Binge Drinking Defined as Having 5 or More Drinks on 1 Occasion

State of Hawaii BRFSS 2001

Demographic Characteristics	NOT AT RISK   N       %   C.I.(95%)	AT RISK   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Total N	Estimated #of Adults
TOTAL	4006  89.6  (88.2-90.8)	446  10.4  ( 9.2-11.8)	4452	912955
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	255  78.9  (72.7-84.0)	72  21.1  (16.0-27.3)	327	108127
25-34 Years	643  84.5  (80.9-87.6)	118  15.5  (12.4-19.1)	761	169601
35-44 Years	844  87.0  (83.4-89.9)	118  13.0  (10.1-16.6)	962	188125
45-54 Years	922  93.3  (90.8-95.1)	75   6.7  ( 4.9- 9.2)	997	160884
55-64 Years	513  93.6  (90.6-95.7)	44   6.4  ( 4.3- 9.4)	557	123412
65+ Years	787  98.2  (96.8-99.0)	19   1.8  ( 1.0- 3.2)	806	154260
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	1566  83.1  (80.7-85.2)	342  16.9  (14.8-19.3)	1908	457609
Female	2440  96.1  (95.0-97.1)	104   3.9  ( 2.9- 5.0)	2544	455346
ETHNICITY
White	1643  88.5  (86.3-90.4)	195  11.5  ( 9.6-13.7)	1838	309002
Hawaiian	491  81.9  (76.4-86.3)	85  18.1  (13.7-23.6)	576	117313
Filipino	502  94.2  (90.9-96.3)	39   5.8  ( 3.7- 9.1)	541	130282
Japanese	801  92.8  (90.0-94.8)	62   7.2  ( 5.2-10.0)	863	188455
Others	569  89.9  (86.2-92.6)	65  10.1  ( 7.4-13.8)	634	167902
MARITAL STATUS
Married	2111  93.0  (91.4-94.3)	163   7.0  ( 5.7- 8.6)	2274	517299
Unmarried	1879  85.1  (82.6-87.2)	283  14.9  (12.8-17.4)	2162	393066
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	285  92.0  (85.0-95.9)	15   8.0  ( 4.1-15.0)	300	57367
High School	1198  86.2  (83.6-88.5)	184  13.8  (11.5-16.4)	1382	302712
Some College	1200  88.8  (85.9-91.2)	140  11.2  ( 8.8-14.1)	1340	278174
College	1309  93.6  (91.8-95.0)	106   6.4  ( 5.0- 8.2)	1415	271666
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	2613  88.2  (86.4-89.7)	346  11.8  (10.3-13.6)	2959	599865
Unemployed	121  71.5  (59.3-81.3)	32  28.5  (18.7-40.7)	153	31018
Student/Homemaker	334  89.7  (84.2-93.5)	27  10.3  ( 6.5-15.8)	361	89178
Retired/Can't work	935  96.9  (95.4-97.8)	41   3.1  ( 2.2- 4.6)	976	192434
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	401  89.8  (85.2-93.1)	44  10.2  ( 6.9-14.8)	445	80371
$15,000-24,999	446  87.4  (81.3-91.8)	50  12.6  ( 8.2-18.7)	496	101417
$25,000-49,999	1016  87.7  (84.9-90.1)	143  12.3  ( 9.9-15.1)	1159	225847
$50,000-74,999	514  89.9  (86.2-92.7)	62  10.1  ( 7.3-13.8)	576	125230
>=$75,000	497  92.4  (89.4-94.7)	49   7.6  ( 5.3-10.6)	546	123932
Unknown/Refused	1132  90.5  (87.7-92.7)	98   9.5  ( 7.3-12.3)	1230	256157
COUNTY
Honolulu	1734  90.4  (88.7-92.0)	162   9.6  ( 8.0-11.3)	1896	665881
Hawaii	902  87.8  (85.0-90.2)	108  12.2  ( 9.8-15.0)	1010	108768
Kauai	482  86.7  (82.8-89.8)	63  13.3  (10.2-17.2)	545	43174
Maui	888  87.0  (83.9-89.5)	113  13.0  (10.5-16.1)	1001	95131

The symbol -- means cell size less than 50. The symbol - means cell size less than 5.

N = Cell Sample Size, % = Percentage, 95% C.I. = Confidence Interval at 95 percent probability level.

Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.