Binge Drinking Defined As Having 5 Or More Drinks On 1 Occasion
Kauai County, BRFSS 2002


Demographic
Characteristics		 NOT AT RISK
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 AT RISK
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
#of Adults
TOTAL 511  83.4  (79.0-87.0) 77  16.6  (13.0-21.0)  588 43285
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years  - - --  
25-34 Years  46  71.6  (55.4-83.6) 13  28.4  (16.4-44.6)   59  6412
35-44 Years  91  78.8  (68.3-86.6) 19  21.2  (13.4-31.7)  110  8764
45-54 Years 131  86.1  (79.0-91.0) 22  13.9  ( 9.0-21.0)  153  9624
55-64 Years  91  90.0  (82.4-94.5) 12  10.0  ( 5.5-17.6)  103  5754
65+ Years 123  97.4  (90.3-99.4)  2   2.6  ( 0.6- 9.7)  125  8212
Unknown/Refused  - - --  
GENDER        
Male 207  76.6  (69.6-82.4) 52  23.4  (17.6-30.4)  259 21199
Female 304  89.8  (84.4-93.5) 25  10.2  ( 6.5-15.6)  329 22085
ETHNICITY        
White 230  84.0  (77.3-89.0) 33  16.0  (11.0-22.7)  263 16443
Hawaiian  58  67.2  (52.4-79.3) 19  32.8  (20.7-47.6)   77  6750
Filipino  82  88.4  (79.0-94.0) 11  11.6  ( 6.0-21.0)   93  9067
Japanese  93  91.4  (82.7-96.0)  7   8.6  ( 4.0-17.3)  100  7144
Others  48  82.0  (64.6-91.9)  7  18.0  ( 8.1-35.4)   55  3880
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 296  88.6  (84.1-92.0) 33  11.4  ( 8.0-15.9)  329 26727
Unmarried 214  74.9  (66.3-81.8) 44  25.1  (18.2-33.7)  258 16527
Unknown/Refused  - - --  
EDUCATION        
<High School  - - --  
High School 172  74.9  (66.9-81.6) 40  25.1  (18.4-33.1)  212 17258
Some College 141  84.5  (75.4-90.6) 22  15.5  ( 9.4-24.6)  163 11969
College 159  90.8  (84.5-94.6) 14   9.2  ( 5.4-15.5)  173 10686
Unknown/Refused  - - --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 308  81.5  (75.9-86.0) 54  18.5  (14.0-24.1)  362 27165
Unemployed  - - --  
Student/Homemaker  - - --  
Retired/Can't work 156  95.2  (89.8-97.8)  8   4.8  ( 2.2-10.2)  164 10131
Unknown/Refused  - - --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000  55  88.9  (77.6-94.8)  8  11.1  ( 5.2-22.4)   63  3628
$15,000-24,999  49  73.7  (56.8-85.7) 11  26.3  (14.3-43.2)   60  4538
$25,000-49,999 124  87.5  (79.2-92.8) 16  12.5  ( 7.2-20.8)  140 10186
$50,000-74,999  59  86.2  (74.8-92.9)  9  13.8  ( 7.1-25.2)   68  5047
>=$75,000  58  79.1  (66.2-88.0) 12  20.9  (12.0-33.8)   70  4415
Unknown/Refused 166  82.5  (73.4-89.0) 21  17.5  (11.0-26.6)  187 15471

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.