Binge drinking defined as having 5 or more drinks on 1 occasion
State of Hawaii BRFSS 2005

Demographic
 
Characteristics		 NOT AT RISK
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 AT RISK
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
 
#of Adults
TOTAL 5,466  83.5  (82.1-84.8) 885  16.5  (15.2-17.9) 6,351 964,511
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years   255  73.9  (67.7-79.3)  94  26.1  (20.7-32.3)   349 117,176
25-34 Years   605  74.8  (70.5-78.6) 183  25.2  (21.4-29.5)   788 165,791
35-44 Years   945  81.2  (78.2-83.9) 213  18.8  (16.1-21.8) 1,158 181,877
45-54 Years 1,169  85.9  (83.2-88.2) 185  14.1  (11.8-16.8) 1,354 180,034
55-64 Years 1,078  88.1  (84.7-90.8) 123  11.9  ( 9.2-15.3) 1,201 140,973
65+ Years 1,379  94.4  (92.7-95.8)  84   5.6  ( 4.2- 7.3) 1,463 173,221
Unknown/Refused    -  -   --  
GENDER        
Male 1,922  73.8  (71.3-76.1) 622  26.2  (23.9-28.7) 2,544 478,349
Female 3,544  93.1  (92.0-94.1) 263   6.9  ( 5.9- 8.0) 3,807 486,162
ETHNICITY        
White 2,270  79.9  (77.4-82.2) 414  20.1  (17.8-22.6) 2,684 324,511
Hawaiian   630  80.1  (75.8-83.9) 141  19.9  (16.1-24.2)   771 114,758
Filipino   685  85.0  (80.8-88.3)  98  15.0  (11.7-19.2)   783 153,572
Japanese 1,161  89.0  (86.4-91.1) 122  11.0  ( 8.9-13.6) 1,283 209,488
Others   720  84.8  (81.1-87.8) 110  15.2  (12.2-18.9)   830 162,182
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 3,054  85.6  (83.9-87.2) 432  14.4  (12.8-16.1) 3,486 577,867
Unmarried 2,397  80.4  (78.0-82.7) 451  19.6  (17.3-22.0) 2,848 384,802
Unknown/Refused    -  -   --  
EDUCATION        
<High School   333  87.3  (81.5-91.5)  45  12.7  ( 8.5-18.5)   378  59,243
High School 1,432  80.7  (77.8-83.3) 294  19.3  (16.7-22.2) 1,726 275,184
Some College 1,577  82.4  (79.6-84.9) 263  17.6  (15.1-20.4) 1,840 279,836
College 2,110  86.1  (83.9-88.0) 281  13.9  (12.0-16.1) 2,391 347,946
Unknown/Refused    -  -   --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 3,189  80.2  (78.3-81.9) 672  19.8  (18.1-21.7) 3,861 619,991
Unemployed   106  84.8  (73.4-91.9)  18  15.2  ( 8.1-26.6)   124  17,976
Student/Homemaker   420  86.5  (81.3-90.4)  55  13.5  ( 9.6-18.7)   475  95,166
Retired/Can't work 1,735  91.4  (89.3-93.2) 138   8.6  ( 6.8-10.7) 1,873 228,651
Unknown/Refused    -  -   --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000   406  86.9  (80.6-91.4)  49  13.1  ( 8.6-19.4)   455  55,011
$15,000-24,999   701  83.3  (79.2-86.7) 126  16.7  (13.3-20.8)   827 112,116
$25,000-49,999 1,515  84.2  (81.6-86.5) 243  15.8  (13.5-18.4) 1,758 250,375
$50,000-74,999   945  80.2  (76.6-83.4) 182  19.8  (16.6-23.4) 1,127 179,983
>=$75,000 1,195  81.6  (78.4-84.4) 212  18.4  (15.6-21.6) 1,407 229,353
Unknown/Refused   704  88.7  (85.0-91.6)  73  11.3  ( 8.4-15.0)   777 137,675
COUNTY        
Honolulu 2,555  84.3  (82.5-85.9) 385  15.7  (14.1-17.5) 2,940 695,913
Hawaii 1,408  82.5  (79.8-84.9) 234  17.5  (15.1-20.2) 1,642 118,906
Kauai   499  80.4  (75.2-84.7)  85  19.6  (15.3-24.8)   584  45,929
Maui 1,004  81.1  (77.4-84.2) 181  18.9  (15.8-22.6) 1,185 103,764

The symbol '--' means cell size less than 50.
N = Cell Sample Size, % = Percentage, 95% C.I. = Confidence Interval at 95 percent probability level.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.