TABLE 1.
Demographics of the sample by alcohol use pattern.
| No binge drinking or AUD |
Binge drinking without AUD |
AUD |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Weighted % (95% CI) | n | Weighted % (95% CI) | n | Weighted % (95% CI) | |
| Total | 68,437 | 62.4 (61.9, 62.8) | 36,353 | 27.0 (26.5, 27.4) | 16,014 | 10.6 (10.4, 10.9) |
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 26,398 | 57.4 (56.8, 58.1) | 16,603 | 29.6 (28.9, 30.3) | 8157 | 13.0 (12.5, 13.4) |
| Female | 42,039 | 66.7 (66.1, 67.2) | 19,750 | 24.7 (24.2, 25.2) | 7857 | 8.6 (8.3, 9.0) |
| Age | ||||||
| 18–25 | 17,626 | 46.7 (46.0, 47.4) | 12,650 | 33.9 (33.2, 34.5) | 7208 | 19.5 (18.9, 20.0) |
| 26–34 | 13,584 | 52.3 (51.5, 53.0) | 8540 | 33.5 (32.8, 34.3) | 3489 | 14.2 (13.6, 14.8) |
| 35–49 | 19,944 | 59.9 (59.2, 60.5) | 10,046 | 30.1 (29.5, 30.6) | 3583 | 10.1 (9.7, 10.4) |
| 50+ | 17,283 | 72.2 (71.4, 72.9) | 5117 | 20.8 (20.1, 21.4) | 1734 | 7.1 (6.6, 7.5) |
| Race and ethnicity | ||||||
| White | 46,116 | 63.5 (62.9, 64.1) | 24,332 | 26.3 (25.8, 26.8) | 10,194 | 10.2 (9.9, 10.5) |
| Black | 7439 | 59.0 (57.9, 60.2) | 3959 | 29.3 (28.1, 30.5) | 1795 | 11.7 (11.0, 12.4) |
| Asian | 2992 | 72.0 (70.3, 73.7) | 934 | 18.1 (16.6, 19.6) | 519 | 9.9 (8.3, 11.6) |
| Hispanic | 8860 | 56.4 (55.2, 57.6) | 5468 | 31.8 (30.7, 32.9) | 2457 | 11.8 (11.0, 12.7) |
| Othera | 3030 | 58.8 (56.4, 61.1) | 1660 | 26.9 (24.7, 29.1) | 1049 | 14.3 (12.7, 15.9) |
| Sexual orientationb | ||||||
| Heterosexual | 62,956 | 62.9 (62.5, 63.4) | 33,160 | 26.9 (26.4, 27.4) | 13,912 | 10.2 (9.9, 10.4) |
| Gay/lesbian | 1474 | 55.6 (53.2, 58.1) | 898 | 27.0 (24.9, 29.2) | 613 | 17.3 (15.8, 18.9) |
| Bisexual | 3366 | 50.8 (48.9, 52.7) | 2055 | 29.4 (27.5, 31.3) | 1369 | 19.8 (18.3, 21.2) |
| Insurance | ||||||
| Yes | 63,837 | 63.2 (62.7, 63.7) | 33,233 | 26.5 (26.0, 26.9) | 14,432 | 10.3 (10.1, 10.6) |
| No | 4600 | 50.3 (48.9, 51.7) | 3120 | 34.5 (33.0, 35.9) | 1582 | 15.2 (14.3, 16.1) |
| History of military involvementc | ||||||
| Yes | 4754 | 68.6 (67.4, 69.9) | 1985 | 23.0 (21.9, 24.2) | 760 | 8.3 (7.7, 9.0) |
| No | 63,683 | 61.7 (61.3, 62.2) | 34,368 | 27.4 (26.9, 27.8) | 15,254 | 10.9 (10.6, 11.2) |
Note: The sample was comprised of n = 120,804 adult respondents from the 2015–2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health who used an outpatient clinic and had at least one alcoholic drink in the past year.
Abbreviations: AUD, alcohol use disorder; CI, confidence interval.
a
Other race/ethnicity group was composed of persons who indicated they identified as Native American or Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, or more than one race.
b
There were n = 1001 missing responses for sexual orientation.
c
History of military involvement denoted Veteran status or reserve duty.