Additional Readings. Disorders of Muscle Tissue Muscular Muscle disorders are caused by disruption of normal innervation, degeneration and replacement of muscle cells, injury, lack of use or disease. Atrophy Muscular atrophy refers to a decrease in size of muscles.
Of the 1,108,229 people living in Hawaii, 23 percent describe themselves as white, 22 percent as Japanese, 20 percent as part Hawaiian, 11 percent as Filipino, four percent as Chinese, two percent as black, and about one percent each as Korean and pure Hawaiian.
Native Hawaiians trace their ancestry back to the original Polynesian settlers of Hawaii. According to the U.S. Census Bureau report for 2000, there are 401,162 people who identified themselves as being Native Hawaiian alone or in any combination, but they are not considered Native Americans. 140,652 people identified themselves as being Native Hawaiian alone. The majority of Native Hawaiians reside in State of HawaiÊ»i and the American Southwest. Two-thirds live in the State of Hawaii while the other one-third is scattered among other states, with a high concentration in California.