Why Are Native Hawaiians Underrepresented in Hawai‘i's Older Adult Population? Exploring Social and Behavioral Factors of Longevity

Table 1

Population totals and distributions of young people, adults, older adults by four largest ethnic groups, Hawaii, 2008.

	Native Hawaiian	Caucasian	Filipino	Japanese	Total
	305,838	259,851	200,042	273,016	1,257,607
	24.3%	20.7%	15.9%	21.7%	100%
column %
<20 years	38.0%	13.1%	29.2%	17.2%	25.4%
Age 20–59	50.9%	55.3%	55.1%	51.0%	53.3%
Age 60+	11.1%	31.6%	15.7%	31.8%	21.4%%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%%
row %
<20 years	36.4%	10.6%	18.3%	14.7%	100.0%
Age 20–59	23.3%	21.5%	16.4%	20.8%	100.0%
Age 60+	12.6%	30.6%	11.7%	32.3%	100.0%