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Alcohol Consumption
Heavy Drinking
Heavy Drinking: 2001 – present: All male respondents 18 and older who report an
average of more than two drinks per day and female respondents 18 and older who report an average
of more than one drink per day.
Denominator includes all respondents except those with do not know/refused/missing responses.
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
|
|
Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
All Adults |
11204 |
94.8 |
94.2-95.3 |
5.2 |
4.71-5.77 |
Heavy Drinking by Age
|
Age Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
18-24 |
558 |
88.1 |
85.0-91.2 |
11.9 |
8.82-14.9 |
25-34 |
1546 |
94.3 |
92.7-95.8 |
5.7 |
4.31-7.17 |
35-44 |
2430 |
95.0 |
93.9-96.2 |
4.9 |
3.89-6.01 |
45-54 |
2337 |
95.7 |
94.7-96.8 |
4.3 |
3.40-5.12 |
55-64 |
1693 |
95.5 |
94.4-96.6 |
4.5 |
3.43-5.51 |
65+ |
2453 |
97.2 |
96.4-98.0 |
2.8 |
2.17-3.47 |
Heavy Drinking by Sex
|
Gender Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
Male |
4450 |
94.1 |
93.1-95.0 |
24.3 |
22.8-25.9 |
Female |
6765 |
95.4 |
94.7-96.1 |
8.3 |
7.51-9.19 |
Heavy Drinking by Income
|
Income Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
< $15,000 |
703 |
97.5 |
95.7-99.4 |
2.5 |
0.90-4.08 |
$15,000-24,999 |
1421 |
93.7 |
91.6-95.8 |
6.3 |
4.30-8.30 |
$25,000-34,999 |
997 |
95.2 |
93.2-97.1 |
4.8 |
3.09-6.57 |
$35,000-49,999 |
1452 |
94.7 |
93.2-96.2 |
5.3 |
3.91-6.69 |
$50,000-74,999 |
1648 |
94.5 |
93.2-95.8 |
5.5 |
4.30-6.74 |
$75,000+ |
3380 |
93.5 |
92.5-94.6 |
6.4 |
5.45-7.45 |
Heavy Drinking by Education
|
Education Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
Less than H.S. |
875 |
95.4 |
93.1-97.7 |
4.6 |
2.43-6.79 |
H.S. or G.E.D. |
3059 |
94.7 |
93.6-95.8 |
5.3 |
4.30-6.26 |
Some Post-H.S. |
2615 |
94.2 |
93.0-95.4 |
5.8 |
4.65-6.97 |
College Graduate |
4616 |
95.0 |
94.1-95.8 |
5.0 |
4.27-5.79 |
Heavy Drinking by Race/Ethnicity
|
Racial/ Ethnic Group
|
Total # of Respondents
|
No
|
C.I.
|
Yes
|
C.I.
|
White/ Non-Hispanic
|
8462 |
93.6 |
92.9-94.3 |
6.4 |
5.77-7.11 |
Black or African American/ Non-Hispanic
|
1019 |
98.1 |
97.0-99.3 |
1.9 |
0.97-2.77 |
Other Race/ Non-Hispanic
|
529 |
97.5 |
95.1-99.9 |
2.5 |
0.39-4.63 |
Multiracial/ Non-Hispanic
|
61 |
97.3 |
94.3-0100 |
2.6 |
-.43-5.73 |
Hispanic |
985 |
96.2 |
94.4-98.0 |
3.8 |
2.21-5.43 |
C.I = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level)
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