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

Honolulu County, BRFSS 2002

Demographic Characteristics	NOT AT RISK   N       %   C.I.(95%)	AT RISK   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Total N	Estimated #of Adults
TOTAL	2542  89.8  (88.2-91.2)	238  10.2  ( 8.8-11.8)	2780	667129
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	209  80.0  (73.7-85.1)	50  20.0  (14.9-26.3)	259	89459
25-34 Years	429  84.3  (79.2-88.4)	67  15.7  (11.6-20.8)	496	125984
35-44 Years	517  92.6  (89.4-94.9)	40   7.4  ( 5.1-10.6)	557	132533
45-54 Years	481  90.3  (87.0-92.8)	50   9.7  ( 7.2-13.0)	531	117092
55-64 Years	306  91.4  (85.8-94.9)	19   8.6  ( 5.1-14.2)	325	80910
65+ Years	577  98.3  (96.6-99.1)	10   1.7  ( 0.9- 3.4)	587	116998
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	992  83.0  (80.0-85.6)	183  17.0  (14.4-20.0)	1175	332942
Female	1550  96.6  (95.4-97.5)	55   3.4  ( 2.5- 4.6)	1605	334187
ETHNICITY
White	883  87.7  (84.4-90.4)	103  12.3  ( 9.6-15.6)	986	216290
Hawaiian	238  83.9  (76.8-89.2)	32  16.1  (10.8-23.2)	270	72644
Filipino	323  92.3  (88.5-95.0)	26   7.7  ( 5.0-11.5)	349	102011
Japanese	620  93.9  (91.0-95.9)	29   6.1  ( 4.1- 9.0)	649	148569
Others	478  89.9  (86.3-92.6)	48  10.1  ( 7.4-13.7)	526	127615
MARITAL STATUS
Married	1423  92.4  (90.8-93.8)	109   7.6  ( 6.2- 9.2)	1532	392732
Unmarried	1109  85.9  (82.7-88.6)	129  14.1  (11.4-17.3)	1238	272981
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	148  95.3  (89.6-98.0)	6   4.7  ( 2.0-10.4)	154	36435
High School	754  87.7  (84.7-90.2)	91  12.3  ( 9.8-15.3)	845	220773
Some College	745  88.3  (84.7-91.2)	76  11.7  ( 8.8-15.3)	821	197677
College	888  92.4  (89.8-94.3)	65   7.6  ( 5.7-10.2)	953	211124
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	1567  87.8  (85.6-89.7)	187  12.2  (10.3-14.4)	1754	429624
Unemployed	80  82.3  (70.5-90.0)	14  17.7  (10.0-29.5)	94	28105
Student/Homemaker	271  92.5  (87.8-95.5)	19   7.5  ( 4.5-12.2)	290	77404
Retired/Can't work	619  96.3  (93.0-98.1)	18   3.7  ( 1.9- 7.0)	637	131211
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	219  90.3  (84.4-94.2)	21   9.7  ( 5.8-15.6)	240	49337
$15,000-24,999	234  81.4  (71.9-88.2)	31  18.6  (11.8-28.1)	265	62454
$25,000-49,999	552  89.4  (85.9-92.1)	60  10.6  ( 7.9-14.1)	612	139172
$50,000-74,999	365  89.1  (85.1-92.2)	41  10.9  ( 7.8-14.9)	406	96297
>=$75,000	385  90.9  (87.0-93.7)	33   9.1  ( 6.3-13.0)	418	104909
Unknown/Refused	787  92.1  (89.5-94.2)	52   7.9  ( 5.8-10.5)	839	214960

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.