30,284
COUNTY        
Honolulu 269  74.1  (68.4-79.2) 104  25.9  (20.8-31.6) 373 168,340
Hawaii 147  67.4  (59.1-74.7)  62  32.6  (25.3-40.9) 209  28,486
Kauai  57  73.2  (60.7-82.8)  20  26.8  (17.2-39.3)  77  11,752
Maui 104  67.9  (57.5-76.9)  45  32.1  (23.1-42.5) 149  20,409

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.