Table 3.

Single question Screen for the Detection of Unhealthy Alcohol Use, in Selected Subgroups

	n	Sensitivity (95% CI)	Specificity (95% CI)
Male	131	82.5% (70.6%, 90.2%)	71.6% (60.5%, 80.6%)
Female	155	80.6% (63.7%, 90.8%)	83.9% (76.4%, 89.3%)
Non-Hispanic white	45	78.6% (52.4%, 92.4%)	87.1% (71.2%, 94.9%)
Non-Hispanic black	176	79.0% (66.7%, 87.5%)	79.0% (70.8%, 85.4%)
Hispanic	46	93.3% (70.2%, 98.8%)	71.0% (53.4%, 83.9%)
English primary language	223	80.0% (69.6%, 87.5%)	77.7% (70.3%, 83.7%)
English not primary language	63	92.3% (66.7%, 98.6%)	84.0% (71.5%, 91.7%)
High school graduate	205	78.7% (66.9%, 87.1%)	79.9% (72.6%, 85.6%)
Not high school graduate	81	88.9% (71.9%, 96.2%)	77.8% (65.1%, 86.8%)