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State of Hawaii BRFSS [2002-2003] / CHINESE

Demographic

Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
#of Adults
TOTAL 104  15.7  (12.5-19.5) 440  84.3  (80.5-87.5)  544 57,822
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years     --  
25-34 Years    57   57  7,808
35-44 Years  12   9.6  ( 4.6-18.7)  96  90.4  (81.3-95.4)  108 10,916
45-54 Years  18  13.8  ( 7.9-22.9)  90  86.2  (77.1-92.1)  108  9,747
55-64 Years  19  21.0  (12.3-33.7)  51  79.0  (66.3-87.7)   70  6,788
65+ Years  53  33.0  (24.8-42.4) 101  67.0  (57.6-75.2)  154 15,008
Unknown/Refused     --  
GENDER        
Male  34  14.6  (10.0-20.7) 189  85.4  (79.3-90.0)  223 27,473
Female  70  16.7  (12.7-21.7) 251  83.3  (78.3-87.3)  321 30,349
MARITAL STATUS        
Married  60  16.5  (12.5-21.6) 249  83.5  (78.4-87.5)  309 35,246
Unmarried  44  14.4  ( 9.8-20.5) 191  85.6  (79.5-90.2)  235 22,576
Unknown/Refused        
EDUCATION        
<High School     --  
High School  35  19.8  (13.4-28.4) 108  80.2  (71.6-86.6)  143 15,779
Some College  21  13.3  ( 8.1-21.1) 105  86.7  (78.9-91.9)  126 13,648
College  36  12.9  ( 8.7-18.6) 203  87.1  (81.4-91.3)  239 24,888
Unknown/Refused      -  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed  34   8.8  ( 5.9-13.0) 284  91.2  (87.0-94.1)  318 36,034
Unemployed     --  
Student/Homemaker     --  
Retired/Can't work  59  34.3  (26.4-43.1) 108  65.7  (56.9-73.6)  167 15,616
Unknown/Refused      -  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  17  21.3  (11.4-36.4)  43  78.7  (63.6-88.6)   60  4,846
$15,000-24,999   4   5.1  ( 1.7-14.4)  48  94.9  (85.6-98.3)   52  4,477
$25,000-49,999  22  22.0  (13.9-33.0)  83  78.0  (67.0-86.1)  105 10,760
$50,000-74,999  10  16.5  ( 8.6-29.3)  59  83.5  (70.7-91.4)   69  7,886
>=$75,000  10   8.1  ( 3.9-16.1)  86  91.9  (83.9-96.1)   96  9,954
Unknown/Refused  41  16.8  (11.5-23.8) 121  83.2  (76.2-88.5)  162 19,898
COUNTY        
Honolulu  72  15.8  (12.3-20.0) 327  84.2  (80.0-87.7)  399 50,713
Hawaii  12  13.6  ( 7.1-24.6)  48  86.4  (75.4-92.9)   60  2,741
Kauai     --  
Maui  13  15.9  ( 7.9-29.4)  43  84.1  (70.6-92.1)   56  3,202

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.