Ever been told by a doctor, nurse or other health professional that you had prostate cancer
(Men aged 40+)
State of Hawaii BRFSS 2008

Demographic
Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
 
 N		 Estimated
 
#of Adults
TOTAL 80   3.9  ( 2.9- 5.1) 1,950  96.1  (94.9-97.1) 2,030 287,618
AGE GROUP        
40-44 Years     236   236  47,363
45-54 Years  5   0.4  ( 0.2- 1.1)   557  99.6  (98.9-99.8)   562  86,363
55-64 Years 12   3.1  ( 1.6- 6.1)   557  96.9  (93.9-98.4)   569  73,812
65+ Years 62   9.8  ( 7.3-12.9)   590  90.2  (87.1-92.7)   652  78,088
Unknown/Refused -    -   --  
ETHNICITY        
White 32   3.7  ( 2.2- 6.1)   887  96.3  (93.9-97.8)   919 106,019
Hawaiian  7   3.1  ( 1.1- 8.7)   204  96.9  (91.3-98.9)   211  32,360
Filipino  4   2.1  ( 0.7- 5.8)   192  97.9  (94.2-99.3)   196  32,907
Japanese 25   4.5  ( 2.9- 6.9)   444  95.5  (93.1-97.1)   469  73,681
Others 12   5.1  ( 2.6- 9.9)   217  94.9  (90.1-97.4)   229  42,084
Unknown/Refused -    -   --  
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 44   2.8  ( 1.9- 3.9) 1,252  97.2  (96.1-98.1) 1,296 212,777
Unmarried 36   7.0  ( 4.5-10.8)   692  93.0  (89.2-95.5)   728  74,214
Unknown/Refused -    -   --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  9   8.3  ( 3.2-20.1)    82  91.7  (79.9-96.8)    91  13,170
High School 23   5.5  ( 3.2- 9.2)   482  94.5  (90.8-96.8)   505  75,100
Some College 14   2.1  ( 1.1- 3.7)   523  97.9  (96.3-98.9)   537  73,343
College 34   3.5  ( 2.3- 5.2)   862  96.5  (94.8-97.7)   896 125,906
Unknown/Refused -    -   --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 18   1.1  ( 0.6- 2.1) 1,196  98.9  (97.9-99.4) 1,214 183,140
Unemployed -    -   --  
Student/Homemaker -    -   --  
Retired/Can't work 61   9.3  ( 6.8-12.6)   700  90.7  (87.4-93.2)   761  96,954
Unknown/Refused -    -   --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  6   3.9  ( 1.5- 9.5)   111  96.1  (90.5-98.5)   117  12,015
$15,000-24,999 11   6.4  ( 3.3-11.9)   199  93.6  (88.1-96.7)   210  23,125
$25,000-49,999 24   5.9  ( 3.4-10.1)   482  94.1  (89.9-96.6)   506  70,827
$50,000-74,999 17   3.8  ( 2.2- 6.4)   362  96.2  (93.6-97.8)   379  55,834
>=$75,000 20   2.3  ( 1.3- 4.0)   695  97.7  (96.0-98.7)   715 110,484
Unknown/Refused  2   2.0  ( 0.5- 8.0)   101  98.0  (92.0-99.5)   103  15,333
COUNTY        
Honolulu 40   4.2  ( 2.9- 6.0)   839  95.8  (94.0-97.1)   879 198,888
Hawaii 18   3.6  ( 2.2- 5.9)   467  96.4  (94.1-97.8)   485  40,130
Kauai  5   2.6  ( 1.0- 6.5)   189  97.4  (93.5-99.0)   194  15,176
Maui 17   2.6  ( 1.6- 4.5)   455  97.4  (95.5-98.4)   472  33,424

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.