Table 3.
Age-adjusted prevalence of alcohol use, alcohol screening, and brief intervention among women who reported a checkup in the last two years, by sexual orientation
| Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesbian (n=241) % (95% CI) |
Bisexual (n=382) % (95% CI) |
Heterosexual (n=27,731) % (95% CI) |
|
| Alcohol use in past 30 days | |||
| Any alcohol use | 55.9 (40.8–71.0) | 51.2 (34.5–67.8) | 50.7 (48.9–52.5) |
| Risky drinking | 3.6 (0.7–6.4) | 13.6 (3.9–23.4)† | 4.9 (4.2–5.6) |
| Heavy episodic drinking | 21.5 (5.5–37.5) | 19.6 (8.5–30.7) | 10.8 (9.7–11.9) |
| Any unhealthy alcohol use | 22.7 (6.0–39.4) | 21.5 (9.9–33.1) | 12.0 (10.9–13.1) |
| Alcohol screening and brief intervention during last checkup (Overall) | |||
| 1. Asked during checkup if you drink any alcohol | 81.0 (71.3–90.7) | 79.8 (70.7–88.8) | 74.9 (73.3–76.5) |
| 2. Asked during checkup how much you drink | 75.5 (63.8–87.2) | 51.8 (35.3–68.4) | 65.6 (63.8–67.4) |
| 3. Asked about heavy episodic drinking | 40.6 (28.2–53.1)* | 21.4 (11.4–31.4) | 27.5 (25.8–29.1) |
| 4. Offered advice about drinking | 17.5 (7.6–27.3) | 15.5 (6.9–24.0) | 16.1 (14.7–17.6) |
| 5. Advised to reduce alcohola | 7.8 (0.6–14.9) | 9.7 (2.0–17.3) | 5.9 (4.8–6.9) |
| Brief intervention during last checkup (Among those reporting unhealthy alcohol use) | (n=38) | (n=73) | (n=2,787) |
| 4. Offered advice about drinking | 28.9 (7.0–68.7) | 18.3 (8.3–35.5) | 20.9 (17.4–24.9) |
| 5. Advised to reduce alcoholb | 9.6 (1.4–44.0) | 12.0 (3.6–33.0) | 6.9 (5.0–9.5) |
Note. Age-adjusted weighted percentages are reported with survey-adjusted 95% confidence intervals.
a
Sample size for this item excluded respondents who reported “no” to all items 1–3 (n=34 lesbian, n=70 bisexual, and n=5,650 heterosexual).
b
Sample size for this item excluded respondents who reported “no” to all items 1–3 (n=6 lesbian, n=11 bisexual, and n=322 heterosexual).
†
p < .10
*
p < .05
**
p < .01
***
p < .001, heterosexual as reference group.