The Last Time Smoked a Cigar
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1998


Demographic
Characteristics
Less than 1 year 
 
N          %        95% C.I.
1-5 years        
 
N          %        95% C.I.
More than 5 years
 
N          %        95% C.I.
Total
TOTAL 224     32.8     (28.3-37.6) 133     20.4     (16.7-24.7) 321     46.8     (41.9-51.8)  678
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  27     57.2     (39.2-73.4)  18     42.1     (26.0-60.2)  - --
25-34 Years  72     53.7     (43.0-64.1)  39     28.4     (19.8-38.9)  25     17.9     (11.5-26.7)  136
35-44 Years  58     39.6     (30.3-49.7)  30     16.6     (10.6-24.9)  67     43.8     (34.3-53.9)  155
45-54 Years  42     20.8     (14.5-28.9)  34     20.6     (14.2-29.0) 100     58.6     (49.3-67.3)  176
55-64 Years  17     14.2     ( 7.5-25.2)   8     15.2     ( 6.8-30.5)  53     70.6     (55.7-82.1)   78
65+ Years   8      7.8     ( 3.4-17.0)  -  73     88.2     (77.5-94.2)   84
Unknown/Refused  -  -  - --
GENDER        
Male 174     32.7     (27.6-38.3)  95     20.1     (16.0-25.0) 238     47.1     (41.5-52.8)  507
Female  50     33.0     (24.6-42.6)  38     21.5     (14.6-30.5)  83     45.5     (36.3-55.1)  171
ETHNICITY        
White 125     38.3     (31.7-45.4)  64     17.9     (13.3-23.6) 166     43.8     (37.1-50.8)  355
Hawaiian  23     24.1     (14.8-36.7)  19     20.2     (12.0-32.1)  35     55.7     (41.9-68.6)   77
Filipino  14     36.9     (19.5-58.6)   7     25.8     (11.6-47.8)  18     37.3     (21.3-56.7) --
Japanese  39     29.6     (20.6-40.4)  20     17.2     (10.4-27.0)  66     53.2     (42.2-63.9)  125
Others  23     26.5     (16.6-39.5)  23     30.7     (19.4-45.0)  36     42.8     (30.3-56.2)   82
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 113     27.2     (22.0-32.9)  70     18.5     (14.2-23.8) 190     54.4     (48.0-60.6)  373
Unmarried 111     42.2     (34.5-50.4)  63     23.6     (17.3-31.2) 130     34.2     (27.6-41.5)  304
Unknown/Refused  -  -  - --
EDUCATION        
<High School  10     23.3     (10.6-43.7)  -  17     64.5     (42.1-81.9) --
High School  64     32.3     (24.2-41.6)  41     24.6     (17.2-33.9)  77     43.1     (34.1-52.6)  182
Some College  64     37.1     (28.6-46.5)  49     21.7     (15.6-29.5)  88     41.2     (32.6-50.3)  201
College  85     31.0     (24.1-38.8)  40     16.7     (11.6-23.6) 139     52.2     (44.2-60.1)  264
Unknown/Refused  -  -  - --
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 184     35.4     (30.2-41.0) 112     24.1     (19.5-29.3) 219     40.6     (35.2-46.2)  515
Unemployed  15     69.2     (42.8-87.1)  -   7     25.3     ( 9.6-51.8) --
Student/homemaker  10     54.2     (31.1-75.6)  10     29.0     (13.6-51.4)   6     16.8     ( 6.5-36.9) --
Retired/Can't Work  15     11.3     ( 6.1-20.0)   9      5.2     ( 2.1-12.6)  89     83.4     (73.8-90.0)  113
Unknown/Refused  -  -  - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  17     28.5     (15.7-46.2)  13     20.7     ( 9.9-38.4)  26     50.7     (34.0-67.3)   56
$15,000-24,999  32     36.9     (25.7-49.9)  19     21.2     (12.4-34.0)  49     41.8     (30.1-54.5)  100
$25,000-49,999  82     34.1     (26.4-42.9)  47     23.6     (16.8-32.1)  96     42.3     (33.7-51.3)  225
$50,000-74,999  37     25.1     (17.0-35.5)  26     18.7     (11.8-28.4)  69     56.1     (45.3-66.4)  132
>=$75,000  41     37.0     (26.1-49.3)  20     16.9     (10.1-26.8)  52     46.2     (34.7-58.0)  113
Unknown/Refused  15     34.7     (20.1-52.9)   8     17.1     ( 7.9-32.9)  29     48.3     (31.9-65.0)   52
COUNTY        
Honolulu 102     31.4     (25.8-37.6)  67     21.2     (16.5-26.7) 141     47.4     (41.2-53.7)  310
Hawaii  43     30.7     (22.8-39.9)  31     19.6     (13.6-27.5)  91     49.7     (41.0-58.4)  165
Kauai  23     48.0     (33.4-62.9)  10     16.3     ( 8.4-29.5)  21     35.7     (23.1-50.6)   54
Maui  56     40.3     (31.5-49.8)  25     16.5     (10.9-24.3)  68     43.2     (34.2-52.6)  149

The symbol -- means cell size less than 50. The symbol - means cell size less than 5.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, 95% C.I. = Confidence Interval at 95 percent probability level.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.