Chronic Drinking*
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1997


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		                   No     
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 94      5.0     ( 4.0- 6.3) 2047     95.0     (93.7-96.0) 2141
AGE GROUP      
18-24 Years  8      4.6     ( 2.2- 9.5)  180     95.4     (90.5-97.8)  188
25-34 Years 17      4.7     ( 2.8- 7.7)  394     95.3     (92.3-97.2)  411
35-44 Years 24      5.3     ( 3.4- 8.0)  502     94.7     (92.0-96.6)  526
45-54 Years 17      5.6     ( 3.2- 9.8)  356     94.4     (90.2-96.8)  373
55-64 Years  7      3.5     ( 1.5- 8.0)  244     96.5     (92.0-98.5)  251
65+ Years 21      6.1     ( 3.8- 9.6)  367     93.9     (90.4-96.2)  388
Unknown/Refused -   - --
GENDER      
Male 78      8.6     ( 6.7-10.9)  858     91.4     (89.1-93.3)  936
Female 16      1.4     ( 0.8- 2.6) 1189     98.6     (97.4-99.2) 1205
ETHNICITY      
White 34      4.8     ( 3.3- 6.9)  745     95.2     (93.1-96.7)  779
Hawaiian 17      7.9     ( 4.7-13.0)  223     92.1     (87.0-95.3)  240
Filipino  5      2.7     ( 1.0- 7.5)  218     97.3     (92.5-99.0)  223
Japanese 22      4.7     ( 3.0- 7.4)  515     95.3     (92.6-97.0)  537
Others 16      5.6     ( 3.2- 9.4)  346     94.4     (90.6-96.8)  362
MARITAL STATUS      
Married 45      4.6     ( 3.3- 6.2) 1122     95.4     (93.8-96.7) 1167
Unmarried 49      5.8     ( 4.2- 8.0)  924     94.2     (92.0-95.8)  973
Unknown/Refused -   - --
EDUCATION      
<High School  8      5.9     ( 2.7-12.4)  162     94.1     (87.6-97.3)  170
High School 32      5.1     ( 3.5- 7.4)  594     94.9     (92.6-96.5)  626
Some College 33      6.9     ( 4.7- 9.9)  604     93.1     (90.1-95.3)  637
College 21      2.9     ( 1.9- 4.6)  683     97.1     (95.4-98.1)  704
Unknown/Refused -   - --
EMPLOYMENT      
Employed 66      5.6     ( 4.3- 7.3) 1301     94.4     (92.7-95.7) 1367
Unemployed  5      6.5     ( 2.5-16.2)  103     93.5     (83.8-97.5)  108
Student/homemaker -  205     98.7     (95.4-99.6)  208
Retired/Can't Work 20      4.8     ( 2.9- 7.9)  438     95.2     (92.1-97.1)  458
Unknown/Refused -   - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
<$15,000 13      4.9     ( 2.6- 8.9)  307     95.1     (91.1-97.4)  320
$15,000-24,999 20      5.4     ( 3.3- 8.7)  313     94.6     (91.3-96.7)  333
$25,000-49,999 25      4.4     ( 2.9- 6.8)  647     95.6     (93.2-97.1)  672
$50,000-74,999 11      3.9     ( 2.0- 7.2)  351     96.1     (92.8-98.0)  362
>=$75,000 18      9.9     ( 6.0-15.8)  234     90.1     (84.2-94.0)  252
Unknown/Refused  7      3.1     ( 1.4- 6.7)  195     96.9     (93.3-98.6)  202
COUNTY      
Honolulu 65      5.0     ( 3.9- 6.6) 1325     95.0     (93.4-96.1) 1390
Hawaii  9      4.2     ( 2.0- 8.6)  241     95.8     (91.4-98.0)  250
Kauai  5      2.9     ( 1.1- 7.6)  246     97.1     (92.4-98.9)  251
Maui 15      7.2     ( 4.1-12.2)  235     92.8     (87.8-95.9)  250

*Reported having 60+ drinks a month.
The symbol -- means cell size less than 50. The symbol - means cell size less than 5.
N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, 95% C.I. = Confidence Interval at 95 percent probability level.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.