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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 634  80.4  (76.3-83.9) 174  19.6  (16.1-23.7) 808 229,731
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  -  - --  
25-34 Years  -  - --  
35-44 Years  51  83.0  (68.4-91.7)  12  17.0  ( 8.3-31.6)  63  23,652
45-54 Years 114  83.5  (74.4-89.8)  30  16.5  (10.2-25.6) 144  41,203
55-64 Years 174  89.5  (84.0-93.2)  31  10.5  ( 6.8-16.0) 205  52,919
65+ Years 264  76.9  (71.3-81.7)  92  23.1  (18.3-28.7) 356  88,062
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
GENDER        
Male 271  77.7  (70.8-83.5)  81  22.3  (16.5-29.2) 352 116,994
Female 363  83.1  (78.6-86.8)  93  16.9  (13.2-21.4) 456 112,738
ETHNICITY        
White 195  78.4  (71.3-84.2)  65  21.6  (15.8-28.7) 260  59,048
Hawaiian 102  86.2  (75.4-92.7)  18  13.8  ( 7.3-24.6) 120  31,145
Filipino  96  91.2  (81.8-96.0)  11   8.8  ( 4.0-18.2) 107  39,132
Japanese 177  79.0  (72.1-84.6)  57  21.0  (15.4-27.9) 234  67,240
Others  64  68.4  (51.9-81.4)  23  31.6  (18.6-48.1)  87  33,165
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 335  83.1  (78.1-87.1)  82  16.9  (12.9-21.9) 417 143,403
Unmarried 297  75.8  (68.5-81.9)  92  24.2  (18.1-31.5) 389  86,140
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  72  85.0  (73.1-92.2)  17  15.0  ( 7.8-26.9)  89  25,946
High School 192  81.8  (75.6-86.7)  62  18.2  (13.3-24.4) 254  74,160
Some College 155  70.5  (60.2-79.1)  55  29.5  (20.9-39.8) 210  62,625
College 215  86.2  (80.0-90.7)  40  13.8  ( 9.3-20.0) 255  67,001
Unknown/Refused        
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 301  83.8  (77.0-88.8)  61  16.2  (11.2-23.0) 362 118,240
Unemployed  -  - --  
Student/Homemaker  -  - --  
Retired/Can't work 314  79.6  (74.7-83.8)  96  20.4  (16.2-25.3) 410  98,899
Unknown/Refused        
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  72  81.1  (66.3-90.3)  16  18.9  ( 9.7-33.7)  88  19,272
$15,000-24,999  96  74.2  (62.6-83.2)  34  25.8  (16.8-37.4) 130  33,972
$25,000-49,999 187  78.8  (71.4-84.7)  52  21.2  (15.3-28.6) 239  63,326
$50,000-74,999 101  87.3  (78.6-92.8)  19  12.7  ( 7.2-21.4) 120  39,839
>=$75,000 103  85.7  (76.0-91.9)  21  14.3  ( 8.1-24.0) 124  43,500
Unknown/Refused  75  73.3  (56.6-85.3)  32  26.7  (14.7-43.4) 107  29,823
COUNTY        
Honolulu 296  80.8  (75.4-85.2)  79  19.2  (14.8-24.6) 375 169,592
Hawaii 158  76.4  (68.7-82.7)  50  23.6  (17.3-31.3) 208  28,315
Kauai  61  81.4  (68.7-89.7)  13  18.6  (10.3-31.3)  74  10,990
Maui 119  82.1  (73.2-88.6)  32  17.9  (11.4-26.8) 151  20,834

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.