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State of Hawaii BRFSS 2007

Demographic
 
Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
 
 N		 Estimated
 
#of Adults
TOTAL 1,676  77.4  (74.6-80.0) 420  22.6  (20.0-25.4) 2,096 282,316
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years    -  -   --  
25-34 Years    19  23.3  (13.4-37.6)  46  76.7  (62.4-86.6)    65  17,511
35-44 Years   104  60.7  (51.1-69.5)  74  39.3  (30.5-48.9)   178  30,691
45-54 Years   296  75.4  (69.6-80.4) 112  24.6  (19.6-30.4)   408  54,869
55-64 Years   476  84.1  (79.6-87.8) 105  15.9  (12.2-20.4)   581  68,017
65+ Years   773  91.8  (88.8-94.1)  68   8.2  ( 5.9-11.2)   841 104,213
Unknown/Refused    -  -   --  
GENDER        
Male   691  70.1  (65.6-74.2) 229  29.9  (25.8-34.4)   920 144,520
Female   985  85.1  (82.1-87.7) 191  14.9  (12.3-17.9) 1,176 137,796
ETHNICITY        
White   553  75.0  (70.0-79.3) 154  25.0  (20.7-30.0)   707  73,631
Hawaiian   254  74.4  (67.2-80.6)  82  25.6  (19.4-32.8)   336  43,269
Filipino   227  75.7  (67.1-82.7)  56  24.3  (17.3-32.9)   283  49,805
Japanese   474  81.8  (76.4-86.2)  80  18.2  (13.8-23.6)   554  80,226
Others   167  78.6  (71.0-84.7)  48  21.4  (15.3-29.0)   215  35,358
Unknown/Refused    -  -   --  
MARITAL STATUS        
Married   947  79.2  (75.9-82.2) 224  20.8  (17.8-24.1) 1,171 178,893
Unmarried   726  74.2  (69.1-78.7) 196  25.8  (21.3-30.9)   922 103,150
Unknown/Refused    -  -   --  
EDUCATION        
<High School   119  74.8  (63.0-83.8)  33  25.2  (16.2-37.0)   152  21,672
High School   541  75.9  (70.3-80.7) 130  24.1  (19.3-29.7)   671  91,853
Some College   478  76.5  (71.3-81.0) 123  23.5  (19.0-28.7)   601  82,447
College   536  80.8  (76.4-84.5) 133  19.2  (15.5-23.6)   669  85,941
Unknown/Refused    -  -   --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed   728  69.2  (64.9-73.2) 272  30.8  (26.8-35.1) 1,000 142,238
Unemployed    34  65.9  (43.0-83.2)  17  34.1  (16.8-57.0)    51   9,761
Student/Homemaker    54  60.7  (44.8-74.6)  29  39.3  (25.4-55.2)    83  11,022
Retired/Can't work   859  89.7  (86.6-92.1) 102  10.3  ( 7.9-13.4)   961 119,251
Unknown/Refused    -  -   --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000   145  70.4  (57.8-80.5)  42  29.6  (19.5-42.2)   187  19,172
$15,000-24,999   235  76.7  (69.0-83.0)  61  23.3  (17.0-31.0)   296  33,648
$25,000-49,999   516  76.3  (70.8-81.0) 136  23.7  (19.0-29.2)   652  86,107
$50,000-74,999   267  79.0  (72.3-84.4)  66  21.0  (15.6-27.7)   333  49,402
>=$75,000   396  79.1  (73.5-83.7)  87  20.9  (16.3-26.5)   483  70,835
Unknown/Refused   117  80.0  (69.2-87.7)  28  20.0  (12.3-30.8)   145  23,151
COUNTY        
Honolulu   770  78.0  (74.3-81.2) 171  22.0  (18.8-25.7)   941 203,956
Hawaii   370  74.7  (69.2-79.5) 106  25.3  (20.5-30.8)   476  35,422
Kauai   168  80.9  (73.5-86.7)  42  19.1  (13.3-26.5)   210  14,477
Maui   368  75.2  (68.5-80.9) 101  24.8  (19.1-31.5)   469  28,460

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.