General Health Status

State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1996

Demographic Characteristics	Excellent/Very good   N          %        95% C.I.	Good                  N          %        95% C.I.	Fair/Poor             N          %        95% C.I.	Total
TOTAL	1164     53.0     (50.5-55.5)	714     34.5     (32.1-36.9)	274     12.5     (11.0-14.2)	2152
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	100     51.0     (42.5-59.4)	73     41.7     (33.5-50.4)	15      7.3     ( 4.2-12.5)	188
25-34 Years	277     65.3     (59.7-70.5)	118     28.2     (23.4-33.6)	25      6.4     ( 4.1- 9.9)	420
35-44 Years	302     55.4     (50.5-60.2)	171     34.3     (29.7-39.1)	51     10.3     ( 7.7-13.7)	524
45-54 Years	240     57.2     (51.7-62.6)	131     30.3     (25.5-35.6)	52     12.4     ( 9.2-16.5)	423
55-64 Years	111     47.2     (39.5-55.0)	80     36.9     (29.7-44.7)	36     15.9     (11.0-22.6)	227
65+ Years	129     33.4     (28.1-39.2)	140     41.7     (35.8-47.8)	93     24.9     (20.1-30.4)	362
Unknown/Refused	5     68.4     (28.8-92.0)	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	526     53.9     (50.2-57.6)	312     35.0     (31.5-38.7)	112     11.1     ( 9.0-13.5)	950
Female	638     52.0     (48.7-55.3)	402     34.0     (30.9-37.2)	162     14.0     (11.8-16.5)	1202
ETHNICITY
White	527     69.1     (65.1-72.9)	166     23.0     (19.5-26.8)	69      7.9     ( 6.1-10.3)	762
Hawaiian	112     44.8     (38.0-51.9)	110     37.0     (30.7-43.8)	50     18.1     (13.4-24.2)	272
Filipino	108     43.3     (35.8-51.1)	101     44.5     (36.9-52.5)	33     12.2     ( 8.3-17.5)	242
Japanese	219     41.6     (36.8-46.6)	225     43.2     (38.3-48.2)	76     15.2     (11.9-19.1)	520
Others	198     52.5     (46.6-58.4)	112     34.2     (28.7-40.1)	46     13.3     ( 9.8-17.8)	356
MARITAL STATUS
Married	645     54.2     (51.0-57.5)	380     33.1     (30.1-36.3)	144     12.6     (10.6-15.0)	1169
Unmarried	515     50.9     (47.0-54.8)	334     36.7     (33.0-40.6)	130     12.4     (10.2-15.0)	979
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	59     32.5     (24.8-41.3)	81     46.5     (38.0-55.2)	42     21.0     (15.1-28.5)	182
High School	279     46.1     (41.4-50.8)	226     39.4     (34.8-44.1)	91     14.5     (11.6-18.0)	596
Some College	396     56.1     (51.7-60.5)	224     33.0     (28.9-37.3)	77     10.9     ( 8.5-13.9)	697
College	430     61.8     (57.4-66.0)	183     28.2     (24.4-32.4)	63      9.9     ( 7.5-13.0)	676
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	857     58.6     (55.5-61.6)	457     32.8     (30.0-35.8)	119      8.6     ( 7.0-10.4)	1433
Unemployed	33     44.9     (32.8-57.7)	31     36.5     (25.5-49.2)	19     18.5     (11.2-29.1)	83
Student/homemaker	122     56.6     (48.6-64.2)	67     34.8     (27.7-42.7)	15      8.6     ( 4.9-14.7)	204
Retired/Can't Work	150     33.5     (28.5-38.8)	159     40.0     (34.7-45.6)	118     26.5     (21.9-31.6)	427
Unknown/Refused	-	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	103     37.8     (30.9-45.4)	103     43.9     (36.5-51.7)	53     18.2     (13.4-24.3)	259
$15,000-24,999	161     41.8     (35.9-48.0)	131     39.7     (33.7-46.0)	62     18.5     (14.2-23.8)	354
$25,000-49,999	407     58.0     (53.5-62.3)	227     33.9     (29.8-38.3)	57      8.1     ( 6.1-10.6)	691
$50,000-74,999	216     56.9     (50.9-62.7)	111     32.3     (27.0-38.2)	34     10.8     ( 7.4-15.3)	361
>=$75,000	171     69.6     (62.7-75.7)	60     23.1     (17.8-29.4)	18      7.3     ( 4.2-12.3)	249
Unknown/Refused	106     44.5     (37.4-51.9)	82     36.0     (29.2-43.3)	50     19.5     (14.4-25.9)	238
COUNTY
Honolulu	729     53.4     (50.4-56.4)	458     34.3     (31.4-37.3)	171     12.3     (10.5-14.4)	1358
Hawaii	122     48.5     (41.9-55.3)	103     37.3     (31.1-43.9)	42     14.2     (10.4-19.0)	267
Kauai	154     55.3     (48.1-62.2)	69     33.0     (26.5-40.2)	27     11.7     ( 7.7-17.5)	250
Maui	159     52.3     (45.0-59.5)	84     33.9     (27.0-41.6)	34     13.8     ( 8.9-20.8)	277

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.