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State of Hawaii BRFSS 2008

Demographic
 
Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
 
 N		 Estimated
 
#of Adults
TOTAL 946  16.1  (14.8-17.5) 5,475  83.9  (82.5-85.2) 6,421 996,835
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  85  27.4  (22.0-33.7)   221  72.6  (66.3-78.0)   306 123,612
25-34 Years 103  18.1  (14.5-22.5)   514  81.9  (77.5-85.5)   617 178,884
35-44 Years 151  14.3  (11.7-17.3)   879  85.7  (82.7-88.3) 1,030 178,148
45-54 Years 213  15.4  (13.1-18.0) 1,124  84.6  (82.0-86.9) 1,337 175,902
55-64 Years 209  15.2  (12.8-18.0) 1,198  84.8  (82.0-87.2) 1,407 149,420
65+ Years 179  10.1  ( 8.4-12.1) 1,505  89.9  (87.9-91.6) 1,684 184,333
Unknown/Refused  -    -   --  
GENDER        
Male 339  15.5  (13.6-17.7) 2,279  84.5  (82.3-86.4) 2,618 492,922
Female 607  16.7  (15.1-18.5) 3,196  83.3  (81.5-84.9) 3,803 503,914
ETHNICITY        
White 374  14.9  (13.0-17.0) 2,332  85.1  (83.0-87.0) 2,706 328,398
Hawaiian 182  25.3  (21.1-30.1)   604  74.7  (69.9-78.9)   786 137,805
Filipino  95  12.5  ( 9.5-16.3)   630  87.5  (83.7-90.5)   725 143,435
Japanese 165  13.5  (11.2-16.3) 1,224  86.5  (83.7-88.8) 1,389 227,089
Others 125  17.6  (14.1-21.8)   666  82.4  (78.2-85.9)   791 156,592
Unknown/Refused  -    -   --  
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 477  13.5  (12.1-15.1) 3,111  86.5  (84.9-87.9) 3,588 587,453
Unmarried 467  19.9  (17.6-22.4) 2,345  80.1  (77.6-82.4) 2,812 406,812
Unknown/Refused  -    -   --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  55  19.9  (14.2-27.1)   271  80.1  (72.9-85.8)   326  49,021
High School 270  17.5  (14.9-20.4) 1,444  82.5  (79.6-85.1) 1,714 292,989
Some College 268  16.4  (14.0-19.2) 1,537  83.6  (80.8-86.0) 1,805 285,535
College 353  14.3  (12.6-16.3) 2,219  85.7  (83.7-87.4) 2,572 368,102
Unknown/Refused  -    -   --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 557  15.6  (14.0-17.3) 3,242  84.4  (82.7-86.0) 3,799 630,193
Unemployed  47  26.1  (18.3-35.9)   161  73.9  (64.1-81.7)   208  43,844
Student/Homemaker  85  22.5  (17.5-28.5)   357  77.5  (71.5-82.5)   442  95,091
Retired/Can't work 257  13.2  (11.2-15.4) 1,709  86.8  (84.6-88.8) 1,966 225,756
Unknown/Refused  -    -   --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  88  26.1  (20.0-33.3)   336  73.9  (66.7-80.0)   424  46,783
$15,000-24,999  94  14.2  (10.6-18.8)   637  85.8  (81.2-89.4)   731  96,998
$25,000-49,999 257  16.4  (14.0-19.2) 1,419  83.6  (80.8-86.0) 1,676 248,704
$50,000-74,999 172  16.6  (13.7-19.9)   992  83.4  (80.1-86.3) 1,164 186,892
>=$75,000 262  14.5  (12.5-16.8) 1,654  85.5  (83.2-87.5) 1,916 320,294
Unknown/Refused  73  16.8  (12.2-22.8)   437  83.2  (77.2-87.8)   510  97,165
COUNTY        
Honolulu 415  15.3  (13.6-17.1) 2,579  84.7  (82.9-86.4) 2,994 703,627
Hawaii 246  20.2  (17.4-23.3) 1,187  79.8  (76.7-82.6) 1,433 134,715
Kauai  85  17.1  (13.3-21.8)   509  82.9  (78.2-86.7)   594  48,601
Maui 200  16.1  (13.3-19.3) 1,200  83.9  (80.7-86.7) 1,400 109,892

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.