Table 2.
Demographic Characteristics and BAC Range by Alcohol Use Disorder Status
| Demographics |
Total AUD sample N=516 (100%) |
AUDIT 3 binge drinking N= 280/516 (54.3) |
AUDIT 3 binge drinking (monthly)a 106/516 (20.5) |
Heavy drinkers N= 112/516 (21.7%) |
Nondependent alcohol abusersb N= 43/516 (8.3%) |
Alcohol dependence N= 35/516 (6.8%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age (standard deviation) | 33.45 (13.6) | 28.23 (9.6) | 28.00 (9.56) | 27.57 (9.8) | 27.47 (8.1) | 26.47 (8.2) |
| Male | 322 (62.4) | 193 (68.9) | 82 (77.4) | 78 (69.6) | 32 (72.4) | 26 (74.3) |
| White | 393 (76.2) | 227 (81.1) | 88 (83.0) | 99 (88.4) | 34 (79.1) | 24 (68.6) |
| Hispanic | 52 (10.8) | 28 (10.0) | 8 (7.5) | 9 (8) | 4 (9.3) | 5 (14.3) |
| High school graduate or more | 466 (90.3) | 255 (91.1) | 98 (92.5) | 101 (90.2) | 39 (90.7) | 30 (85.7) |
| BAC Range | ||||||
| <.005 | 395 (76.6) | 207 (74.0) | 72 (67.9) | 80 (76.2) | 33 (76.7) | 25 (71.4) |
| .005 – .049 | 56 (10.85) | 32 (11.4) | 13 (12.3) | 16 (15.2) | 5 (11.6) | 5 (14.3) |
| .05 – .79 | 16 (3.1) | 10 (3.6) | 5 (4.7) | 3 (2.9) | 1 (2.3) | 2 (5.7) |
| .08 and higher | 15 (2.9) | 14 (5.0) | 8 (7.5) | 6 (5.7) | 2 (4.7) | 1 (2.9) |
| Missing | 34 (6.6) | 17 (6.1) | 8 (7.5) | 7 (6.25) | 2 (4.7) | 2 (5.7) |
a
Reported binge drinking on AUDIT-C item number 3 with a frequency of at least monthly or more.
b
64 drivers (12.4%) met abuse criteria, but 21 were eliminated as they also met dependence criteria.