Smoking Status
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1998


Demographic
Characteristics		 Current smoker
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Former smoker 
 
N          %        95% C.I.		          Never smoker  
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 431     19.5     (17.3-21.8) 588     26.1     (23.8-28.6) 1130     54.4     (51.6-57.2) 2149
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  39     24.0     (16.3-33.9)  16     10.0     ( 5.5-17.6)  104     66.0     (55.9-74.9)  159
25-34 Years 104     24.6     (19.6-30.5)  60     13.0     ( 9.6-17.3)  239     62.4     (56.2-68.1)  403
35-44 Years 110     21.5     (17.2-26.4) 110     21.4     (17.4-26.2)  278     57.1     (51.6-62.4)  498
45-54 Years  95     18.8     (14.8-23.7) 152     31.6     (26.5-37.3)  223     49.5     (43.7-55.4)  470
55-64 Years  51     21.4     (15.1-29.4)  96     41.5     (33.2-50.2)   94     37.1     (29.3-45.7)  241
65+ Years  31      7.1     ( 4.2-11.8) 153     43.0     (36.3-50.0)  182     49.8     (42.9-56.8)  366
Unknown/Refused  -  -   10     96.0     (80.7-99.3) --
GENDER        
Male 217     22.2     (18.8-26.0) 296     29.9     (26.2-33.9)  420     47.9     (43.6-52.1)  933
Female 214     16.7     (14.2-19.5) 292     22.3     (19.5-25.3)  710     61.0     (57.5-64.5) 1216
ETHNICITY        
White 173     19.0     (15.8-22.6) 284     32.1     (28.0-36.6)  387     48.9     (44.3-53.5)  844
Hawaiian  81     26.2     (19.9-33.7)  72     22.0     (16.9-28.2)  152     51.8     (44.2-59.3)  305
Filipino  41     17.3     (11.5-25.0)  43     19.7     (13.8-27.2)  148     63.1     (54.5-70.8)  232
Japanese  82     18.4     (14.2-23.6) 136     31.2     (26.1-36.7)  257     50.4     (44.7-56.1)  475
Others  54     17.5     (12.7-23.6)  53     16.1     (11.6-22.0)  186     66.4     (59.4-72.8)  293
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 192     16.9     (14.3-20.0) 329     28.6     (25.4-32.0)  632     54.5     (50.8-58.1) 1153
Unmarried 239     23.2     (19.7-27.1) 258     22.8     (19.5-26.4)  496     54.1     (49.7-58.4)  993
Unknown/Refused  -  -   - --
EDUCATION        
<High School  35     20.5     (13.6-29.8)  34     29.3     (19.8-40.9)   87     50.2     (39.2-61.2)  156
High School 171     27.2     (22.8-32.1) 163     25.4     (21.1-30.2)  317     47.4     (42.3-52.5)  651
Some College 141     21.5     (17.4-26.1) 181     26.3     (22.2-30.8)  284     52.2     (47.0-57.4)  606
College  83      9.2     ( 7.0-12.0) 210     26.2     (22.4-30.3)  441     64.6     (60.2-68.8)  734
Unknown/Refused  -  -   - --
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 307     20.1     (17.5-22.9) 377     23.5     (20.8-26.3)  800     56.5     (53.1-59.8) 1484
Unemployed  32     43.7     (29.3-59.2)  18     16.7     ( 9.3-28.1)   41     39.7     (26.9-54.0)   91
Student/homemaker  32     20.2     (13.7-28.8)  22     13.0     ( 8.1-20.4)   96     66.7     (57.2-75.1)  150
Retired/Can't Work  60     11.4     ( 7.9-16.1) 171     43.8     (37.5-50.3)  193     44.8     (38.5-51.2)  424
Unknown/Refused  -  -   - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  85     26.9     (20.7-34.2)  61     25.9     (18.7-34.6)  119     47.2     (38.9-55.7)  265
$15,000-24,999  75     20.6     (15.6-26.7)  93     22.2     (17.4-28.0)  186     57.2     (50.4-63.6)  354
$25,000-49,999 131     21.7     (17.5-26.6) 183     25.9     (21.8-30.5)  345     52.3     (47.2-57.4)  659
$50,000-74,999  56     16.4     (12.0-21.9)  92     27.9     (22.2-34.4)  183     55.8     (49.0-62.3)  331
>=$75,000  30     10.4     ( 6.6-15.9)  91     34.0     (27.2-41.5)  142     55.6     (47.9-63.0)  263
Unknown/Refused  54     20.2     (14.2-27.8)  68     22.0     (16.2-29.3)  155     57.8     (49.6-65.6)  277
COUNTY        
Honolulu 189     19.2     (16.4-22.3) 254     25.8     (22.8-29.0)  553     55.0     (51.4-58.6)  996
Hawaii 118     22.5     (18.7-26.9) 151     26.7     (22.6-31.2)  258     50.8     (45.8-55.7)  527
Kauai  33     14.6     ( 9.9-21.0)  65     28.7     (22.3-36.2)  112     56.7     (48.5-64.5)  210
Maui  91     20.5     (16.1-25.6) 118     27.0     (22.2-32.4)  207     52.5     (46.8-58.2)  416

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.