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Table 1 Characteristics of male outpatients in study sample (n = 211,267) by AUDIT-C score

From: Risk of future trauma based on alcohol screening scores: A two-year prospective cohort study among US veterans

  

AUDIT-C Score

 

0

1–4

5–8

9–12

 

(94,620)

(88,790)

(22,103)

(5754)

 

N (Col %)

N (Col %)

N (Col %)

N (Col %)

Age

<50

4400 (4.65)

5236 (5.90)

2027 (9.17)

694 (12.1)

 

50–65

28,377 (30.0)

26,045 (29.3)

10,044 (45.4)

3400 (59.1)

 

>65

61,841 (65.4)

57,508 (64.8)

10,032 (45.4)

1660 (28.8)

Race/ethnicity

White

78,923 (83.4)

77,131 (86.9)

18,140 (82.1)

4506 (78.3)

 

African American

6323 (6.68)

4405 (4.96)

1638 (7.41)

473 (8.22)

 

Hispanic

4134 (4.37)

3368 (3.79)

1318 (5.96)

475 (8.26)

 

Other

3366 (3.56)

2344 (2.64)

691 (3.13)

220 (3.82)

Education

<12th grade

23,297 (24.6)

11,834 (13.3)

3051 (13.8)

898 (15.6)

 

High school graduate

57,529 (60.8)

55,526 (62.5)

14,894 (67.4)

4097 (71.2)

 

College graduate

11,706 (12.4)

20,000 (22.5)

3872 (17.5)

677 (11.8)

Married

 

64,386 (68.0)

62,433 (70.3)

12,696 (57.4)

2624 (45.6)

Cigarette smoking

Never

26,714 (28.2)

23,296 (26.2)

4595 (20.8)

1155 (20.1)

 

Past year

4352 (4.60)

4066 (4.58)

1724 (7.80)

524 (9.11)

 

1–5 years ago

4735 (5.00)

3826 (4.31)

1183 (5.35)

321 (5.58)

 

>5 years ago

48,473 (51.2)

48,496 (54.6)

10,015 (45.3)

1846 (32.1)

 

Current

10,346 (10.9)

9106 (10.3)

4586 (20.7)

1908 (33.2)

Deyo comorbidity index score,* mean (SD)

0.97 (1.04)

0.72 (.91)

0.59 (.81)

0.57 (.79)

  1. *Adapted from the Charleston index for use with ICD-9 administrative data and constructed from the NPCD based on patients’ past-year inpatient and outpatient ICD-9 diagnostic codes.