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Percent distribution of heavy drinking days (5+ drinks/day) for males 18 years of age and older according to selected characteristics: United States, NHIS, 1997–2006.


[dkpat28.htm, updated 12/07]

 

Heavy drinking days in the past year

Abstainer

None

1 to 11 days

12 or more days

Estimate

Age

 

 

 

 

18–24 years

 

 

 

 

2006

36.6

24.1

17.6

21.7

CI

(33.0–40.2)

(20.7–27.6)

(14.8–20.4)

(18.3–25.0)

2005

38.0

20.6

18.6

22.8

CI

(34.5–41.4)

(18.0–23.3)

(15.7–21.4)

(20.1–25.5)

2004

37.2

20.9

18.0

23.9

CI

(33.8–40.6)

(18.2–23.5)

(15.3–20.7)

(20.6–27.3)

2003

35.7

26.2

14.1

23.9

CI

(32.6–38.9)

(23.5–28.9)

(12.1–16.2)

(21.1–26.7)

2002

30.1

25.9

16.2

27.7

CI

(27.2–33.0)

(23.2–28.7)

(13.8–18.6)

(24.7–30.8)

2001

30.9

27.6

16.6

24.9

CI

(27.8–34.1)

(24.9–30.2)

(14.2–19.0)

(21.9–27.8)

2000

36.8

24.7

15.3

23.1

CI

(33.8–39.9)

(21.8–27.6)

(12.9–17.6)

(20.6–25.6)

1999

33.6

24.3

16.9

25.2

CI

(30.6–36.7)

(21.4–27.2)

(14.5–19.2)

(22.4–27.9)

1998

33.4

25.2

18.2

23.2

CI

(30.4–36.5)

(22.3–28.2)

(15.7–20.6)

(20.6–25.7)

1997

34.0

25.4

17.7

22.9

CI

(30.8–37.1)

(23.0–27.9)

(15.2–20.2)

(20.0–25.8)

25–34 years

 

 

 

 

2006

25.9

33.9

19.0

21.2

CI

(23.5–28.3)

(31.1–36.7)

(16.5–21.6)

(18.9–23.5)

2005

22.9

34.6

20.1

22.4

CI

(20.9–24.8)

(32.5–36.8)

(18.3–22.0)

(20.4–24.3)

2004

22.9

36.3

20.5

20.4

CI

(20.8–24.9)

(34.1–38.5)

(18.5–22.5)

(18.5–22.3)

2003

23.3

34.2

19.7

22.8

CI

(21.3–25.2)

(31.9–36.5)

(17.7–21.7)

(20.7–24.9)

2002

19.8

37.3

20.2

22.7

CI

(17.8–21.8)

(35.0–39.6)

(18.5–21.9)

(20.8–24.5)

2001

21.7

35.9

19.8

22.6

CI

(19.7–23.6)

(33.8–38.0)

(18.2–21.5)

(20.9–24.3)

2000

23.1

35.0

20.5

21.4

CI

(21.2–25.0)

(32.8–37.2)

(18.6–22.4)

(19.6–23.2)

1999

21.0

37.2

20.4

21.4

CI

(18.9–23.2)

(34.8–39.5)

(18.5–22.2)

(19.7–23.2)

1998

21.7

36.8

21.7

19.8

CI

(19.8–23.6)

(34.6–39.0)

(20.0–23.4)

(18.1–21.4)

1997

21.1

34.2

21.6

23.0

CI

(19.4–22.8)

(32.3–36.1)

(20.0–23.3)

(21.4–24.7)

35–44 years

 

 

 

 

2006

27.0

40.6

16.8

15.6

CI

(24.9–29.2)

(38.1–42.9)

(14.9–18.8)

(13.7–17.5)

2005

27.3

38.6

18.6

15.5

CI

(25.4–29.2)

(36.7–40.6)

(16.9–20.3)

(13.7–17.2)

2004

26.9

41.4

17.3

14.4

CI

(24.8–29.0)

(39.0–43.9)

(15.6–18.9)

(12.8–15.9)

2003

26.9

40.4

17.1

15.6

CI

(25.0–28.7)

(38.4–42.4)

(15.4–18.9)

(14.0–17.2)

2002

25.2

40.0

17.5

17.4

CI

(23.2–27.1)

(37.9–42.0)

(15.8–19.3)

(15.8–18.9)

2001

25.3

40.4

18.1

16.2

CI

(23.5–27.1)

(38.4–42.4)

(16.4–19.7)

(14.9–17.6)

2000

26.1

40.0

18.1

15.9

CI

(24.3–27.9)

(37.9–42.0)

(16.4–19.7)

(14.5–17.3)

1999

24.7

39.6

18.1

17.6

CI

(22.9–26.5)

(37.4–41.7)

(16.5–19.7)

(15.9–19.3)

1998

26.2

38.8

18.5

16.5

CI

(24.5–28.0)

(36.8–40.8)

(16.9–20.0)

(15.0–18.0)

1997

25.2

38.0

18.5

18.4

CI

(23.6–26.8)

(36.2–39.7)

(17.1–19.9)

(17.0–19.7)

45–54 years

 

 

 

 

2006

30.8

42.3

13.0

13.9

CI

(28.3–33.4)

(39.7–44.9)

(11.1–14.8)

(11.9–15.8)

2005

29.5

44.5

13.2

12.7

CI

(27.4–31.6)

(42.4–46.7)

(11.8–14.6)

(11.3–14.2)

2004

31.4

43.4

13.7

11.5

CI

(29.2–33.5)

(41.2–45.6)

(12.2–15.2)

(10.2–12.9)

2003

31.9

43.1

11.6

13.4

CI

(29.6–34.2)

(40.9–45.4)

(10.2–13.0)

(11.7–15.0)

2002

29.5

45.4

12.9

12.2

CI

(27.2–31.7)

(43.1–47.6)

(11.5–14.4)

(10.8–13.6)

2001

30.4

43.2

12.2

14.3

CI

(28.2–32.5)

(40.9–45.4)

(10.8–13.6)

(12.7–15.9)

2000

30.4

43.2

14.1

12.3

CI

(28.1–32.6)

(41.0–45.5)

(12.6–15.6)

(10.8–13.8)

1999

29.1

44.6

12.5

13.8

CI

(27.0–31.2)

(42.3–46.8)

(11.1–13.9)

(12.2–15.4)

1998

29.7

42.7

15.1

12.5

CI

(27.6–31.9)

(40.3–45.0)

(13.5–16.8)

(11.0–14.0)

1997

26.7

43.9

14.9

14.5

CI

(24.9–28.5)

(41.6–46.2)

(13.3–16.5)

(12.9–16.1)

55–64 years

 

 

 

 

2006

36.6

44.0

9.7

9.7

CI

(33.5–39.7)

(41.0–47.0)

(8.0–11.4)

(8.0–11.3)

2005

36.8

46.2

9.6

7.5

CI

(34.5–39.1)

(43.7–48.6)

(8.0–11.2)

(6.2–8.8)

2004

38.1

43.0

10.6

8.2

CI

(35.4–40.9)

(40.4–45.6)

(8.9–12.4)

(6.7–9.7)

2003

37.8

44.9

8.7

8.7

CI

(35.2–40.4)

(42.1–47.7)

(7.0–10.3)

(7.1–10.2)

2002

36.7

47.5

7.7

8.2

CI

(34.2–39.1)

(44.9–50.0)

(6.5–8.9)

(6.7–9.6)

2001

36.5

45.2

8.3

9.9

CI

(33.9–39.1)

(42.5–48.0)

(7.0–9.7)

(8.2–11.6)

2000

36.2

44.7

9.2

9.8

CI

(33.6–38.9)

(42.0–47.5)

(7.7–10.7)

(8.3–11.4)

1999

37.4

43.6

10.2

8.8

CI

(34.7–40.1)

(40.8–46.4)

(8.4–11.9)

(7.3–10.2)

1998

36.3

45.2

8.9

9.7

CI

(33.6–39.0)

(42.4–47.9)

(7.3–10.4)

(8.1–11.3)

1997

34.8

46.4

8.9

10.0

CI

(32.0–37.5)

(43.5–49.2)

(7.4–10.4)

(8.4–11.5)

65+ years

 

 

 

 

2006

45.8

46.3

4.0

3.8

CI

(42.8–48.9)

(43.3–49.3)

(2.9–5.1)

(2.8–4.9)

2005

48.2

44.8

3.4

3.5

CI

(46.0–50.5)

(42.7–47.0)

(2.6–4.3)

(2.6–4.3)

2004

47.6

45.2

3.6

3.7

CI

(45.2–49.9)

(42.8–47.6)

(2.6–4.5)

(2.9–4.5)

2003

48.7

45.0

3.4

3.0

CI

(46.2–51.2)

(42.4–47.6)

(2.4–4.3)

(2.2–3.8)

2002

48.4

44.5

2.9

4.3

CI

(46.0–50.8)

(42.1–46.8)

(2.1–3.7)

(3.3–5.2)

2001

49.5

43.9

2.7

3.9

CI

(47.2–51.8)

(41.6–46.2)

(2.0–3.4)

(3.0–4.8)

2000

50.6

42.1

3.6

3.7

CI

(48.1–53.0)

(39.7–44.5)

(2.9–4.4)

(2.8–4.6)

1999

47.8

45.0

4.0

3.3

CI

(45.4–50.1)

(42.7–47.3)

(3.0–4.9)

(2.5–4.1)

1998

49.4

42.8

4.0

3.8

CI

(47.1–51.7)

(40.5–45.1)

(3.2–4.9)

(3.0–4.6)

1997

47.6

43.0

4.7

4.7

CI

(45.4–49.8)

(40.8–45.2)

(3.7–5.6)

(3.7–5.6)

Education

 

 

 

 

Less than HS

 

 

 

 

2006

44.0

30.4

10.1

15.5

CI

(41.2–46.9)

(27.9–32.8)

(8.5–11.6)

(13.4–17.6)

2005

46.6

27.9

11.3

14.1

CI

(44.1–49.2)

(25.7–30.1)

(9.2–13.4)

(12.4–15.9)

2004

45.8

29.6

10.5

14.1

CI

(43.3–48.3)

(27.3–31.9)

(8.8–12.3)

(12.4–15.8)

2003

46.2

29.8

9.2

14.8

CI

(44.0–48.5)

(27.6–31.9)

(7.7–10.7)

(13.0–16.6)

2002

45.0

28.4

9.7

16.8

CI

(42.5–47.6)

(26.3–30.6)

(8.3–11.0)

(15.0–18.6)

2001

46.2

30.1

9.3

14.4

CI

(44.0–48.3)

(28.0–32.2)

(8.0–10.6)

(12.9–15.9)

2000

47.0

28.8

9.7

14.6

CI

(44.7–49.2)

(26.7–30.9)

(8.3–11.1)

(13.1–16.0)

1999

46.5

30.5

8.4

14.6

CI

(44.0–48.9)

(28.4–32.7)

(7.1–9.8)

(12.8–16.3)

1998

48.1

27.9

9.0

15.1

CI

(45.7–50.4)

(26.0–29.8)

(7.7–10.2)

(13.4–16.8)

1997

43.2

30.5

9.3

17.0

CI

(41.2–45.2)

(28.7–32.3)

(8.1–10.4)

(15.3–18.8)

GED

 

 

 

 

2006

40.8

25.1

13.2

20.9

CI

(34.2–47.4)

(19.7–30.5)

(8.7–17.7)

(15.2–26.6)

2005

35.0

29.2

14.6

21.2

CI

(29.8–40.2)

(24.4–34.0)

(10.3–18.9)

(16.5–25.9)

2004

35.2

29.8

14.3

20.8

CI

(29.4–40.9)

(23.8–35.6)

(9.6–18.9)

(15.9–25.7)

2003

38.1

28.6

13.3

20.1

CI

(31.6–44.5)

(22.3–34.8)

(9.4–17.1)

(15.1–25.1)

2002

34.6

34.0

10.8

20.6

CI

(29.3–39.9)

(28.9–39.1)

(7.3–14.2)

(16.5–24.7)

2001

32.4

29.5

13.7

24.3

CI

(27.1–37.8)

(23.9–35.2)

(9.7–17.7)

(18.9–29.7)

2000

35.3

28.9

12.4

23.5

CI

(29.6–41.0)

(23.4–34.4)

(8.4–16.3)

(18.2–28.8)

1999

37.5

29.4

*9.0

24.0

CI

(30.5–44.6)

(23.9–34.9)

*(5.2–12.8)

(18.5–29.6)

1998

28.4

34.1

13.6

24.0

CI

(23.3–33.5)

(28.5–39.7)

(9.8–17.3)

(19.0–28.9)

1997

30.8

28.7

17.7

22.7

CI

(25.9–35.8)

(23.8–33.7)

(13.9–21.6)

(18.3–27.1)

HS graduate

 

 

 

 

2006

35.8

36.5

12.8

15.0

CI

(33.4–38.1)

(34.2–38.7)

(11.1–14.4)

(13.2–16.7)

2005

38.9

34.4

11.7

15.0

CI

(36.9–40.9)

(32.5–36.3)

(10.4–13.0)

(13.5–16.5)

2004

36.6

34.7

12.8

15.9

CI

(34.4–38.8)

(32.7–36.7)

(11.4–14.2)

(14.3–17.5)

2003

35.7

36.3

11.8

16.2

CI

(33.7–37.7)

(34.3–38.3)

(10.5–13.1)

(14.7–17.7)

2002

33.3

39.2

11.9

15.7

CI

(31.4–35.2)

(37.3–41.0)

(10.5–13.3)

(14.2–17.2)

2001

34.1

37.2

11.4

17.3

CI

(32.2–36.0)

(35.3–39.1)

(10.2–12.7)

(15.8–18.7)

2000

34.1

36.2

13.2

16.6

CI

(32.0–36.1)

(34.2–38.1)

(11.8–14.6)

(15.2–18.0)

1999

31.5

38.5

13.4

16.6

CI

(29.8–33.2)

(36.4–40.7)

(12.0–14.8)

(15.1–18.0)

1998

33.8

36.3

13.5

16.5

CI

(31.9–35.6)

(34.5–38.1)

(12.2–14.9)

(14.8–18.1)

1997

33.1

35.8

13.7

17.4

CI

(31.3–34.9)

(34.1–37.6)

(12.4–15.0)

(16.1–18.8)

Some college

 

 

 

 

2006

31.2

37.4

15.8

15.6

CI

(29.0–33.5)

(35.0–39.8)

(13.8–17.7)

(13.7–17.5)

2005

28.4

38.7

16.1

16.8

CI

(26.6–30.2)

(36.8–40.7)

(14.6–17.5)

(15.3–18.2)

2004

30.2

37.8

16.5

15.5

CI

(28.3–32.0)

(35.8–39.7)

(15.0–18.0)

(14.0–17.1)

2003

30.8

37.4

14.1

17.6

CI

(28.9–32.7)

(35.6–39.3)

(12.9–15.3)

(16.0–19.2)

2002

27.3

40.0

14.6

18.1

CI

(25.4–29.1)

(38.1–41.9)

(13.3–15.9)

(16.4–19.8)

2001

27.4

38.4

15.7

18.5

CI

(25.5–29.2)

(36.6–40.2)

(14.3–17.1)

(17.1–19.9)

2000

28.7

38.8

16.3

16.2

CI

(27.0–30.5)

(36.8–40.8)

(14.8–17.8)

(14.7–17.6)

1999

26.6

38.5

17.3

17.6

CI

(24.7–28.4)

(36.7–40.3)

(15.7–18.8)

(16.2–19.1)

1998

27.3

38.4

18.2

16.1

CI

(25.5–29.1)

(36.5–40.3)

(16.8–19.6)

(14.8–17.4)

1997

25.3

38.2

18.4

18.1

CI

(23.6–26.9)

(36.4–40.1)

(17.0–19.9)

(16.7–19.4)

College graduate

 

 

 

 

2006

23.0

50.0

15.2

11.9

CI

(20.9–25.0)

(47.5–52.5)

(13.5–16.8)

(10.2–13.5)

2005

21.4

50.3

17.3

11.0

CI

(19.8–23.1)

(48.3–52.3)

(16.0–18.7)

(9.7–12.2)

2004

23.4

50.6

16.6

9.4

CI

(21.6–25.3)

(48.5–52.7)

(15.1–18.1)

(8.2–10.5)

2003

22.1

51.2

16.0

10.6

CI

(20.4–23.8)

(49.2–53.2)

(14.5–17.7)

(9.4–11.9)

2002

21.4

49.5

17.1

12.0

CI

(19.4–23.3)

(47.4–51.6)

(15.6–18.6)

(10.6–13.4)

2001

21.3

50.5

16.9

11.3

CI

(19.8–22.9)

(48.6–52.4)

(15.5–18.3)

(10.1–12.5)

2000

23.8

48.7

17.1

10.5

CI

(22.0–25.5)

(46.8–50.6)

(15.5–18.6)

(9.4–11.6)

1999

22.4

48.1

17.3

12.2

CI

(20.6–24.1)

(46.2–50.1)

(15.8–18.9)

(10.8–13.5)

1998

21.2

49.6

19.0

10.2

CI

(19.7–22.7)

(47.6–51.6)

(17.5–20.5)

(9.0–11.3)

1997

21.2

48.8

18.3

11.7

CI

(19.7–22.7)

(46.9–50.7)

(16.9–19.6)

(10.6–12.9)

Race/Ethnicity

 

 

 

 

Hispanic

 

 

 

 

2006

36.0

35.5

13.5

15.0

CI

(33.3–38.7)

(32.7–38.4)

(11.6–15.5)

(13.1–16.9)

2005

35.9

33.0

14.7

16.4

CI

(33.6–38.2)

(31.0–35.1)

(13.0–16.4)

(14.5–18.2)

2004

34.5

35.9

13.5

16.2

CI

(31.8–37.1)

(33.6–38.3)

(11.7–15.2)

(14.1–18.2)

2003

35.0

35.7

12.3

17.1

CI

(32.4–37.6)

(33.2–38.1)

(10.7–13.8)

(15.2–18.9)

2002

33.9

33.1

12.7

20.3

CI

(31.3–36.5)

(30.7–35.6)

(10.9–14.4)

(18.3–22.3)

2001

36.4

33.3

13.4

17.0

CI

(33.9–38.8)

(31.1–35.4)

(12.0–14.8)

(15.3–18.6)

2000

35.7

33.8

13.3

17.2

CI

(33.1–38.3)

(31.2–36.4)

(11.6–15.0)

(15.2–19.1)

1999

32.5

35.6

13.0

19.0

CI

(29.6–35.3)

(32.8–38.4)

(11.3–14.6)

(16.4–21.5)

1998

32.5

35.5

13.0

19.1

CI

(29.7–35.2)

(32.8–38.1)

(11.3–14.7)

(16.8–21.4)

1997

32.4

32.6

13.7

21.3

CI

(30.2–34.7)

(30.4–34.7)

(12.0–15.4)

(19.3–23.2)

White, non-Hispanic

 

 

 

 

2006

30.2

39.4

14.9

15.4

CI

(28.6–31.9)

(37.9–40.9)

(13.8–16.0)

(14.2–16.7)

2005

29.6

40.2

15.4

14.8

CI

(28.3–30.9)

(38.9–41.5)

(14.5–16.3)

(14.0–15.7)

2004

30.4

39.8

15.6

14.3

CI

(29.1–31.6)

(38.5–41.0)

(14.6–16.5)

(13.4–15.3)

2003

30.1

40.3

14.0

15.7

CI

(28.9–31.3)

(39.0–41.5)

(13.1–14.8)

(14.7–16.6)

2002

27.8

41.2

15.1

16.0

CI

(26.6–29.1)

(40.0–42.4)

(14.2–16.0)

(14.9–17.0)

2001

28.5

40.0

14.7

16.8

CI

(27.4–29.6)

(38.9–41.2)

(13.9–15.5)

(15.9–17.6)

2000

30.1

39.4

15.5

15.0

CI

(29.0–31.2)

(38.2–40.7)

(14.6–16.4)

(14.1–15.8)

1999

28.2

40.3

15.4

16.1

CI

(27.1–29.4)

(39.0–41.5)

(14.5–16.3)

(15.1–17.0)

1998

29.2

39.3

16.7

14.8

CI

(28.0–30.3)

(38.2–40.4)

(15.8–17.6)

(14.1–15.6)

1997

27.6

39.0

16.8

16.6

CI

(26.5–28.6)

(37.9–40.1)

(15.9–17.7)

(15.8–17.4)

Black, non-Hispanic

 

 

 

 

2006

41.3

38.5

8.4

11.8

CI

(38.2–44.3)

(35.2–41.9)

(6.4–10.3)

(9.3–14.4)

2005

43.9

35.6

9.7

10.9

CI

(40.8–47.0)

(32.5–38.7)

(7.9–11.4)

(8.8–12.9)

2004

44.2

35.8

9.8

10.3

CI

(41.2–47.2)

(33.1–38.5)

(7.8–11.7)

(8.4–12.2)

2003

44.0

37.0

9.1

9.9

CI

(40.8–47.1)

(33.8–40.1)

(7.2–11.0)

(8.3–11.5)

2002

42.7

39.5

6.7

11.0

CI

(39.6–45.8)

(36.4–42.6)

(5.3–8.2)

(9.2–12.9)

2001

42.0

41.0

7.8

9.2

CI

(39.2–44.9)

(38.1–43.9)

(6.3–9.4)

(7.6–10.7)

2000

42.4

36.3

8.1

13.2

CI

(39.4–45.5)

(33.4–39.2)

(6.6–9.5)

(11.1–15.2)

1999

44.5

36.0

9.9

9.6

CI

(41.4–47.6)

(33.0–39.0)

(8.1–11.7)

(7.8–11.5)

1998

43.2

36.5

9.2

11.2

CI

(39.5–46.9)

(32.9–40.1)

(7.6–10.7)

(9.4–13.0)

1997

42.6

37.9

8.0

11.5

CI

(39.8–45.3)

(35.1–40.8)

(6.6–9.4)

(9.7–13.2)

Other, non-Hispanic