Table 2.

ARF and non-ARF subjects categorized by ethnicity. Percent of total calculated for each major category (no. of subjects in parentheses)

Ethnicity	% of ARF (n=26)	% of Non-ARF (n=40)	% in Hawaii from 2000 Census
≥50% Polynesian	53.8 (14)	17.5(7)	NA
>50% Samoan	319 (8)	59 (2)	1.3
>50% Hawaiian	12 (3)	89 (3).	6.6
>50% Tongan	4 (1)	3 (1)	<1.3
>50% Mixed Polynesian	(1)*	(1)†	NA
50% Polynesian	(1)‡	(0)	NA
≥50% Micronesian	15.4 (4)	12.5 (5)	NA
>50% Micronesian	(3)	(4)	<1.3
50% Micronesian	(1)§	(1)||	NA
≥50% Asian	15.4 (4)	27.5 (11)	41.6
>50% Filipino	(3)	(5)	14.1
>50% Chinese or Korean	(1)	(1)	6.6
>50 % Mixed Asia	(0)	(2)¶	NA
50% Asian	(0)	(3)#	NA
≥50% Caucasian	0(0)	10.0 (4)	NA
>50% Caucasian	(0)	(3)	24.3
50% Caucasian	(0)	(1)**	NA
≥3 ethnicity; none ≥50%	15.4 (4)	32.5 (13)	NA
Total	100 (26)	100 (40)

^*Tongan/Hawaiian-Chinese.

^†Samoan/Hawaiian-mixed.

^‡Hawaiian/Caucasian.

^§Micronesian/Filipino.

^||Micronesian/Korean.

^¶Filipino/Asian, Filipino/Chinese.

^#Korean/mix; Chinese/Caucasian, Japanese/Caucasian.

^**Caucasian/Mixed.

ARF=acute rheumatic fever; NA=not available.