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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 725  85.2  (79.8-89.4) 84  14.8  (10.6-20.2) 809 229,863
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  - - --  
25-34 Years  - - --  
35-44 Years  47  59.7  (39.5-77.0) 16  40.3  (23.0-60.5)  63  23,652
45-54 Years 128  94.1  (89.6-96.7) 16   5.9  ( 3.3-10.4) 144  41,203
55-64 Years 190  94.1  (88.6-97.0) 15   5.9  ( 3.0-11.4) 205  52,919
65+ Years 341  96.5  (93.8-98.1) 16   3.5  ( 1.9- 6.2) 357  88,194
Unknown/Refused  - - --  
GENDER        
Male 308  78.5  (68.9-85.8) 44  21.5  (14.2-31.1) 352 116,714
Female 417  92.1  (88.7-94.6) 40   7.9  ( 5.4-11.3) 457 113,149
ETHNICITY        
White 233  82.6  (68.9-91.0) 26  17.4  ( 9.0-31.1) 259  58,553
Hawaiian 108  87.5  (78.3-93.1) 14  12.5  ( 6.9-21.7) 122  31,773
Filipino  97  84.3  (64.1-94.2) 10  15.7  ( 5.8-35.9) 107  39,132
Japanese 213  88.6  (81.3-93.3) 21  11.4  ( 6.7-18.7) 234  67,240
Others  74  82.0  (62.8-92.5) 13  18.0  ( 7.5-37.2)  87  33,165
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 383  87.6  (79.7-92.7) 34  12.4  ( 7.3-20.3) 417 143,124
Unmarried 340  81.3  (73.1-87.5) 50  18.7  (12.5-26.9) 390  86,552
Unknown/Refused  - - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  81  92.3  (82.1-96.9)  9   7.7  ( 3.1-17.9)  90  26,180
High School 230  85.9  (74.5-92.7) 26  14.1  ( 7.3-25.5) 256  74,687
Some College 183  79.7  (68.5-87.7) 27  20.3  (12.3-31.5) 210  62,625
College 231  86.8  (75.0-93.5) 22  13.2  ( 6.5-25.0) 253  66,371
Unknown/Refused        
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 305  77.3  (68.1-84.5) 57  22.7  (15.5-31.9) 362 118,322
Unemployed  - - --  
Student/Homemaker  - - --  
Retired/Can't work 389  96.0  (93.5-97.6) 22   4.0  ( 2.4- 6.5) 411  98,949
Unknown/Refused        
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  80  89.8  (74.2-96.4)  8  10.2  ( 3.6-25.8)  88  19,372
$15,000-24,999 121  91.8  (82.0-96.5)  9   8.2  ( 3.5-18.0) 130  33,972
$25,000-49,999 211  80.0  (68.3-88.0) 28  20.0  (12.0-31.7) 239  63,141
$50,000-74,999 104  89.2  (80.1-94.4) 17  10.8  ( 5.6-19.9) 121  40,055
>=$75,000 111  80.5  (62.3-91.2) 13  19.5  ( 8.8-37.7) 124  43,500
Unknown/Refused  98  87.5  (63.8-96.5)  9  12.5  ( 3.5-36.2) 107  29,823
COUNTY        
Honolulu 329  83.4  (76.1-88.8) 44  16.6  (11.2-23.9) 373 168,962
Hawaii 184  89.0  (82.9-93.1) 24  11.0  ( 6.9-17.1) 208  28,315
Kauai  70  89.0  (75.6-95.5)  7  11.0  ( 4.5-24.4)  77  11,752
Maui 142  92.7  (84.5-96.8)  9   7.3  ( 3.2-15.5) 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.