Acute Drinking*
State of Hawaii, BRFSS 1995


Demographic
Characteristics		 Yes    
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 No     
 
N          %        95% C.I.		 Total
TOTAL 249     12.4     (10.8-14.2) 1897     87.6     (85.8-89.2) 2146
AGE GROUP      
18-24 Years  32     18.3     (12.4-26.1)  167     81.7     (73.9-87.6)  199
25-34 Years  82     18.8     (15.1-23.2)  378     81.2     (76.8-84.9)  460
35-44 Years  66     13.9     (10.7-17.9)  436     86.1     (82.1-89.3)  502
45-54 Years  40     10.7     ( 7.6-15.0)  320     89.3     (85.0-92.4)  360
55-64 Years  13      5.7     ( 2.8-11.2)  165     94.3     (88.8-97.2)  178
65+ Years  15      2.9     ( 1.7- 5.1)  425     97.1     (94.9-98.3)  440
Unknown/Refused  -    6     82.6     (36.3-97.5) --
GENDER      
Male 203     21.0     (18.1-24.2)  748     79.0     (75.8-81.9)  951
Female  46      3.9     ( 2.7- 5.4) 1149     96.1     (94.6-97.3) 1195
ETHNICITY      
White 101     15.4     (12.5-18.8)  689     84.6     (81.2-87.5)  790
Hawaiian  54     13.9     (10.3-18.7)  310     86.1     (81.3-89.7)  364
Filipino  29     11.1     ( 7.1-17.0)  245     88.9     (83.0-92.9)  274
Japanese  40      9.3     ( 6.5-13.0)  398     90.7     (87.0-93.5)  438
Others  12      7.1     ( 3.6-13.5)  167     92.9     (86.5-96.4)  179
MARITAL STATUS      
Married 100      8.9     ( 7.2-10.9) 1063     91.1     (89.1-92.8) 1163
Unmarried 147     17.6     (14.7-21.0)  828     82.4     (79.0-85.3)  975
Unknown/Refused  -    6     65.5     (25.4-91.4) --
EDUCATION      
<High School   9      5.1     ( 1.7-14.2)  186     94.9     (85.8-98.3)  195
High School  81     16.2     (12.8-20.4)  483     83.8     (79.6-87.2)  564
Some College  89     12.3     ( 9.8-15.3)  687     87.7     (84.7-90.2)  776
College  70     11.2     ( 8.6-14.5)  539     88.8     (85.5-91.4)  609
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
EMPLOYMENT      
Employed 202     15.6     (13.4-18.1) 1173     84.4     (81.9-86.6) 1375
Unemployed  13     20.1     (10.8-34.3)   54     79.9     (65.7-89.2)   67
Student/homemaker  15      6.0     ( 3.3-10.6)  226     94.0     (89.4-96.7)  241
Retired/Can't Work  19      4.1     ( 2.5- 6.7)  444     95.9     (93.3-97.5)  463
Unknown/Refused  -   - --
HOUSEHOLD INCOME      
<$15,000  12      7.5     ( 3.7-14.3)  137     92.5     (85.7-96.3)  149
$15,000-24,999  34     10.8     ( 7.3-15.6)  304     89.2     (84.4-92.7)  338
$25,000-49,999  96     13.6     (10.9-16.8)  662     86.4     (83.2-89.1)  758
$50,000-74,999  35     12.8     ( 8.9-18.0)  226     87.2     (82.0-91.1)  261
>=$75,000  31     12.9     ( 8.8-18.5)  191     87.1     (81.5-91.2)  222
Unknown/Refused  41     12.0     ( 8.4-16.9)  377     88.0     (83.1-91.6)  418
COUNTY      
Honolulu 164     12.7     (10.8-15.0) 1125     87.3     (85.0-89.2) 1289
Hawaii  20      9.7     ( 6.1-15.1)  231     90.3     (84.9-93.9)  251
Kauai  26     15.3     (10.1-22.5)  222     84.7     (77.5-89.9)  248
Maui  39     11.8     ( 8.0-17.2)  319     88.2     (82.8-92.0)  358

*Reported having 5+ drinks at least once on an occasion.
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.