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State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1995

Demographic Characteristics	Within 1 year                  N          %        95% C.I.	1-2 years                      N          %        95% C.I.	More than 2 years    N          %        95% C.I.	Total
TOTAL	522     65.2     (61.0-69.1)	124     15.2     (12.3-18.7)	178     19.6     (16.6-23.0)	824
AGE GROUP
40-49 Years	156     58.2     (50.8-65.2)	37     15.8     (10.9-22.3)	70     26.1     (20.1-33.0)	263
50-59 Years	109     65.2     (55.6-73.8)	30     18.9     (11.9-28.6)	30     15.9     (10.7-23.0)	169
60-69 Years	123     72.8     (64.5-79.8)	20     10.9     ( 6.5-17.7)	37     16.2     (11.1-23.2)	180
70+ Years	134     66.5     (58.6-73.6)	37     15.6     (10.8-21.9)	41     17.9     (12.5-25.0)	212
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	216     61.9     (55.6-67.7)	67     17.4     (13.0-22.9)	85     20.8     (16.4-26.0)	368
Female	306     68.5     (63.0-73.5)	57     13.1     ( 9.6-17.6)	93     18.4     (14.6-23.0)	456
ETHNICITY
White	204     61.3     (54.9-67.4)	53     15.5     (11.3-20.9)	80     23.2     (18.3-29.1)	337
Hawaiian	75     63.1     (51.0-73.8)	17     19.5     (10.9-32.6)	23     17.3     (10.6-27.1)	115
Filipino	53     66.9     (52.4-78.8)	8     10.5     ( 4.5-22.6)	16     22.6     (13.0-36.3)	77
Japanese	135     67.1     (59.4-74.0)	34     14.9     (10.2-21.3)	45     18.0     (12.9-24.6)	214
Others	36     72.7     (57.8-83.8)	9     15.0     ( 7.0-29.2)	9     12.3     ( 5.9-23.9)	54
MARITAL STATUS
Married	302     65.8     (60.6-70.7)	74     15.4     (11.8-19.9)	98     18.8     (15.2-23.0)	474
Unmarried	220     64.2     (57.5-70.4)	49     14.6     (10.3-20.2)	78     21.2     (16.2-27.3)	347
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	62     64.1     (51.9-74.6)	20     16.3     ( 9.6-26.4)	23     19.6     (12.1-30.2)	105
High School	123     62.1     (53.3-70.0)	25     14.6     ( 9.3-22.4)	47     23.3     (16.9-31.3)	195
Some College	157     65.3     (57.9-72.1)	42     16.0     (11.1-22.5)	56     18.7     (13.8-24.8)	255
College	180     67.6     (60.2-74.2)	37     14.6     ( 9.8-21.3)	52     17.8     (13.0-23.8)	269
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	251     62.0     (55.9-67.6)	70     18.8     (14.2-24.4)	92     19.3     (15.3-24.0)	413
Unemployed	8     69.6     (35.5-90.5)	-	-	--
Student/homemaker	35     66.9     (50.7-79.9)	5      5.5     ( 2.1-13.6)	14     27.5     (15.5-44.0)	54
Retired/Can't Work	228     69.0     (62.8-74.6)	48     12.4     ( 8.9-16.9)	70     18.6     (14.1-24.2)	346
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	43     63.3     (46.4-77.4)	10     10.4     ( 5.3-19.6)	12     26.3     (13.3-45.6)	65
$15,000-24,999	70     62.1     (50.7-72.3)	21     12.7     ( 8.0-19.6)	30     25.2     (16.4-36.7)	121
$25,000-49,999	180     67.2     (60.1-73.6)	38     15.9     (11.1-22.4)	52     16.8     (12.4-22.5)	270
$50,000-74,999	68     58.4     (46.9-69.1)	25     26.7     (17.3-38.8)	23     14.9     ( 9.3-22.9)	116
>=$75,000	67     69.3     (58.5-78.3)	12      9.7     ( 5.3-17.4)	22     20.9     (13.5-31.1)	101
Unknown/Refused	94     67.5     (57.9-75.9)	18     10.0     ( 5.6-17.2)	39     22.5     (15.5-31.4)	151
COUNTY
Honolulu	311     68.2     (63.0-72.9)	71     15.5     (11.9-20.0)	88     16.4     (13.0-20.3)	470
Hawaii	69     57.5     (46.8-67.5)	11      9.7     ( 5.3-17.3)	31     32.8     (23.3-43.9)	111
Kauai	57     46.9     (36.1-58.0)	20     19.6     (12.1-30.1)	29     33.6     (23.5-45.4)	106
Maui	85     61.3     (51.4-70.4)	22     18.8     (12.2-27.9)	30     19.9     (13.1-28.9)	137

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.