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State of Hawaii BRFSS [2002-2003] / HAWAIIAN

Demographic

Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
#of Adults
TOTAL 251  14.9  (12.8-17.4) 1,128  85.1  (82.6-87.2) 1,379 124,275
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years     138   138  18,196
25-34 Years  13   3.2  ( 1.8- 5.8)   274  96.8  (94.2-98.2)   287  27,293
35-44 Years  30   7.8  ( 5.0-11.8)   248  92.2  (88.2-95.0)   278  25,785
45-54 Years  55  20.3  (14.7-27.3)   214  79.7  (72.7-85.3)   269  20,778
55-64 Years  64  29.7  (21.8-39.1)   135  70.3  (60.9-78.2)   199  14,911
65+ Years  89  41.4  (32.8-50.7)   114  58.6  (49.3-67.2)   203  16,935
Unknown/Refused      --  
GENDER        
Male  78  10.1  ( 7.6-13.4)   478  89.9  (86.6-92.4)   556  61,226
Female 173  19.6  (16.4-23.3)   650  80.4  (76.7-83.6)   823  63,049
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 137  18.8  (15.3-22.8)   529  81.2  (77.2-84.7)   666  60,811
Unmarried 114  11.2  ( 8.9-14.1)   599  88.8  (85.9-91.1)   713  63,464
Unknown/Refused        
EDUCATION        
<High School  41  28.1  (18.7-39.9)    79  71.9  (60.1-81.3)   120  10,461
High School 120  13.1  (10.4-16.3)   564  86.9  (83.7-89.6)   684  63,776
Some College  57  14.7  (10.7-19.9)   302  85.3  (80.1-89.3)   359  30,796
College  33  14.4  ( 9.5-21.3)   180  85.6  (78.7-90.5)   213  19,018
Unknown/Refused       -  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 105  10.0  ( 7.9-12.6)   769  90.0  (87.4-92.1)   874  80,651
Unemployed  18   8.8  ( 4.7-15.8)    70  91.2  (84.2-95.3)    88   8,990
Student/Homemaker  30  13.0  ( 8.0-20.6)   118  87.0  (79.4-92.0)   148  12,125
Retired/Can't work  98  36.2  (28.8-44.4)   169  63.8  (55.6-71.2)   267  22,389
Unknown/Refused       -  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  44  18.2  (12.5-25.7)   146  81.8  (74.3-87.5)   190  15,502
$15,000-24,999  35  13.6  ( 8.8-20.4)   150  86.4  (79.6-91.2)   185  16,840
$25,000-49,999  48  12.2  ( 8.5-17.2)   271  87.8  (82.8-91.5)   319  25,101
$50,000-74,999  23  15.9  ( 9.9-24.8)   126  84.1  (75.2-90.1)   149  14,438
>=$75,000  15  13.0  ( 7.2-22.4)   114  87.0  (77.6-92.8)   129  13,741
Unknown/Refused  86  16.3  (12.4-21.1)   321  83.7  (78.9-87.6)   407  38,653
COUNTY        
Honolulu  90  15.0  (11.9-18.6)   453  85.0  (81.4-88.1)   543  78,374
Hawaii  74  16.5  (12.9-20.9)   325  83.5  (79.1-87.1)   399  22,627
Kauai  16   9.8  ( 5.5-16.9)   112  90.2  (83.1-94.5)   128   6,619
Maui  71  14.7  (11.1-19.1)   238  85.3  (80.9-88.9)   309  16,655

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.