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Percent distribution of the drinking levels of females 18 years of age and older according to selected characteristics: United States, NHIS, 1997–2006.


[dkpat27.htm, updated 12/07]

 

Drinking Levels

Abstainer

Light drinker

Moderate drinker

Heavier drinker

Estimate

Age

 

 

 

 

18–24 years

 

 

 

 

2006

45.5

41.3

7.6

5.5

CI

(42.0–49.0)

(38.1–44.6)

(5.9–9.4)

(4.0–7.0)

2005

46.3

42.4

6.3

5.0

CI

(42.9–49.7)

(39.2–45.5)

(4.9–7.7)

(3.7–6.3)

2004

47.5

40.2

7.5

4.8

CI

(44.7–50.4)

(37.5–42.9)

(5.8–9.2)

(3.7–5.9)

2003

45.2

43.2

6.1

5.5

CI

(42.0–48.4)

(40.2–46.3)

(4.9–7.3)

(4.1–6.9)

2002

42.4

45.4

6.2

6.0

CI

(39.2–45.5)

(42.5–48.3)

(5.0–7.5)

(4.6–7.4)

2001

42.3

45.4

7.6

4.7

CI

(39.3–45.4)

(42.7–48.1)

(6.0–9.2)

(3.6–5.8)

2000

45.1

44.8

4.8

5.2

CI

(42.4–47.9)

(42.1–47.6)

(3.8–5.9)

(4.0–6.5)

1999

42.9

46.9

6.7

3.5

CI

(39.7–46.0)

(43.9–49.9)

(5.2–8.2)

(2.4–4.6)

1998

46.5

44.2

5.3

3.9

CI

(43.4–49.6)

(41.3–47.2)

(4.1–6.6)

(2.9–5.0)

1997

42.3

47.3

6.1

4.4

CI

(39.6–44.9)

(44.7–49.8)

(4.7–7.4)

(3.4–5.5)

25–34 years

 

 

 

 

2006

38.7

49.9

7.7

3.7

CI

(36.0–41.4)

(47.3–52.5)

(6.5–8.9)

(2.8–4.5)

2005

36.1

53.4

6.4

4.0

CI

(34.0–38.2)

(51.3–55.5)

(5.4–7.5)

(3.2–4.9)

2004

38.9

50.9

7.0

3.2

CI

(36.9–40.9)

(48.9–53.0)

(5.9–8.1)

(2.5–3.8)

2003

37.7

51.6

7.3

3.5

CI

(35.6–39.7)

(49.4–53.7)

(6.3–8.3)

(2.7–4.2)

2002

34.8

55.1

6.6

3.5

CI

(32.7–36.8)

(53.2–57.1)

(5.6–7.6)

(2.8–4.1)

2001

35.2

52.8

8.1

3.8

CI

(33.5–37.0)

(51.0–54.7)

(7.0–9.2)

(3.1–4.6)

2000

35.6

54.6

6.5

3.3

CI

(33.7–37.6)

(52.7–56.5)

(5.5–7.4)

(2.6–4.0)

1999

35.1

54.9

6.8

3.3

CI

(33.2–36.9)

(52.9–56.9)

(5.8–7.7)

(2.5–4.0)

1998

34.2

56.2

6.8

2.8

CI

(32.4–36.1)

(54.2–58.1)

(5.8–7.8)

(2.2–3.4)

1997

33.9

56.6

6.3

3.2

CI

(32.2–35.6)

(54.8–58.3)

(5.4–7.2)

(2.6–3.8)

35–44 years

 

 

 

 

2006

36.6

51.7

7.8

3.9

CI

(34.3–38.9)

(49.4–54.1)

(6.5–9.1)

(3.0–4.8)

2005

37.2

51.1

7.8

3.9

CI

(35.3–39.2)

(49.2–53.0)

(6.8–8.8)

(3.2–4.7)

2004

38.2

50.2

7.2

4.4

CI

(36.2–40.2)

(48.1–52.2)

(6.3–8.2)

(3.6–5.3)

2003

36.2

51.9

8.4

3.6

CI

(34.2–38.2)

(49.9–53.9)

(7.3–9.4)

(2.9–4.3)

2002

36.1

51.2

8.4

4.3

CI

(34.2–38.0)

(49.3–53.2)

(7.2–9.6)

(3.6–5.1)

2001

34.7

52.9

8.0

4.4

CI

(33.0–36.4)

(51.0–54.7)

(7.0–8.9)

(3.6–5.2)

2000

36.1

53.7

6.8

3.4

CI

(34.1–38.1)

(51.7–55.7)

(5.9–7.7)

(2.8–4.0)

1999

33.9

53.5

8.0

4.7

CI

(31.9–35.8)

(51.5–55.5)

(7.0–8.9)

(3.9–5.5)

1998

33.9

53.7

7.9

4.5

CI

(32.0–35.8)

(51.6–55.7)

(6.9–8.9)

(3.7–5.3)

1997

34.0

54.4

7.2

4.4

CI

(32.4–35.5)

(52.8–56.0)

(6.4–8.1)

(3.7–5.1)

45–54 years

 

 

 

 

2006

39.7

45.6

8.6

6.1

CI

(37.3–42.1)

(43.1–48.1)

(7.2–10.0)

(4.9–7.3)

2005

38.1

48.4

8.6

5.0

CI

(36.0–40.1)

(46.4–50.3)

(7.5–9.7)

(4.1–5.8)

2004

40.1

48.0

7.6

4.3

CI

(38.0–42.1)

(46.0–50.0)

(6.6–8.7)

(3.5–5.1)

2003

39.6

47.1

8.9

4.4

CI

(37.5–41.7)

(44.9–49.2)

(7.7–10.0)

(3.6–5.3)

2002

38.7

49.5

7.2

4.6

CI

(36.6–40.7)

(47.4–51.7)

(6.1–8.3)

(3.7–5.5)

2001

38.8

49.1

7.4

4.7

CI

(36.8–40.7)

(47.2–51.0)

(6.5–8.4)

(3.8–5.6)

2000

39.9

49.6

7.2

3.2

CI

(37.8–42.0)

(47.6–51.7)

(6.2–8.3)

(2.6–3.8)

1999

38.3

48.8

8.5

4.4

CI

(36.1–40.4)

(46.8–50.9)

(7.3–9.7)

(3.5–5.3)

1998

40.1

48.0

7.3

4.6

CI

(38.0–42.3)

(45.8–50.3)

(6.3–8.3)

(3.7–5.4)

1997

39.4

48.6

7.6

4.4

CI

(37.2–41.5)

(46.4–50.9)

(6.5–8.6)

(3.6–5.2)

55–64 years

 

 

 

 

2006

49.6

38.4

7.2

4.8

CI

(46.4–52.7)

(35.5–41.3)

(5.9–8.6)

(3.6–6.0)

2005

48.6

39.3

8.0

4.2

CI

(46.2–50.9)

(36.9–41.7)

(6.7–9.2)

(3.3–5.1)

2004

46.1

42.5

8.2

3.2

CI

(43.7–48.6)

(40.0–45.0)

(6.9–9.4)

(2.4–4.1)

2003

50.6

38.7

6.3

4.4

CI

(48.1–53.0)

(36.4–41.0)

(5.1–7.5)

(3.4–5.5)

2002

46.4

41.6

7.5

4.4

CI

(44.1–48.8)

(39.2–44.1)

(6.5–8.5)

(3.5–5.4)

2001

48.4

41.9

6.4

3.3

CI

(45.8–50.9)

(39.4–44.3)

(5.3–7.6)

(2.5–4.2)

2000

49.4

40.4

5.7

4.6

CI

(46.9–51.8)

(38.0–42.8)

(4.6–6.8)

(3.4–5.6)

1999

52.4

38.0

6.6

3.0

CI

(50.0–54.8)

(35.6–40.5)

(5.3–7.8)

(2.2–3.8)

1998

51.5

38.9

5.8

3.8

CI

(49.0–53.9)

(36.7–41.2)

(4.7–6.9)

(2.9–4.8)

1997

50.6

38.5

6.6

4.3

CI

(48.1–53.0)

(36.2–40.8)

(5.3–7.8)

(3.4–5.3)

65+ years

 

 

 

 

2006

64.4

26.0

6.0

3.6

CI

(62.1–66.7)

(24.1–28.0)

(4.9–7.1)

(2.2–4.9)

2005

63.5

27.5

6.0

3.0

CI

(61.6–65.4)

(25.7–29.4)

(5.2–6.9)

(2.3–3.6)

2004

63.1

28.4

6.4

2.1

CI

(61.1–65.0)

(26.7–30.1)

(5.4–7.4)

(1.5–2.7)

2003

63.5

27.3

6.2

3.0

CI

(61.5–65.5)

(25.6–29.1)

(5.2–7.1)

(2.3–3.7)

2002

66.4

25.5

5.3

2.7

CI

(64.4–68.5)

(23.8–27.2)

(4.3–6.4)

(1.9–3.5)

2001

64.5

27.3

5.2

3.0

CI

(62.5–66.5)

(25.5–29.0)

(4.4–6.0)

(2.3–3.7)

2000

63.8

28.8

5.2

2.2

CI

(61.8–65.8)

(27.1–30.6)

(4.3–6.1)

(1.6–2.7)

1999

65.8

26.8

4.5

2.9

CI

(63.9–67.7)

(25.1–28.5)

(3.7–5.3)

(2.3–3.5)

1998

65.0

27.2

5.4

2.3

CI

(63.3–66.7)

(25.7–28.7)

(4.7–6.2)

(1.7–3.0)

1997

63.4

28.5

5.5

2.6

CI

(61.6–65.1)

(26.9–30.1)

(4.7–6.3)

(2.1–3.1)

Education

 

 

 

 

Less than HS

 

 

 

 

2006

69.6

25.4

2.9

2.2

CI

(67.4–71.8)

(23.4–27.4)

(2.1–3.7)

(1.5–2.8)

2005

68.7

26.0

2.7

2.6

CI

(66.5–70.9)

(23.9–28.0)

(2.0–3.3)

(1.9–3.3)

2004

69.2

25.8

3.3

1.7

CI

(67.2–71.1)

(23.9–27.8)

(2.6–4.1)

(1.2–2.2)

2003

69.9

24.9

3.1

2.1

CI

(67.9–71.9)

(23.0–26.7)

(2.3–3.9)

(1.5–2.7)

2002

68.4

26.3

2.2

3.0

CI

(66.5–70.3)

(24.5–28.2)

(1.7–2.7)

(2.4–3.7)

2001

68.2

26.4

2.9

2.5

CI

(66.3–70.0)

(24.6–28.2)

(2.2–3.5)

(1.9–3.2)

2000

67.3

28.0

2.6

2.2

CI

(65.3–69.3)

(26.1–29.8)

(2.0–3.1)

(1.6–2.7)

1999

68.1

26.2

3.0

2.7

CI

(66.3–70.0)

(24.4–27.9)

(2.4–3.7)

(2.0–3.3)

1998

68.5

26.2

3.1

2.2

CI

(66.8–70.2)

(24.5–27.8)

(2.5–3.8)

(1.6–2.7)

1997

66.1

28.7

2.8

2.4

CI

(64.5–67.8)

(27.1–30.3)

(2.1–3.4)

(1.9–2.9)

GED

 

 

 

 

2006

54.0

36.7

*3.5

*5.8

CI

(46.1–62.0)

(28.7–44.7)

*(1.2–5.7)

*(3.1–8.5)

2005

46.6

44.8

*5.2

*3.4

CI

(40.4–52.8)

(38.8–50.7)

*(2.2–8.3)

*(1.2–5.5)

2004

49.0

41.4

*6.3

*3.3

CI

(42.8–55.2)

(35.5–47.3)

*(2.8–9.9)

*(1.5–5.1)

2003

46.6

42.0

6.6

*4.8

CI

(41.1–52.2)

(36.5–47.5)

(4.1–9.1)

*(2.2–7.4)

2002

46.6

42.0

6.6

*4.9

CI

(41.9–51.2)

(37.3–46.6)

(4.1–9.1)

*(2.8–7.0)

2001

48.5

41.6

*5.6

*4.3

CI

(43.1–53.9)

(36.3–46.9)

*(3.3–7.8)

*(2.1–6.4)

2000

46.4

44.9

*5.6

*3.0

CI

(40.9–52.0)

(39.5–50.4)

*(3.2–8.0)

*(1.5–4.6)

1999

47.5

41.9

*5.3

*5.3

CI

(41.6–53.5)

(36.4–47.3)

*(2.5–8.1)

*(1.9–8.7)

1998

45.7

44.0

*5.8

*4.6

CI

(40.1–51.3)

(38.5–49.4)

*(3.3–8.2)

*(2.3–6.9)

1997

43.6

44.2

6.6

*5.5

CI

(38.5–48.7)

(39.4–49.1)

(4.1–9.2)

*(3.0–8.0)

HS graduate

 

 

 

 

2006

50.4

39.4

5.7

4.6

CI

(48.1–52.6)

(37.4–41.4)

(4.7–6.7)

(3.5–5.7)

2005

51.4

39.5

5.4

3.7

CI

(49.6–53.2)

(37.7–41.3)

(4.7–6.2)

(3.1–4.3)

2004

51.0

40.4

5.3

3.4

CI

(49.2–52.8)

(38.6–42.1)

(4.6–6.0)

(2.7–4.0)

2003

50.1

39.9

6.2

3.8

CI

(48.1–52.1)

(38.1–41.7)

(5.3–7.0)

(3.2–4.4)

2002

48.5

42.7

5.6

3.2

CI

(46.6–50.3)

(40.9–44.5)

(4.7–6.5)

(2.7–3.8)

2001

47.7

43.3

5.9

3.1

CI

(46.0–49.3)

(41.7–44.9)

(5.2–6.7)

(2.5–3.6)

2000

49.1

42.3

5.3

3.3

CI

(47.4–50.8)

(40.6–43.9)

(4.6–6.0)

(2.7–4.0)

1999

47.9

43.0

5.8

3.3

CI

(46.0–49.7)

(41.2–44.7)

(5.0–6.7)

(2.8–3.9)

1998

48.4

42.4

5.7

3.5

CI

(46.8–49.9)

(40.8–43.9)

(5.0–6.4)

(2.9–4.1)

1997

45.5

45.1

5.8

3.6

CI

(43.9–47.1)

(43.5–46.7)

(5.0–6.5)

(3.1–4.2)

Some college

 

 

 

 

2006

39.0

47.5

8.4

5.1

CI

(37.0–41.1)

(45.3–49.6)

(7.3–9.5)

(4.2–6.0)

2005

37.0

50.6

8.2

4.3

CI

(35.3–38.8)

(48.8–52.3)

(7.2–9.1)

(3.6–4.9)

2004

39.6

48.5

7.5

4.4

CI

(37.9–41.3)

(46.8–50.3)

(6.6–8.4)

(3.7–5.1)

2003

39.5

48.0

7.8

4.7

CI

(37.8–41.2)

(46.4–49.7)

(6.9–8.7)

(4.0–5.4)

2002

37.0

50.8

7.3

5.0

CI

(35.3–38.6)

(49.1–52.4)

(6.4–8.2)

(4.3–5.7)

2001

35.6

51.0

8.5

4.9

CI

(33.9–37.3)

(49.4–52.6)

(7.5–9.4)

(4.2–5.6)

2000

37.8

51.7

6.8

3.7

CI

(36.0–39.6)

(50.0–53.5)

(6.0–7.5)

(3.1–4.3)

1999

36.1

52.1

7.6

4.2

CI

(34.3–37.8)

(50.4–53.8)

(6.7–8.5)

(3.5–4.9)

1998

35.9

52.3

7.5

4.2

CI

(34.4–37.5)

(50.6–54.0)

(6.6–8.4)

(3.5–5.0)

1997

35.3

53.0

7.4

4.3

CI

(33.8–36.8)

(51.5–54.4)

(6.6–8.2)

(3.7–4.9)

College graduate

 

 

 

 

2006

30.2

52.4

12.0

5.3

CI

(28.3–32.2)

(50.5–54.4)

(10.7–13.4)

(4.4–6.3)

2005

29.4

53.7

11.3

5.7

CI

(27.6–31.1)

(51.8–55.5)

(10.1–12.4)

(4.8–6.6)

2004

29.3

54.1

12.2

4.4

CI

(27.6–31.0)

(52.3–55.9)

(11.0–13.4)

(3.7–5.1)

2003

27.2

56.9

11.3

4.6

CI

(25.5–29.0)

(55.0–58.7)

(10.1–12.4)

(3.9–5.4)

2002

27.8

55.4

11.7

5.1

CI

(26.2–29.4)

(53.5–57.2)

(10.6–12.8)

(4.3–5.9)

2001

28.0

56.0

10.7

5.3

CI

(26.5–29.5)

(54.3–57.8)

(9.6–11.8)

(4.5–6.0)

2000

27.5

58.5

9.4

4.5

CI

(25.7–29.3)

(56.7–60.3)

(8.4–10.5)

(3.8–5.3)

1999

28.6

56.6

10.6

4.2

CI

(26.8–30.3)

(54.8–58.3)

(9.5–11.8)

(3.4–5.1)

1998

27.7

58.5

9.8

4.1

CI

(26.0–29.4)

(56.6–60.4)

(8.6–10.9)

(3.4–4.8)

1997

27.0

57.9

10.3

4.7

CI

(25.4–28.7)

(56.1–59.7)

(9.2–11.5)

(4.0–5.4)

Race/Ethnicity

 

 

 

 

Hispanic

 

 

 

 

2006

60.5

34.6

3.1

1.8

CI

(57.6–63.4)

(31.8–37.4)

(2.3–3.9)

(1.0–2.6)

2005

58.8

37.0

3.1

1.1

CI

(56.3–61.2)

(34.6–39.5)

(2.4–3.9)

(0.7–1.5)

2004

62.6

33.2

3.0

1.3

CI

(60.2–65.0)

(30.9–35.5)

(2.2–3.7)

(0.8–1.7)

2003

60.6

34.9

2.7

1.8

CI

(58.1–63.1)

(32.5–37.2)

(1.9–3.5)

(1.3–2.4)

2002

60.7

34.4

2.9

2.0

CI

(58.5–63.0)

(32.1–36.7)

(2.2–3.6)

(1.4–2.6)

2001

59.3

35.9

3.3

1.5

CI

(57.1–61.5)

(33.7–38.2)

(2.6–4.0)

(1.0–2.0)

2000

57.6

38.3

2.8

1.3

CI

(55.4–59.8)

(36.1–40.5)

(2.1–3.6)

(0.8–1.7)

1999

59.0

35.8

3.7

1.6

CI

(56.6–61.3)

(33.5–38.1)

(2.8–4.5)

(1.1–2.0)

1998

59.6

35.6

3.0

1.8

CI

(57.6–61.5)

(33.7–37.6)

(2.3–3.7)

(1.2–2.4)

1997

56.3

38.0

3.5

2.2

CI

(54.1–58.6)

(35.8–40.2)

(2.7–4.3)

(1.6–2.8)

White, non-Hispanic

 

 

 

 

2006

39.1

46.1

9.2

5.6

CI

(37.5–40.7)

(44.7–47.6)

(8.5–10.0)

(5.0–6.1)

2005

38.3

47.6

8.9

5.2

CI

(37.1–39.6)

(46.4–48.9)

(8.2–9.5)

(4.7–5.6)

2004

39.1

47.5

9.0

4.4

CI

(37.9–40.3)

(46.3–48.7)

(8.4–9.7)

(4.0–4.8)

2003

39.5

46.9

9.0

4.7

CI

(38.0–40.9)

(45.6–48.2)

(8.4–9.6)

(4.2–5.1)

2002

38.2

48.7

8.1

4.9

CI

(37.1–39.4)

(47.6–49.9)

(7.5–8.7)

(4.5–5.3)

2001

37.4

49.3

8.5

4.9

CI

(36.2–38.5)

(48.3–50.4)

(7.9–9.0)

(4.4–5.4)

2000

39.1

49.7

7.1

4.1

CI

(37.8–40.4)

(48.5–50.8)

(6.6–7.6)

(3.7–4.5)

1999

38.8

49.1

7.9

4.2

CI

(37.5–40.1)

(47.9–50.3)

(7.4–8.5)

(3.8–4.7)

1998

39.0

49.3

7.7

4.1

CI

(37.9–40.1)

(48.2–50.4)

(7.1–8.2)

(3.6–4.5)

1997

38.1

50.0

7.7

4.3

CI

(36.9–39.2)

(48.9–51.0)

(7.2–8.2)

(3.9–4.7)

Black, non-Hispanic

 

 

 

 

2006

58.4

35.1

3.8

2.8

CI

(55.6–61.2)

(32.4–37.7)

(2.8–4.8)

(2.0–3.5)

2005

60.6

34.3

3.2

1.9

CI

(58.3–62.8)

(32.1–36.4)

(2.5–4.0)

(1.3–2.5)

2004

59.2

35.8

2.6

2.3

CI

(56.6–61.9)

(33.4–38.3)

(2.0–3.3)

(1.6–3.0)

2003

56.1

37.3

3.7

3.0

CI

(53.5–58.7)

(34.7–39.9)

(2.8–4.5)

(2.3–3.6)

2002

57.7

35.5

4.4

2.5

CI

(55.3–60.0)

(33.2–37.8)

(3.3–5.4)

(1.7–3.3)

2001

59.8

34.4

3.9

1.9

CI

(57.6–62.0)

(32.3–36.5)

(3.0–4.8)

(1.4–2.5)

2000

59.1

34.6

4.3

2.1

CI

(56.5–61.6)

(32.3–36.9)

(3.4–5.2)

(1.5–2.6)

1999

57.5

35.1

4.5

2.9

CI

(55.1–59.9)

(32.8–37.3)

(3.5–5.5)

(2.1–3.7)

1998

58.2

34.8

4.1

3.0

CI

(55.8–60.6)

(32.6–37.0)

(3.1–5.0)

(2.1–3.8)

1997

57.4

36.3

3.3

2.9

CI

(54.7–60.2)

(33.9–38.8)

(2.5–4.2)

(2.2–3.6)

Other, non-Hispanic

 

 

 

 

2006

64.3

29.7

*4.0

*2.0

CI

(60.3–68.2)

(25.9–33.5)

*(2.4–5.6)