QuickStats

FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS

Percentage of Asian Adults* Who Reported Moderate or Heavier Drinking,* by Asian Subpopulation National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2004-2006$

* Non-Hispanic Asians aged ≥18 years.

* Respondents who had at least 12 drinks in their lifetime and more than three
drinks per week, up to 14 drinks per week (on average) for men, and more
than three drinks per week up to seven drinks per week (on average) for
women were moderate drinkers. Adults who had at least 12 drinks in their
lifetime and more than 14 drinks per week (on average) for men and more
than seven drinks per week (on average) for women were heavier drinkers.
$ Estimates are age adjusted using the projected 2000 U.S. population as the
standard population and using four age groups: 18-24 years, 25-44 years,
45-64 years, and ≥65 years. Estimates are based on household interviews
of a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionalized U.S. population and are derived
from the National Health Interview Survey sample adult component. Data
were combined from three years of surveys to increase reliability of estimates
in smaller subpopulations.

195% confidence interval.

** Includes Chinese, Filipino, Asian Indian, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Korean
subpopulations; also includes Other Asian and Native Hawaiian or Other
Pacific Islander subpopulations, which are not shown separately because
of small sample sizes.

* Among persons who reported a single Asian subpopulation.

During 2004-2006, Asian adults had the lowest percentage of current moderate or heavier drinkers (9%), when compared with whites (22%), American Indian/Alaska Natives (15% ), Hispanics (13%), and blacks (12%). However, the percentage of moderate or heavier drinkers varied substantially among Asian subpopulations: Japanese (14%), Korean (10%), Filipino (9%), Chinese (7%), Vietnamese (6%), and Asian Indian (6%).

SOURCE: Barnes PM, Adams PF, Powell-Griner E. Health characteristics of the Asian adult population: United States, 2004-2006. Adv Data 2008;394. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad394.pdf.

TABLE I. Provisional cases of infrequently reported notifiable diseases (<1,000 cases reported during the preceding year) week ending April 12, 2008 (15th Week)*

Incidence data for reporting years 2007 and 2008 are provisional, whereas data for 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 are finalized.

† Calculated by summing the incidence counts for the current week, the 2 weeks preceding the current week, and the 2 weeks following the current week, for a total of 5 preceding years. Additional information is available at http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dphs/phs/files/5yearweeklyaverage.pdf.

§ Not notifiable in all states. Data from states where the condition is not notifiable are excluded from this table, except in 2007 and 2008 for the domestic arboviral diseases and influenza-associated pediatric mortality, and in 2003 for SARS-CoV. Reporting exceptions are available at http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dphs/phs/infdis.htm.

Includes both neuroinvasive and nonneuroinvasive. Updated weekly from reports to the Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector Borne, and Enteric Diseases (ArboNET Surveillance). Data for West Nile virus are available in Table II.

* The names of the reporting categories changed in 2008 as a result of revisions to the case definitions. Cases reported prior to 2008 were reported in the categones Ehrlichiosis, human monocytic (analogous to E. chaffeensis); Ehrlichiosis, human granulocytic (analogous to Anaplasma phagocytophilum), and Ehrlichiosis, unspecified other agent (which included cases unable to be clearly placed in other categories, as well as possible cases of E. ewingii).

+ Data for H. influenzae (all ages, all serotypes) are available in Table II.

$$ Updated monthly from reports to the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention. Implementation of HIV reporting influences the number of cases reported. Updates of pediatric HIV data have been temporarily suspended until upgrading of the national HIV/AIDS surveillance data management system is completed. Data for HIV/AIDS, when available, are displayed in Table IV, which appears quarterly.

11 Updated weekly from reports to the Influenza Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. Sixty-six cases occurring during the 2007-08 influenza season have been reported.

Two measles cases reported for the current week were indigenous while one was imported.

ttt Data for meningococcal disease (all serogroups) are available in Table II.

$$$ In 2008, Q fever acute and chronic reporting categories were recognized as a result of revisions to the Q fever case definition. Prior to that time, case counts were not differentiated with respect to acute and chronic Q fever cases.

111 No rubella cases were reported for the current week.

* Updated weekly from reports to the Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases.

ABLE I. (Continued) Provisional cases of infrequently reported notifiable diseases (<1,000 cases reported during the preceding year) nited States, week ending April 12, 2008 (15th Week)

* Incidence data for reporting years 2007 and 2008 are provisional, whereas data for 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 are finalized.

† Calculated by summing the incidence counts for the current week, the 2 weeks preceding the current week, and the 2 weeks following the current week, for a total of 5 preceding years. Additional information is available at http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dphs/phs/files/5yearweeklyaverage.pdf.

§ Not notifiable in all states. Data from states where the condition is not notifiable are excluded from this table, except in 2007 and 2008 for the domestic arboviral diseases and influenza-associated pediatric mortality, and in 2003 for SARS-CoV. Reporting exceptions are available at http://www.cdc.gov/epo/dphs/phs/infdis.htm.

6

2

N

1

3

1

N

N

N

N

N

FL (2)

FIGURE I. Selected notifiable disease reports, United States, comparison of provisional
4-week totals April 12, 2008, with historical data

* Ratio of current 4-week total to mean of 15 4-week totals (from previous, comparable, and subsequent 4-week periods
for the past 5 years). The point where the hatched area begins is based on the mean and two standard deviations of
these 4-week totals.

TABLE II. Provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases, United States, weeks ending April 12, 2008, and April 14, 2007 (15th Week)*

Incidence data for reporting years 2007 and 2008 are provisional. Data for HIV/AIDS, AIDS, and TB, when available, are displayed in Table IV, which appears quarterly.
Chlamydia refers to genital infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis.
Contains data reported through the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS).

BLE II. (Continued) Provisional cases of selected notifiable diseases, United States, weeks ending April 12, 2008, and April 14, 2007 5th Week)*

54

6

18

69

3

10

35

9

29

131

4

18

15

21

8

7

691

746

351

101

290

12

258

2

18

8¥རྞྞ8s©། ཎྞ*Şསྨུ a78g&| སྨྱ%「82|© ¥5g°8|「8| 898!£ ge¢ཎྜ| gགླ¥|"⌘|༅| 8ཧྨམྦྷ༅| || |ས]

72

178

108

19

42

39

401

1,723

2,366

261

2,431 2,900

1,006 1,347

Cum: Cumulative year-to-date counts.

Med: Median. Max: Maximum.

12,498 13,901

384 1,797 3,219
172 1,358

961 8,000 7,864
339

1,611

521000TTO NOoo-o o 1000

145

8

8

29

27

20

6

23

7

3

5

3

2

107

N N

cidence data for reporting years 2007 and 2008 are provisional.

ata for H. influenzae (age <5 yrs for serotype b, nonserotype b, and unknown serotype) are available in Table I. ontains data reported through the National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS).