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State of Hawaii BRFSS [2001-2003] / JAPANESE

Demographic

Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
#of Adults
TOTAL 507  87.0  (83.0-90.2) 71  13.0  ( 9.8-17.0)  578 63,871
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years     --  
25-34 Years     --  
35-44 Years     --  
45-54 Years  84  80.4  (69.6-88.0) 24  19.6  (12.0-30.4)  108 12,259
55-64 Years  91  91.6  (81.9-96.4)  8   8.4  ( 3.6-18.1)   99 13,902
65+ Years 291  95.4  (91.5-97.5) 12   4.6  ( 2.5- 8.5)  303 30,240
Unknown/Refused     --  
GENDER        
Male 189  83.4  (76.2-88.7) 37  16.6  (11.3-23.8)  226 29,548
Female 318  90.1  (85.4-93.4) 34   9.9  ( 6.6-14.6)  352 34,323
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 276  88.0  (82.7-91.9) 37  12.0  ( 8.1-17.3)  313 39,973
Unmarried 230  85.2  (78.3-90.1) 34  14.8  ( 9.9-21.7)  264 23,841
Unknown/Refused      -  
EDUCATION        
<High School  58  98.3  (91.1-99.7)  2   1.7  ( 0.3- 8.9)   60  4,735
High School 180  92.4  (86.6-95.8) 14   7.6  ( 4.2-13.4)  194 21,398
Some College 151  85.8  (77.6-91.4) 23  14.2  ( 8.6-22.4)  174 21,743
College 117  77.9  (68.0-85.4) 32  22.1  (14.6-32.0)  149 15,939
Unknown/Refused      -  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 179  79.2  (71.6-85.2) 50  20.8  (14.8-28.4)  229 26,359
Unemployed     --  
Student/Homemaker     --  
Retired/Can't work 313  95.8  (92.1-97.8) 13   4.2  ( 2.2- 7.9)  326 34,751
Unknown/Refused        
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  60  94.7  (86.3-98.1)  4   5.3  ( 1.9-13.7)   64  5,737
$15,000-24,999  62  92.0  (81.4-96.8)  6   8.0  ( 3.2-18.6)   68  6,933
$25,000-49,999 110  87.8  (79.1-93.2) 17  12.2  ( 6.8-20.9)  127 14,343
$50,000-74,999  54  86.5  (72.2-94.0)  9  13.5  ( 6.0-27.8)   63  6,826
>=$75,000  58  83.9  (72.1-91.3) 13  16.1  ( 8.7-27.9)   71  9,483
Unknown/Refused 163  84.1  (74.8-90.4) 22  15.9  ( 9.6-25.2)  185 20,547
COUNTY        
Honolulu 268  86.9  (81.8-90.8) 38  13.1  ( 9.2-18.2)  306 49,727
Hawaii 102  88.3  (81.0-93.0) 15  11.7  ( 7.0-19.0)  117  6,440
Kauai  55  80.6  (65.4-90.1)  9  19.4  ( 9.9-34.6)   64  2,774
Maui  82  89.2  (79.2-94.8)  9  10.8  ( 5.2-20.8)   91  4,931

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.