Examining the Relationship between Heavy Alcohol Use and Assaults: With Adjustment for the Effects of Unmeasured Confounders

Table 6

Descriptive frequency statistics for driving while under the influence of alcohol, alcohol use and controlled potential confounders.

	Driving while under the influence of alcohol
	No	Yes	Total
Days had 5+ drinks last month
0	40,715	5,196	45,911
1	8,010	2,639	10,649
2	5,026	2,382	7,408
3 to 4	4,271	2,863	7,134
5 to 8	3,079	2,934	6,013
9 to 30	2,188	2,969	5,157
Used tobacco last year
No	34,317	6,259	40,576
Yes	28,972	12,724	41,696
Used illicit drug last year
No	48,963	8,904	57,867
Yes	14,326	10,079	24,405
Age
18	3,544	995	4,539
19	3,518	1,178	4,696
20	3,698	1,259	4,957
21	4,092	1,638	5,730
22–23	7,717	3,243	10,960
24–25	7,664	3,057	10,721
26–29	4,587	1,611	6,198
30–34	5,199	1,529	6,728
35–49	14,100	3,220	17,320
50–64	6,212	1,049	7,261
65+	2,958	204	3,162
Gender
Male	29,239	11,069	40,308
Female	34,050	7,914	41,964
Race
White	42,468	13,892	56,360
Black	7,149	1,556	8,705
Native American	814	284	1,098
Native Pacific Islander	255	76	331
Asian	2,131	437	2,568
Mixed race	1,811	571	2,382
Hispanic	8,661	2,167	10,828
Education
Less than high school	8,019	1,769	9,788
High school graduate	20,081	5,316	25,397
Some college	19,756	6,632	26,388
College graduate	15,433	5,266	20,699
Family income
<$20,000	14,557	4,318	18,875
$20,000–$49,999	21,107	6,084	27,191
$50,000–$74,999	10,530	3,157	13,687
$75,000+	17,095	5,424	22,519
Marital status
Married	24,193	4,734	28,927
Widowed	1,157	120	1,277
Divorced or separated	5,994	1,569	7,563
Never been married	31,945	12,560	44,505
Health status
Excellent	17,083	4,962	22,045
Very good	25,544	8,405	33,949
Good	15,670	4,573	20,243
Fair	4,277	937	5,214
Poor	715	106	821
Major depressive episode
Never	54,700	15,197	69,897
Ever, but not in the last 12 months	4,029	1,597	5,626
In the last 12 months	4,560	2,189	6,749
County metro status
Large metro	27,777	8,021	35,798
Small metro	22,535	7,136	29,671
Nonmetro	12,977	3,826	16,803
Year of survey
2009	20,449	6,564	27,013
2010	21,565	6,387	27,952
2011	21,275	6,032	27,307