Table 1: 

Demographic Characteristics of Persons between 18 and 64 Years

Sedgwick County 1996 and 2001 Telephone Survey, 1998-99 Sedgwick County BRFSS and U.S. Census Bureau

 

 

1996 CHAP Survey

N=701

 

2001 CHAP Survey

N=607

1998-1999

Sedgwick County BRFSS

N=942

 

Sedgwick County Estimate*

 

Percent

Percent

Percent

Percent

Gender

 

 

 

 

Male

50.1

31.9

40.8

48.9

Female

49.9

68.1

59.2

51.1

 

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Ethnicity

 

 

 

 

White, not Hispanic

89.4

86.2

83.0

79.5

African-American

4.5

6.1

6.8

8.1

Asian or Pacific Islander

1.3

1.0

1.2

3.3

Native American

1.7

1.2

0.6

1.0

Hispanic origin

1.4

3.4

7.0

6.6

Other

1.7

2.1

1.4

1.5

 

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

Age

 

 

 

 

18-24

13.3

8.1

9.8

14.7

25-34

22.4

21.5

27.4

23.4

35-44

27.4

31.0

28.7

26.8

45-54

21.7

23.6

21.8

21.6

55-64

15.2

15.8

12.4

13.5

 

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Sedgwick County Community Health Assessment, Telephone Survey, 1996, 2001 (minus respondents aged 65+ years).

1998-1999 Sedgwick County Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Wichita MSA 1999 Population Characteristics (All ages are represented in ethnicity and gender statistics).  Source:  U.S. Bureau of the Census, Compiled by the Center for Economic Development and Business Research, W. Frank Barton School of Business, Wichita State University on March 14, 2001.