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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 547  68.3  (63.3-72.9) 262  31.7  (27.1-36.7) 809 229,463
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  -  - --  
25-34 Years  -  - --  
35-44 Years  41  57.6  (37.7-75.4)  20  42.4  (24.6-62.3)  61  22,711
45-54 Years 103  76.0  (65.8-84.0)  41  24.0  (16.0-34.2) 144  41,203
55-64 Years 149  73.9  (63.4-82.2)  57  26.1  (17.8-36.6) 206  53,090
65+ Years 227  66.0  (59.8-71.7) 131  34.0  (28.3-40.2) 358  88,564
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
GENDER        
Male 239  63.9  (55.8-71.3) 114  36.1  (28.7-44.2) 353 117,156
Female 308  72.9  (67.6-77.5) 148  27.1  (22.5-32.4) 456 112,307
ETHNICITY        
White 160  64.7  (56.0-72.5)  98  35.3  (27.5-44.0) 258  58,541
Hawaiian  95  79.6  (69.3-87.1)  28  20.4  (12.9-30.7) 123  31,907
Filipino  83  73.6  (56.2-85.9)  24  26.4  (14.1-43.8) 107  38,664
Japanese 152  68.1  (60.2-75.0)  82  31.9  (25.0-39.8) 234  67,186
Others  57  58.1  (42.2-72.4)  30  41.9  (27.6-57.8)  87  33,165
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 280  67.8  (61.0-73.9) 136  32.2  (26.1-39.0) 416 142,678
Unmarried 265  69.1  (61.8-75.5) 126  30.9  (24.5-38.2) 391  86,597
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  67  74.5  (60.1-85.0)  24  25.5  (15.0-39.9)  91  26,428
High School 180  74.9  (67.7-80.9)  74  25.1  (19.1-32.3) 254  73,723
Some College 136  65.4  (55.0-74.5)  75  34.6  (25.5-45.0) 211  62,796
College 164  61.3  (51.5-70.2)  89  38.7  (29.8-48.5) 253  66,517
Unknown/Refused        
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 259  69.1  (60.9-76.3) 103  30.9  (23.7-39.1) 362 117,686
Unemployed  -  - --  
Student/Homemaker  -  - --  
Retired/Can't work 270  69.6  (63.9-74.8) 141  30.4  (25.2-36.1) 411  99,185
Unknown/Refused        
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  68  79.8  (65.5-89.1)  21  20.2  (10.9-34.5)  89  19,506
$15,000-24,999  94  71.3  (59.7-80.7)  36  28.7  (19.3-40.3) 130  33,895
$25,000-49,999 149  62.0  (52.4-70.8)  90  38.0  (29.2-47.6) 239  62,921
$50,000-74,999  78  68.2  (56.0-78.3)  42  31.8  (21.7-44.0) 120  39,831
>=$75,000  87  69.5  (57.0-79.7)  36  30.5  (20.3-43.0) 123  43,241
Unknown/Refused  71  69.0  (53.0-81.5)  37  31.0  (18.5-47.0) 108  30,071
COUNTY        
Honolulu 256  68.9  (62.3-74.7) 117  31.1  (25.3-37.7) 373 168,616
Hawaii 139  66.4  (58.3-73.7)  70  33.6  (26.3-41.7) 209  28,486
Kauai  52  74.1  (62.7-83.0)  24  25.9  (17.0-37.3)  76  11,527
Maui 100  63.0  (52.5-72.4)  51  37.0  (27.6-47.5) 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.