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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Indiana Statewide Survey Data, 2005
 
RF12.05 Heavy drinkers (adult men having more than two drinks per day and adult women having more than one drink per day).
Denominator is all respondents to the question.

Categories No Yes Unk/Ref Total
% % % N
Age Group: 87.8 8.1 4.1 331
      18-24
      25-34 93.3 4.7 1.9 876
      35-44 96.1 2.5 1.4 1,101
      45-54 94.5 4.3 1.2 1,149
      55-64 95.8 3.2 1.0 935
      65-74 95.2 2.2 2.6 685
      75 + 97.3 1.6 1.1 513
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 45
Sex: 92.6 4.8 2.5 2,136
      Male
      Female 95.5 3.2 1.3 3,499
Race/Ethnicity: 94.6 3.9 1.5 4,928
      White, Non-Hispanic
      Black, Non-Hispanic 93.9 4.5 1.6 311
      Other/Multiracial, Non-Hispanic       89.0 7.3 3.7 168
      Hispanic 89.8 2.4 7.8 191
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 37
Income Group: 92.9 3.3 3.8 560
      < $15,000
      $15-$24,999 93.4 4.7 1.9 864
      $25-$49,999 94.0 4.7 1.2 1,545
      $50-$74,999 95.5 3.4 1.1 918
      >=$75,000 95.2 4.0 0.9 1,001
      Unk/Ref 92.5 3.1 4.4 747
Education Level: 92.6 4.1 3.2 549
      < H S Graduate
      H S Graduate/GED 93.5 4.4 2.1 2,070
      Some college/Tech school 94.0 4.4 1.7 1,427
      College graduate 95.7 3.0 1.3 1,582
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 7
Marital Status: 96.0 2.7 1.2 3,203
      Married
      Unmarried 91.1 6.0 2.9 2,412
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 20
Employment Status: 94.1 4.0 2.0 3,377
      Employed
      Not employed 91.6 6.0 2.3 213
      Student/Homemaker 92.7 5.8 1.4 662
      Retired/Unable to work 95.7 2.5 1.8 1,372
      Unk/Ref *** *** *** 11
Grand Totals 94.1 4.0 1.9 5,635

SOURCE: 2005 Indiana BRFSS Statewide Survey Data
 
NOTE:      Percents are based on weighted data; unless otherwise specified, totals are unweighted numbers.
                ***Asterisks indicate too few cases to calculate a reliable percent.

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