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.
In 1852, ethnic Hawaiians represented over 95 percent of the population of the islands. By 1900, they were less than 15 percent of the total population of just over 150,000, whereas nearly 75 percent were Oriental. After 1930, the mainland United States became the main source of new residents in Hawaii.