Binge Drinking Defined As Having 5 Or More Drinks On 1 Occasion

State Of Hawaii BRFSS 2002

Demographic Characteristics	NOT AT RISK   N       %   C.I.(95%)	AT RISK   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Total N	Estimated #of Adults
TOTAL	5259  88.1  (86.9-89.2)	653  11.9  (10.8-13.1)	5912	920989
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	339  77.0  (71.9-81.4)	108  23.0  (18.6-28.1)	447	117028
25-34 Years	725  81.4  (77.4-84.8)	156  18.6  (15.2-22.6)	881	165663
35-44 Years	1001  89.6  (87.2-91.6)	134  10.4  ( 8.4-12.8)	1135	185258
45-54 Years	1149  89.2  (86.9-91.2)	149  10.8  ( 8.8-13.1)	1298	172870
55-64 Years	798  91.1  (87.3-93.8)	74   8.9  ( 6.2-12.7)	872	114535
65+ Years	1210  97.9  (96.7-98.7)	30   2.1  ( 1.3- 3.3)	1240	160638
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	2071  80.7  (78.4-82.7)	489  19.3  (17.3-21.6)	2560	458598
Female	3188  95.5  (94.6-96.3)	164   4.5  ( 3.7- 5.4)	3352	462391
ETHNICITY
White	2139  86.4  (84.1-88.4)	298  13.6  (11.6-15.9)	2437	324329
Hawaiian	623  80.3  (75.8-84.2)	135  19.7  (15.8-24.2)	758	117468
Filipino	704  91.5  (88.6-93.8)	62   8.5  ( 6.2-11.4)	766	139637
Japanese	1089  93.2  (90.9-94.9)	70   6.8  ( 5.1- 9.1)	1159	188640
Others	704  88.4  (85.3-90.9)	88  11.6  ( 9.1-14.7)	792	150915
MARITAL STATUS
Married	2904  91.3  (90.0-92.4)	279   8.7  ( 7.6-10.0)	3183	538764
Unmarried	2343  83.5  (81.1-85.7)	374  16.5  (14.3-18.9)	2717	380753
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	373  93.5  (89.7-95.9)	26   6.5  ( 4.1-10.3)	399	55553
High School	1695  85.3  (83.1-87.3)	271  14.7  (12.7-16.9)	1966	321478
Some College	1500  87.0  (84.3-89.3)	193  13.0  (10.7-15.7)	1693	266454
College	1680  91.3  (89.3-92.9)	163   8.7  ( 7.1-10.7)	1843	276146
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	3220  85.9  (84.3-87.5)	498  14.1  (12.5-15.7)	3718	593568
Unemployed	162  75.6  (67.1-82.5)	51  24.4  (17.5-32.9)	213	41248
Student/Homemaker	490  91.8  (88.1-94.4)	41   8.2  ( 5.6-11.9)	531	100663
Retired/Can't work	1380  95.8  (93.6-97.2)	63   4.2  ( 2.8- 6.4)	1443	184533
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	523  88.0  (83.9-91.2)	69  12.0  ( 8.8-16.1)	592	73143
$15,000-24,999	519  82.5  (75.6-87.8)	64  17.5  (12.2-24.4)	583	86570
$25,000-49,999	1200  86.6  (84.0-88.8)	192  13.4  (11.2-16.0)	1392	200662
$50,000-74,999	696  88.2  (85.0-90.8)	88  11.8  ( 9.2-15.0)	784	126574
>=$75,000	709  89.3  (86.1-91.8)	84  10.7  ( 8.2-13.9)	793	135594
Unknown/Refused	1612  90.2  (88.1-91.9)	156   9.8  ( 8.1-11.9)	1768	298447
COUNTY
Honolulu	2542  89.8  (88.2-91.2)	238  10.2  ( 8.8-11.8)	2780	667129
Hawaii	1206  86.1  (83.4-88.4)	148  13.9  (11.6-16.6)	1354	112118
Kauai	511  83.4  (79.0-87.0)	77  16.6  (13.0-21.0)	588	43285
Maui	1000  81.0  (78.0-83.7)	190  19.0  (16.3-22.0)	1190	98457

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.