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State of Hawaii BRFSS [2001-2003] / WHITE

Demographic

Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
#of Adults
TOTAL 503  75.6  (71.3-79.5) 167  24.4  (20.5-28.7)  670 55,795
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years      -  
25-34 Years     --  
35-44 Years  21  31.1  (19.0-46.5)  35  68.9  (53.5-81.0)   56  5,680
45-54 Years  96  68.8  (59.1-77.2)  58  31.2  (22.8-40.9)  154 11,481
55-64 Years 124  86.7  (80.1-91.3)  28  13.3  ( 8.7-19.9)  152 13,082
65+ Years 257  93.0  (88.1-96.0)  19   7.0  ( 4.0-11.9)  276 22,143
Unknown/Refused      -  
GENDER        
Male 233  74.0  (67.6-79.5)  81  26.0  (20.5-32.4)  314 29,200
Female 270  77.4  (71.4-82.5)  86  22.6  (17.5-28.6)  356 26,595
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 228  77.2  (71.3-82.3)  77  22.8  (17.7-28.7)  305 29,933
Unmarried 272  73.6  (66.9-79.3)  90  26.4  (20.7-33.1)  362 25,656
Unknown/Refused      -  
EDUCATION        
<High School  48  76.4  (60.9-87.1)  14  23.6  (12.9-39.1)   62  5,514
High School 114  75.2  (64.9-83.3)  33  24.8  (16.7-35.1)  147 12,001
Some College 129  71.1  (62.1-78.7)  58  28.9  (21.3-37.9)  187 15,471
College 211  78.6  (72.2-83.9)  62  21.4  (16.1-27.8)  273 22,705
Unknown/Refused      -  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 193  66.6  (59.7-72.9) 110  33.4  (27.1-40.3)  303 24,859
Unemployed     --  
Student/Homemaker     --  
Retired/Can't work 277  88.2  (82.9-92.0)  34  11.8  ( 8.0-17.1)  311 25,894
Unknown/Refused      -  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  64  77.5  (66.3-85.8)  21  22.5  (14.2-33.7)   85  4,929
$15,000-24,999  53  77.5  (64.0-86.9)  15  22.5  (13.1-36.0)   68  4,117
$25,000-49,999 109  72.0  (61.6-80.4)  38  28.0  (19.6-38.4)  147 12,299
$50,000-74,999  55  72.7  (60.0-82.6)  26  27.3  (17.4-40.0)   81  7,984
>=$75,000  82  75.1  (64.3-83.4)  33  24.9  (16.6-35.7)  115 10,446
Unknown/Refused 140  79.2  (70.4-85.9)  34  20.8  (14.1-29.6)  174 16,021
COUNTY        
Honolulu 200  76.5  (70.2-81.8)  58  23.5  (18.2-29.8)  258 34,343
Hawaii 127  75.5  (67.6-82.0)  43  24.5  (18.0-32.4)  170  8,486
Kauai  63  72.5  (60.1-82.3)  24  27.5  (17.7-39.9)   87  4,228
Maui 113  73.8  (63.7-81.9)  42  26.2  (18.1-36.3)  155  8,739

The symbol -- means cell size less than 50. The symbol - means cell size less than 5.
N = Cell Sample Size, % = Percentage, 95% C.I. = Confidence Interval at 95 percent probability level.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.