Table 2.

Chronic disease, medical and mental health conditions among binge drinkers 50 and older, United States 2005-2014, %^a.

Characteristic	Non-Binge Drinkers (n=52,436)	Binge Drinkers (n=8,804)	p-value
Chronic Medical Disease
No chronic conditions	35.4	40.8	<0.001
One chronic condition	36.3	37.8
≥2 chronic disease	28.3	21.4
≥3 chronic disease	11.3	7.8
Specific Medical Conditions
Asthma	9.9	8.5	<0.001
Bronchitis	12.4	9.5	<0.001
Cirrhosis of the liver	0.5	0.4	0.548
Diabetes	16.1	10.5	<0.001
Heart Disease	12.5	9.3	<0.001
Hepatitis	2.2	2.5	0.073
High blood pressure	40.9	38.4	<0.001
HIV/AIDS	0.2	0.2	0.774
Lung Cancer	0.5	0.4	0.141
Pancreatitis	0.8	0.6	0.232
Sleep apnea	7.1	6.3	0.027
Stroke	3.0	1.9	<0.001
Ulcers	4.6	3.3	<0.001
Mental Health
Past year major depressive episode	7.4	6.8	0.120
Anxiety in past year	4.6	4.6	0.816
Substance use
Tobacco use
Past month use	17.4	39.2	<0.001
Past year use	19.8	44.1	<0.001
Nicotine dependence b	6.4	14.0	<0.001
Illegal Drug
Past month use	2.5	9.6	<0.001
Past year use	4.4	15.1	<0.001
Substance use disorder c	0.5	1.7	<0.001

^aAll percentages are weighted.

^bBased on the Nicotine Dependence Syndrome Scale (NDSS)

^cBased on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition