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State of Hawaii BRFSS [2002-2003] / JAPANESE

Demographic

Characteristics		 YES
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 NO
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
#of Adults
TOTAL 431  68.3  (63.3-72.8) 173  31.7  (27.2-36.7)  604 55,016
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years     --  
25-34 Years     --  
35-44 Years  33  56.9  (41.9-70.7)  25  43.1  (29.3-58.1)   58  5,932
45-54 Years  63  53.3  (41.5-64.8)  46  46.7  (35.2-58.5)  109  9,751
55-64 Years  67  57.1  (44.7-68.6)  39  42.9  (31.4-55.3)  106 11,033
65+ Years 246  84.5  (79.0-88.7)  47  15.5  (11.3-21.0)  293 23,079
Unknown/Refused     --  
GENDER        
Male 146  61.4  (53.1-69.0)  77  38.6  (31.0-46.9)  223 24,368
Female 285  73.7  (67.9-78.8)  96  26.3  (21.2-32.1)  381 30,648
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 242  67.6  (61.4-73.2) 110  32.4  (26.8-38.6)  352 36,937
Unmarried 189  69.7  (61.2-76.9)  63  30.3  (23.1-38.8)  252 18,079
Unknown/Refused        
EDUCATION        
<High School     --  
High School 139  74.2  (65.6-81.3)  45  25.8  (18.7-34.4)  184 14,631
Some College 121  70.1  (60.7-78.1)  48  29.9  (21.9-39.3)  169 16,663
College 127  59.9  (51.3-68.0)  73  40.1  (32.0-48.7)  200 20,345
Unknown/Refused      -  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 153  58.3  (50.7-65.5) 106  41.7  (34.5-49.3)  259 26,008
Unemployed     --  
Student/Homemaker     --  
Retired/Can't work 252  80.3  (74.0-85.4)  55  19.7  (14.6-26.0)  307 25,314
Unknown/Refused      -  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000     --  
$15,000-24,999     --  
$25,000-49,999  85  63.9  (52.4-73.9)  44  36.1  (26.1-47.6)  129 10,640
$50,000-74,999  60  69.6  (56.9-79.9)  26  30.4  (20.1-43.1)   86  8,465
>=$75,000  52  54.3  (42.3-65.9)  45  45.7  (34.1-57.7)   97 12,118
Unknown/Refused 168  80.2  (72.3-86.2)  33  19.8  (13.8-27.7)  201 17,020
COUNTY        
Honolulu 228  67.0  (60.9-72.5) 104  33.0  (27.5-39.1)  332 42,633
Hawaii 121  78.9  (69.5-86.0)  25  21.1  (14.0-30.5)  146  6,591
Kauai     --  
Maui  48  60.2  (47.0-72.1)  31  39.8  (27.9-53.0)   79  3,847

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.