Table 1. Average AUDIT Score (0-40) of Active Duty Military Personnel Returning from a Past Year Combat Deployment, by Binge Drinking Level, (N=6,824)a, b.
| Total Study Sample, Unweighted N | Unweighted Percentages | Weighted Percentages | Average AUDIT Score, 95% CI c (N=6,234) | |
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| Binge Drinking Days, past 30 days | ||||
| Non-Drinker | 1,340 | 19.6% | 18.4% | 0.4 (0.3 – 0.6) |
| Drinker, no binge days | 2,084 | 30.5% | 27.9% | 3.2 (3.1 – 3.3) |
| Once per month | 897 | 13.1% | 13.1% | 5.5 (5.0 – 6.0) |
| 2-3 days per month | 906 | 13.3% | 13.8% | 7.8 (7.4 – 8.3) |
| 1-2 days per week | 836 | 12.3% | 13.9% | 10.9 (10.5 – 11.3) |
| 3-4 days per week | 412 | 6.0% | 6.8% | 13.3 (12.7 – 14.0) |
| 5-6 days per week | 142 | 2.1% | 2.4% | 16.4 (14.8 –18.0) |
| Daily | 207 | 3.0% | 3.7% | 20.1 (19.0 – 21.2) |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; AUDIT, Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test.
a
AUDIT assessment reflects past year and binge drinking days reflects past 30 days.
b
All differences between adjacent categories of binge drinking days had significantly different average AUDIT scores at the p<.05 level.
c
590 sample participants did not answer all relevant questions for the AUDIT and therefore were excluded from this bivariate analysis. Sums may not add to 100% due to rounding.