Binge drinking defined as having 5 or more drinks on 1 occasion
State of Hawaii BRFSS 2006

Demographic
 
Characteristics		 NOT AT RISK
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 AT RISK
 
N       %   C.I.(95%)		 Total
N		 Estimated
 
#of Adults
TOTAL 5,456  82.5  (81.0-83.8) 935  17.5  (16.2-19.0) 6,391 949,789
AGE GROUP        
18-24 Years   246  72.0  (65.5-77.7)  85  28.0  (22.3-34.5)   331 120,594
25-34 Years   559  72.7  (68.1-76.7) 193  27.3  (23.3-31.9)   752 158,239
35-44 Years   885  80.4  (77.1-83.3) 208  19.6  (16.7-22.9) 1,093 172,978
45-54 Years 1,160  83.5  (80.7-86.1) 226  16.5  (13.9-19.3) 1,386 174,667
55-64 Years 1,168  89.5  (86.8-91.7) 133  10.5  ( 8.3-13.2) 1,301 142,969
65+ Years 1,392  93.7  (91.7-95.2)  86   6.3  ( 4.8- 8.3) 1,478 173,069
Unknown/Refused    46  85.9  (64.7-95.3)   4  14.1  ( 4.7-35.3)    50   7,272
GENDER        
Male 2,067  73.8  (71.2-76.1) 611  26.2  (23.9-28.8) 2,678 464,176
Female 3,389  90.8  (89.3-92.1) 324   9.2  ( 7.9-10.7) 3,713 485,613
ETHNICITY        
White 2,269  82.3  (80.1-84.4) 403  17.7  (15.6-19.9) 2,672 309,495
Hawaiian   615  77.9  (73.4-81.9) 162  22.1  (18.1-26.6)   777 118,094
Filipino   666  85.7  (81.7-89.0)  95  14.3  (11.0-18.3)   761 148,649
Japanese 1,112  84.4  (81.1-87.2) 145  15.6  (12.8-18.9) 1,257 202,899
Others   752  80.1  (75.8-83.9) 127  19.9  (16.1-24.2)   879 165,879
Unknown/Refused    -  -   --  
MARITAL STATUS        
Married 3,130  84.8  (83.1-86.4) 479  15.2  (13.6-16.9) 3,609 565,033
Unmarried 2,311  78.9  (76.3-81.3) 456  21.1  (18.7-23.7) 2,767 383,283
Unknown/Refused    -  -   --  
EDUCATION        
<High School   350  81.9  (74.3-87.6)  46  18.1  (12.4-25.7)   396  56,086
High School 1,434  80.6  (77.6-83.2) 289  19.4  (16.8-22.4) 1,723 283,346
Some College 1,520  83.0  (80.3-85.4) 282  17.0  (14.6-19.7) 1,802 272,096
College 2,146  83.7  (81.3-85.8) 318  16.3  (14.2-18.7) 2,464 337,779
Unknown/Refused    -  -   --  
EMPLOYMENT        
Employed 3,170  77.7  (75.7-79.6) 738  22.3  (20.4-24.3) 3,908 610,743
Unemployed   154  85.9  (78.4-91.2)  27  14.1  ( 8.8-21.6)   181  35,511
Student/Homemaker   382  87.8  (82.8-91.4)  46  12.2  ( 8.6-17.2)   428  89,180
Retired/Can't work 1,745  93.2  (91.5-94.6) 123   6.8  ( 5.4- 8.5) 1,868 213,769
Unknown/Refused    -  -   --  
HOUSEHOLD INCOME        
<$15,000   404  85.2  (78.2-90.2)  48  14.8  ( 9.8-21.8)   452  50,629
$15,000-24,999   700  87.3  (82.8-90.7)  89  12.7  ( 9.3-17.2)   789 107,276
$25,000-49,999 1,360  81.5  (78.6-84.1) 278  18.5  (15.9-21.4) 1,638 234,704
$50,000-74,999   873  80.0  (76.2-83.4) 179  20.0  (16.6-23.8) 1,052 152,749
>=$75,000 1,301  81.3  (78.4-83.9) 249  18.7  (16.1-21.6) 1,550 239,041
Unknown/Refused   818  83.7  (79.4-87.2)  92  16.3  (12.8-20.6)   910 165,389
COUNTY        
Honolulu 2,515  82.3  (80.3-84.0) 420  17.7  (16.0-19.7) 2,935 680,430
Hawaii 1,165  82.7  (80.0-85.2) 204  17.3  (14.8-20.0) 1,369 119,805
Kauai   549  81.7  (76.9-85.7)  96  18.3  (14.3-23.1)   645  46,406
Maui 1,227  83.8  (80.7-86.4) 215  16.2  (13.6-19.3) 1,442 103,148

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.