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State of Hawaii BRFSS [2001-2003] / HAWAIIAN

Demographic

Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
#of Adults
TOTAL 228  71.5  (64.7-77.5) 96  28.5  (22.5-35.3)  324 33,451
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years     --  
25-34 Years     --  
35-44 Years  29  52.3  (35.2-68.9) 28  47.7  (31.1-64.8)   57  5,515
45-54 Years  58  78.3  (64.6-87.7) 19  21.7  (12.3-35.4)   77  7,886
55-64 Years  61  91.5  (78.0-97.0)  8   8.5  ( 3.0-22.0)   69  7,498
65+ Years  76  87.1  (75.3-93.8) 11  12.9  ( 6.2-24.7)   87  8,657
Unknown/Refused      -  
GENDER        
Male  80  66.5  (55.3-76.1) 47  33.5  (23.9-44.7)  127 14,913
Female 148  75.6  (66.6-82.7) 49  24.4  (17.3-33.4)  197 18,539
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 115  76.8  (67.9-83.9) 46  23.2  (16.1-32.1)  161 17,559
Unmarried 112  65.3  (54.7-74.6) 50  34.7  (25.4-45.3)  162 15,731
Unknown/Refused      -  
EDUCATION        
<High School     --  
High School 104  67.9  (57.2-77.0) 47  32.1  (23.0-42.8)  151 15,859
Some College  63  72.8  (58.9-83.3) 25  27.2  (16.7-41.1)   88  8,859
College  37  77.1  (62.4-87.2) 18  22.9  (12.8-37.6)   55  5,618
Unknown/Refused        
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 114  67.7  (58.3-75.9) 65  32.3  (24.1-41.7)  179 18,063
Unemployed     --  
Student/Homemaker     --  
Retired/Can't work  94  88.8  (79.2-94.3) 13  11.2  ( 5.7-20.8)  107 10,943
Unknown/Refused        
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  34  69.5  (51.6-83.0) 19  30.5  (17.0-48.4)   53  5,300
$15,000-24,999     --  
$25,000-49,999  58  73.1  (58.0-84.2) 23  26.9  (15.8-42.0)   81  7,205
$50,000-74,999     --  
>=$75,000     --  
Unknown/Refused  64  69.8  (54.3-81.8) 17  30.2  (18.2-45.7)   81  8,846
COUNTY        
Honolulu  97  73.8  (64.2-81.6) 32  26.2  (18.4-35.8)  129 22,453
Hawaii  59  62.6  (49.9-73.7) 31  37.4  (26.3-50.1)   90  5,887
Kauai     --  
Maui  51  76.2  (63.0-85.7) 20  23.8  (14.3-37.0)   71  3,548

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.