Table 2:

Factors Associated with Past-Month Binge Drinking Among Older Women and Men: United States, 2015 to 2019

Characteristic	Men Adjusted prevalence ratio (95% CI)a	Women Adjusted prevalence ratio (95% CI)a
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	1.00	1.00
Non-Hispanic African American	0.99 (0.79, 1.23)	1.13 (0.79, 1.61)
Hispanic	0.83 (0.62, 1.10)	1.02 (0.68, 1.52)
Non-Hispanic Asian	0.87 (0.58, 1.29)	0.45 (0.19, 1.11)
Other	1.12 (0.82, 1.54)	0.54 (0.28, 1.05)
Education
<High school	1.00	1.00
High school diploma	0.89 (0.72, 1.11)	1.74 (1.20, 2.52)
Some College	0.93 (0.75, 1.16)	1.86 (1.28, 2.69)
College and higher	0.69 (0.56, 0.85)	1.68 (1.13, 2.50)
Total family income
<$20,000	1.00	1.00
$20-$49,999	1.09 (0.87, 1.35)	1.00 (0.74, 1.36)
$50,000-$74,999	1.33 (1.03, 1.71)	1.23 (0.91, 1.67)
≥ $75,000	1.33 (1.01, 1.74)	1.37 (1.00, 1.88)
Marital status
Married	1.00	1.00
Widowed	0.93 (0.77, 1.13)	0.81 (0.64, 1.03)
Divorced or separated	1.25 (1.05, 1.50)	1.00 (0.75, 1.33)
Never married	1.22 (0.94, 1.58)	1.12 (0.80, 1.56)
Chronic Disease
Heart condition	0.88 (0.73, 1.04)	0.68 (0.53, 0.87)
Diabetes	0.76 (0.62, 0.94)	0.73 (0.55, 0.97)
COPD	0.99 (0.78, 1.26)	0.75 (0.56, 1.00)
Hepatitis B or C	1.02 (0.64, 1.62)	0.94 (0.52, 1.69)
Kidney disease	0.54 (0.34, 0.86)	0.66 (0.34, 1.26)
Asthma	0.93 (0.68, 1.26)	1.25 (0.90, 1.74)
Hypertension	1.25 (1.05, 1.49)	1.04 (0.85, 1.27)
Cancer	0.87 (0.71, 1.07)	0.87 (0.64, 1.18)
2+ chronic disease	0.97 (0.75, 1.26)	0.90 (0.62, 1.30)
Substance use (past-month)
Tobacco	1.87 (1.61, 2.17)	2.11 (1.71, 2.60)
Cannabis	2.05 (1.63, 2.58)	2.77 (2.00, 3.85)
Mental Health (past-year)
Major depressive episode	0.91 (0.59, 1.41)	1.28 (0.86, 1.93)
Health care utilization
All-cause emergency department use	1.06 (0.90, 1.26)	1.01 (0.83, 1.23)

^aModels adjusted for all characteristics reported in the table, including survey year, to adjust for potential secular trends in use over time.