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

Maui County, BRFSS 2002

Demographic Characteristics	NOT AT RISK   N       %   C.I.(95%)	AT RISK   N       %   C.I.(95%)	Total N	Estimated #of Adults
TOTAL	1000  81.0  (78.0-83.7)	190  19.0  (16.3-22.0)	1190	98457
AGE GROUP
18-24 Years	52  63.7  (50.5-75.1)	25  36.3  (24.9-49.5)	77	10524
25-34 Years	144  72.4  (63.8-79.5)	45  27.6  (20.5-36.2)	189	17712
35-44 Years	196  80.0  (73.5-85.1)	49  20.0  (14.9-26.5)	245	21659
45-54 Years	229  83.6  (77.6-88.3)	39  16.4  (11.7-22.4)	268	20756
55-64 Years	177  87.4  (81.4-91.7)	24  12.6  ( 8.3-18.6)	201	12506
65+ Years	196  95.7  (90.0-98.3)	8   4.3  ( 1.7-10.0)	204	14932
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
GENDER
Male	409  71.1  (66.2-75.5)	141  28.9  (24.5-33.8)	550	49303
Female	591  91.1  (87.7-93.6)	49   8.9  ( 6.4-12.3)	640	49153
ETHNICITY
White	454  81.1  (76.8-84.8)	92  18.9  (15.2-23.2)	546	43970
Hawaiian	152  72.1  (63.7-79.2)	49  27.9  (20.8-36.3)	201	18046
Filipino	174  88.2  (78.9-93.7)	15  11.8  ( 6.3-21.1)	189	13986
Japanese	133  87.0  (78.6-92.4)	16  13.0  ( 7.6-21.4)	149	12376
Others	87  79.7  (68.3-87.7)	18  20.3  (12.3-31.7)	105	10079
MARITAL STATUS
Married	530  84.8  (81.1-87.9)	79  15.2  (12.1-18.9)	609	54579
Unmarried	470  76.4  (71.4-80.7)	111  23.6  (19.3-28.6)	581	43878
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
EDUCATION
<High School	92  85.0  (73.1-92.2)	11  15.0  ( 7.8-26.9)	103	7720
High School	378  78.0  (72.8-82.5)	88  22.0  (17.5-27.2)	466	41650
Some College	261  80.6  (74.6-85.5)	50  19.4  (14.5-25.4)	311	25269
College	268  85.5  (80.1-89.7)	41  14.5  (10.3-19.9)	309	23703
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
EMPLOYMENT
Employed	640  78.8  (74.9-82.2)	144  21.2  (17.8-25.1)	784	66138
Unemployed	36  60.6  (43.7-75.3)	17  39.4  (24.7-56.3)	53	5022
Student/Homemaker	85  85.3  (74.6-91.9)	11  14.7  ( 8.1-25.4)	96	8455
Retired/Can't work	238  92.5  (87.3-95.6)	18   7.5  ( 4.4-12.7)	256	18728
Unknown/Refused	-	-	--
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
<$15,000	96  83.4  (73.7-90.0)	19  16.6  (10.0-26.3)	115	8373
$15,000-24,999	94  85.1  (71.3-92.9)	9  14.9  ( 7.1-28.7)	103	6879
$25,000-49,999	227  74.2  (67.6-79.8)	70  25.8  (20.2-32.4)	297	23399
$50,000-74,999	126  88.9  (81.5-93.6)	15  11.1  ( 6.4-18.5)	141	11834
>=$75,000	129  80.3  (71.3-87.0)	24  19.7  (13.0-28.7)	153	13248
Unknown/Refused	328  81.9  (76.2-86.5)	53  18.1  (13.5-23.8)	381	34724

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.