TABLE 1—

Mean Posttraumatic Stress Scale Scores and Alcohol Consumption, by Selected Characteristics: Community Health Survey, New Jersey, 2001

		Posttraumatic Stress Scale Score			Highest Number of Drinks Consumed per Day in 7 Days After September 11			Highest Number of Drinks Consumed per Day in 16 Weeks After September 11
	Total, No.	Mean (SD)	t or F test	P	Mean (SD)	t or F test	P	Mean (SD)	t or F test	P
Overall	791	11.02 (4.70)			2.09 (2.83)			2.74 (3.26)
Gender			6.03	< .001		5.85	< .001		5.80	< .001
Men	427	10.21 (4.44)			2.54 (3.20)			3.45 (3.70)
Women	364	12.21 (4.83)			1.45 (2.03)			2.01 (2.29)
Race			0.21	.83		1.23	.22		1.64	.10
White	669	11.00 (4.60)			2.14 (2.81)			2.82 (3.28)
Other	122	11.11 (5.25)			1.80 (2.93)			2.30 (3.12)
Age group, y			0.21a	.89		1.46a	.22		2.92a	.03
27–35	220	11.18 (4.42)			1.82 (2.94)			2.50 (3.49)
36–41	160	11.06 (4.79)			2.24 (3.39)			3.29 (4.22)
42–49	215	11.04 (4.96)			2.34 (2.67)			2.90 (2.82)
50–77	196	10.81 (4.68)			2.01 (2.32)			2.38 (2.48)
Marital status			0.06a	.94		5.12a	.006		4.63a	.01
Married or living with someone	503	11.06 (4.72)			1.85 (2.47)			2.49 (2.99)
Widowed, separated, or divorced	114	11.02 (4.81)			2.58 (3.80)			2.99 (3.85)
Never married	174	10.92 (4.62)			2.47 (3.01)			3.32 (3.52)
Educational level			0.83	.41		0.84	.40		0.33	.74
High school or less	168	11.29 (5.12)			2.26 (3.96)			2.82 (4.39)
Some college or more	623	10.95 (4.59)			2.05 (2.44)			2.72 (2.88)
Had history of major depressive episode			5.85	< .001		−2.44	.01		−1.46	.14
Yes	307	12.23 (4.9)			1.94 (3.1)			2.70 (3.6)
No	484	10.26 (4.4)			2.19 (2.6)			2.77 (3.0)
Had family history of depression			4.18	< .001		−0.56	.57		−0.52	.60
Yes	394	11.72 (4.8)			2.03 (3.0)			2.68 (3.5)
No	397	10.34 (4.5)			2.14 (2.7)			2.80 (3.0)
Had history of alcohol dependence			3.41	< .001		5.12	< .001		5.16	< .001
Yes	359	11.65 (4.8)			2.65 (3.4)			3.39 (3.9)
No	432	10.51 (4.6)			1.63 (2.2)			2.20 (2.5)
Had family history of alcohol problems			2.29	.02		0.46	.73		0.06	.95
Yes	378	11.42 (4.89)			2.17 (3.0)			2.75 (3.37)
No	413	10.66 (4.50)			2.02 (2.6)			2.73 (3.16)
Within 5 mi of World Trade Center when attack occurred			0.38	.70		3.1	.002		3.7	< .001
Yes	79	11.22 (4.6)			3.03 (3.4)			4.00 (3.7)
No	712	11.00 (4.7)			1.99 (2.7)			2.60 (3.2)
Knew someone lost or killed			4.89	< .001		0.66	.51		1.56	.12
Yes	254	12.20 (4.7)			2.19 (3.0)			3.00 (3.6)
No	537	10.47 (4.6)			2.04 (2.7)			2.62 (3.1)

^aF test