During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer trying to quit smoking?
[Current smokers]
State of Hawaii BRFSS 2009

Demographic
 
Characteristics
YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)
NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)
Total
 
 N
Estimated
 
#of Adults
TOTAL 532  58.0  (53.4-62.5) 430  42.0  (37.5-46.6) 962 153,491
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  34  66.3  (48.2-80.6)  17  33.7  (19.4-51.8)  51  18,201
25-34 Years  77  64.6  (53.7-74.1)  49  35.4  (25.9-46.3) 126  38,263
35-44 Years 111  59.8  (50.2-68.7)  75  40.2  (31.3-49.8) 186  35,700
45-54 Years 123  45.6  (37.6-53.8) 124  54.4  (46.2-62.4) 247  29,481
55-64 Years 115  57.0  (47.6-65.9)  90  43.0  (34.1-52.4) 205  20,038
65+ Years  67  51.2  (40.6-61.6)  72  48.8  (38.4-59.4) 139  11,121
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
GENDER        
Male 242  60.2  (53.4-66.6) 192  39.8  (33.4-46.6) 434  83,766
Female 290  55.4  (49.4-61.3) 238  44.6  (38.7-50.6) 528  69,725
ETHNICITY        
White 242  57.5  (50.6-64.1) 192  42.5  (35.9-49.4) 434  54,455
Hawaiian 101  61.1  (50.4-70.9)  71  38.9  (29.1-49.6) 172  26,782
Filipino  62  60.9  (46.0-74.0)  34  39.1  (26.0-54.0)  96  19,566
Japanese  71  50.3  (39.4-61.1)  90  49.7  (38.9-60.6) 161  28,544
Others  55  63.6  (50.6-74.9)  41  36.4  (25.1-49.4)  96  23,272
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 223  54.7  (48.3-60.9) 200  45.3  (39.1-51.7) 423  73,436
Unmarried 309  61.1  (54.5-67.3) 230  38.9  (32.7-45.5) 539  80,055
Unknown/Refused        
EDUCATION        
<High School  55  65.3  (50.0-77.9)  32  34.7  (22.1-50.0)  87  15,268
High School 191  54.5  (47.2-61.7) 161  45.5  (38.3-52.8) 352  59,164
Some College 165  61.1  (52.7-68.8) 141  38.9  (31.2-47.3) 306  50,270
College 121  56.1  (46.5-65.3)  96  43.9  (34.7-53.5) 217  28,789
Unknown/Refused        
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 314  58.8  (53.0-64.3) 253  41.2  (35.7-47.0) 567 103,582
Unemployed  49  55.8  (41.6-69.1)  42  44.2  (30.9-58.4)  91  13,519
Student/Homemaker  35  48.8  (33.0-64.8)  33  51.2  (35.2-67.0)  68  15,234
Retired/Can't work 134  63.4  (54.8-71.1) 100  36.6  (28.9-45.2) 234  20,895
Unknown/Refused  -  - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  77  60.9  (47.9-72.5)  50  39.1  (27.5-52.1) 127  12,779
$15,000-24,999 105  61.4  (50.4-71.3)  73  38.6  (28.7-49.6) 178  27,333
$25,000-49,999 167  63.9  (55.4-71.5) 119  36.1  (28.5-44.6) 286  41,357
$50,000-74,999  69  60.7  (48.4-71.8)  58  39.3  (28.2-51.6) 127  23,785
>=$75,000  90  48.2  (38.7-57.9)  98  51.8  (42.1-61.3) 188  36,226
Unknown/Refused  24  51.6  (34.2-68.6)  32  48.4  (31.4-65.8)  56  12,012
COUNTY        
Honolulu 191  57.2  (50.7-63.4) 173  42.8  (36.6-49.3) 364 101,018
Hawaii 148  59.6  (51.9-66.8) 112  40.4  (33.2-48.1) 260  27,827
Kauai  60  63.4  (49.6-75.3)  34  36.6  (24.7-50.4)  94   7,115
Maui 133  58.4  (50.2-66.2) 111  41.6  (33.8-49.8) 244  17,530

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.