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NSDUH: Mean frequency of drinking in the past 30 days, by age, sex, and race/Hispanic origin, among current drinkers ages 12–20, United States, 1991–2005.


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Sex,
Race/Hispanic origin,
and Year

Age

12–20

12–14

15–17

18–20

Days

S.E.

Days

S.E.

Days

S.E.

Days

S.E.

Both Sexes

All races

2005

5.9

0.1

3.6

0.2

4.8

0.2

6.7

0.2

2004

5.9

0.1

3.9

0.3

4.9

0.1

6.7

0.2

2003

5.8

0.1

3.7

0.2

4.7

0.1

6.6

0.1

2002

5.9

0.1

4.1

0.3

5.1

0.1

6.6

0.1

2001

6.1

0.1

3.7

0.2

5.2

0.1

6.8

0.2

2000

5.8

0.1

3.3

0.2

4.9

0.1

6.5

0.1

1999

5.9

0.1

3.9

0.2

4.8

0.1

6.7

0.2

1998

5.6

0.2

3.9

0.4

4.8

0.2

6.2

0.3

1997

5.5

0.2

4.9

0.7

4.6

0.3

6.0

0.4

1996

5.3

0.2

4.2

0.6

4.2

0.2

6.1

0.3

1995

5.1

0.2

5.3

0.7

4.3

0.3

5.6

0.3

1994

4.9

0.2

3.5

0.4

3.9

0.2

5.6

0.3

1993

5.1

0.3

3.4#

0.6

4.2

0.3

5.6

0.4

1992

4.9

0.3

2.7#

0.5

3.9

0.2

5.6

0.4

1991

5.5

0.2

3.4

0.4

4.9

0.3

6.0

0.2

Non-Hispanic White

2005

6.2

0.1

3.7

0.3

4.9

0.2

7.0

0.2

2004

6.1

0.1

3.7

0.3

4.9

0.2

7.0

0.2

2003

6.0

0.1

3.4

0.2

5.0

0.2

6.8

0.2

2002

6.1

0.1

4.0

0.3

5.2

0.2

6.9

0.1

2001

6.3

0.1

3.9

0.3

5.2

0.2

7.2

0.2

2000

6.0

0.1

3.4

0.2

4.9

0.2

6.8

0.2

1999

6.1

0.1

4.1

0.3

4.9

0.1

7.0

0.2

1998

5.7

0.3

4.0

0.4

4.9

0.3

6.3

0.4

1997

5.5

0.3

4.8#

0.9

4.3

0.3

6.2

0.5

1996

5.3

0.2

4.0#

0.8

3.9

0.3

6.4

0.4

1995

5.0

0.2

4.8

0.7

4.1

0.3

5.7

0.4

1994

5.0

0.3

3.1

0.4

4.0

0.3

5.7

0.4

1993

5.1

0.3

3.5#

0.9

4.3

0.4

5.7

0.5

1992

5.1

0.3

2.9#

0.7

3.8

0.3

5.9

0.4

1991

5.6

0.2

3.6#

0.7

4.7

0.3

6.1

0.2

Non-Hispanic Black

2005

4.9

0.3

2.9

0.5

4.1

0.5

5.7

0.5

2004

5.0

0.3

3.3#

0.8

3.7

0.4

5.8

0.5

2003

4.5

0.3

3.2#

0.7

3.0

0.2

5.2

0.4

2002

5.0

0.3

3.9#

0.8

5.1

0.5

5.1

0.3

2001

5.3

0.3

3.1#

0.7

4.7

0.4

5.8

0.4

2000

5.3

0.3

3.1#

0.6

5.4

0.6

5.5

0.4

1999

5.5

0.4

3.1#

0.8

4.3

0.6

6.2

0.4

1998

5.3

0.4

4.9#

1.6

4.7

0.6

5.6

0.4

1997

5.4

0.7

5.6#

1.7

5.0

0.5

5.6#

1.2

1996

5.3

0.4

4.0#

0.9

5.1

0.7

5.5

0.5

1995

4.5

0.4

4.5#

1.0

4.2

0.7

4.7

0.6

1994

5.0

0.4

5.3

0.9

3.6

0.5

5.6

0.7

1993

5.2

0.6

2.1

0.3

5.1#

0.9

5.5

0.9

1992

4.2

0.4

2.3#

0.5

3.5

0.5

4.7

0.6

1991

5.7

0.4

2.3

0.4

6.1

0.8

6.1

0.5

Hispanic

2005

5.3

0.3

3.8#

0.9

4.7

0.3

5.9

0.4

2004

5.9

0.3

4.2#

1.0

5.2

0.5

6.6

0.5

2003

5.6

0.3

3.7#

0.7

4.4

0.3

6.6

0.4

2002

5.5

0.3

3.8

0.4

4.6

0.3

6.4

0.5

2001

5.5

0.3

3.3

0.4

5.6

0.5

5.7

0.4

2000

5.2

0.3

2.8

0.3

5.2

0.4

5.6

0.4

1999

5.5

0.3

3.8

0.6

4.7

0.3

6.4

0.5

1998

5.8

0.4

3.2

0.4

5.2

0.7

6.6

0.5

1997

5.7

0.4

5.8#

1.6

5.5

0.4

5.8

0.6

1996

5.2

0.4

5.1#

1.0

4.5

0.5

5.7

0.6

1995

5.4

0.4

5.5#

1.5

4.9

0.6

5.6

0.6

1994

4.7

0.3

3.1#

0.7

4.6#

0.9

5.0

0.5

1993

5.1

0.4

3.9#

1.1

4.1

0.4

5.8

0.6

1992

4.4

0.3

2.5

0.4

4.6

0.4

4.6

0.5

1991

5.2

0.4

3.8#

0.8

4.8

0.5

5.7

0.6

Native American/Alaska Native

2005

6.7

1.1

7.4#

1.4

7.1#

1.4

2004

7.3#

1.9

8.2#

3.2

5.5#

1.4

2003

4.9

0.7

4.6#

1.2

4.7#

0.9

2002

5.0

0.6

5.0#

0.9

4.9

0.8

2001

7.5#

2.6

9.9#

4.2

5.4#

1.1

2000

5.2

0.9

5.2#

1.0

5.7#

1.6

1999

3.5

0.4

4.2

0.6

2.7

0.4

Asian, Native HI/Other PI

2005

3.4

0.4

2.9

0.5

3.9

0.4

2004

4.3

0.5

6.4#

2.1

3.1

0.5

4.4

0.6

2003

6.0

0.8

3.5

0.6

6.2

0.8

2002

4.7

0.5

2.7

0.4

5.5

0.7

2001

4.0

0.4

1.7#

0.3

3.7#

0.7

4.3

0.6

2000

4.1

0.5

2.9

0.3

4.5

0.7

1999

4.0

0.5

2.6#

1.0

3.8#

0.8

4.2

0.6

More than one race

2005

7.1

0.8

5.0#

1.4

7.8#

1.6

7.2

0.9

2004

6.0

0.8

4.1#

1.1

5.5

0.7

6.7#

1.4

2003

4.9

0.4

4.6#

0.9

4.3

0.4

5.3

0.7

2002

7.2

1.1

10.3#

6.2

5.0#

1.1

7.6

1.1

2001

5.7

0.7

3.8

0.5

7.3

1.1

2000

5.2

0.8

2.4

0.3

4.2

0.7

6.4#

1.5

1999

6.2

1.0

4.0#

1.3

7.3#

1.4

Male

All races

2005

6.6

0.2

3.6

0.4

5.5

0.2

7.4

0.2

2004

6.7

0.2

4.4

0.6

5.3

0.2

7.6

0.2

2003

6.6

0.1

4.1

0.3

5.0

0.2

7.6

0.2

2002

6.8

0.1

3.8

0.4

5.6

0.2

7.7

0.2

2001

7.1

0.2

3.6

0.3

5.7

0.2

8.1

0.2

2000

6.5

0.1

3.8

0.3

5.4

0.2

7.3

0.2

1999

6.7

0.2

3.9

0.3

5.2

0.2

7.7

0.2

1998

6.5

0.3

4.9

0.7

5.5

0.4

7.2

0.5

1997

6.6

0.4

5.5#

1.0

5.2

0.4

7.4

0.5

1996

6.5

0.3

5.2#

1.0

5.1

0.4

7.4

0.5

1995

6.3

0.3

5.4

0.8

5.1

0.4

7.1

0.5

1994

5.8

0.3

3.9

0.6

4.3

0.3

6.5

0.4

1993

6.1

0.4

4.9#

1.5

5.2

0.6

6.6

0.6

1992

5.3

0.3

3.3#

0.9

4.0

0.3

6.1

0.4

1991

6.1

0.2

3.5

0.6

5.0

0.4

6.9

0.3

Non-Hispanic White

2005

6.9

0.2

3.6

0.4

5.5

0.3

7.8

0.3

2004

6.8

0.2

4.0

0.6

5.2

0.2

7.9

0.2

2003

6.8

0.2

3.8

0.3

5.2

0.2

8.0

0.2

2002

7.0

0.2

3.9

0.6

5.8

0.2

7.9

0.2

2001

7.4

0.2

3.6

0.4

5.6

0.2

8.6

0.3

2000

6.6

0.2

3.9

0.4

5.3

0.2

7.5

0.2

1999

6.8

0.2

3.9

0.4

5.3

0.2

7.9

0.3

1998

6.5

0.4

4.7

0.7

5.5

0.5

7.2

0.6

1997

6.4

0.5

5.0#

1.3

4.7

0.5

7.4

0.6

1996

6.7

0.4

5.0#

1.2

4.8

0.5

7.8

0.6

1995

6.3

0.4

5.3#

1.0

4.7

0.4

7.5

0.6

1994

5.9

0.4

3.8#

0.8

4.2

0.4

6.7

0.6

1993

6.2

0.5

5.3#

2.0

5.3

0.7

6.7

0.8

1992

5.5

0.4

3.6#

1.3

4.0

0.4

6.4

0.5

1991

6.1

0.3

3.4#

0.8

4.8

0.5

7.0

0.4

Non-Hispanic Black

2005

5.8

0.6

3.2#

0.8

4.7

0.8

6.6

0.8

2004

6.0

0.5

4.2#

1.3

4.3

0.7

6.8

0.8

2003

5.3

0.4

3.0#

0.8

3.4

0.5

6.2

0.6

2002

5.9

0.5

4.7#

1.5

5.7

0.8

6.1

0.6

2001

6.4

0.5

2.9#

0.9

5.3

0.7

7.2

0.7

2000

6.2

0.5

3.2#

0.9

6.3

1.1

6.5

0.6

1999

6.1

0.5

3.2#

1.3

4.5#

0.9

6.9

0.6

1998

6.6

0.6

6.8#

2.7

4.9

0.8

7.1

0.7

1997

7.6

1.3

6.9#

2.7

4.9

0.8

9.4#

2.2

1996

6.6

0.6

5.8

1.0

6.9

0.9

1995

5.5

0.6

6.2#

1.6

5.0#

1.1

5.8

0.9

1994

6.3

0.7

5.4#

1.4

4.8#

1.1

7.1

1.0

1993

6.3

0.9

2.8#

0.8

5.9#

1.4

6.6#

1.3

1992

4.7

0.7

2.6#

0.6

3.7

0.6

5.4

0.9

1991

6.5

0.6

3.1#

0.9

6.2

1.0

7.2

0.7

Hispanic

2005

6.2

0.4

4.0#

1.4

5.7

0.5

6.6

0.5

2004

6.9

0.5

4.6#

1.9

6.4

0.9

7.4

0.7

2003

6.4

0.5

5.5#

1.5

4.9

0.5

7.1

0.6

2002

6.5

0.4

3.6

0.5

4.8

0.5

7.7

0.7

2001

6.3

0.4

4.6

0.7

6.4

0.7

6.4

0.6

2000

6.1

0.4

3.4

0.5

5.7

0.5

6.6

0.6

1999

6.7

0.4

4.1#

1.0

5.7

0.5

7.6

0.7

1998

7.3

0.6

3.8#

1.0

6.7#

1.2

7.9

0.7

1997

6.9

0.6

7.5#

2.4

6.4

0.6

7.1

0.8

1996

5.6

0.6

5.0#

1.6

5.4

0.9

5.8

0.7

1995

6.2

0.6

3.7#

1.2

6.2

0.9

6.4

0.9

1994

5.4

0.5

3.4#

1.3

5.0#

1.2

5.6

0.6

1993

5.9

0.5

4.7#

1.8

4.6

0.5

6.7

0.7

1992

5.1

0.5

2.5#

0.5

4.6

0.6

5.7

0.7

1991

5.7

0.5

4.8#

1.3

5.3

0.7

6.0

0.7

Native American/Alaska Native

2005

8.8

1.4

10.7#

1.9

9.3#

1.7

2004

11.1#

3.5

11.7#

5.3

7.6#

2.7

2003

6.3

1.0

4.7#

1.2

7.1#

1.4

2002

7.5

0.8

7.0

0.9

2001

9.3#

3.6

11.7#

5.0

5.4#

1.2

2000

3.8#

0.9

5.6#

1.8

3.2#

0.9

1999

3.7#

0.7

4.6#

1.3

2.8#

0.6

Asian, Native HI/Other PI

2005

4.2

0.7

4.2#

0.9

4.7#

1.0

2004

4.6

0.7

2.9#

0.6

4.9#

0.9

2003

5.7

0.9

4.8#

1.1

5.8

1.0

2002

5.8

0.8

2.9#

0.6

6.9

1.1

2001

3.8

0.5

3.6#

0.8

4.0

0.6

2000

5.0#

0.9

3.1

0.5

5.5#

1.2

1999

5.1#

0.9

4.5#

1.2

5.6#

1.2

More than one race

2005

7.7

1.2

7.2#

2.0

8.0#

1.6

2004

6.5

1.1

1.5

0.2

6.2#

1.3

7.2#

2.0

2003

5.1

0.6

5.5#

1.3

4.5

0.6

5.6#

1.1

2002

8.4

1.2

5.8#

1.8

9.7

1.4

2001

6.7#

1.3

5.0#

1.2

8.5#

2.2

2000

6.3#

1.6

2.8#

0.5

8.3#

2.4

1999

7.7#

1.8

5.5#

2.6

8.8#

2.3

Female

All races

2005

5.1

0.1

3.6

0.3

4.2

0.2

5.8

0.2

2004

5.0

0.1

3.5

0.3

4.4

0.2

5.6

0.2

2003

4.9

0.1

3.3

0.3

4.4

0.2

5.4

0.2

2002

5.0

0.1

4.3

0.4

4.6

0.2

5.4

0.1

2001

4.9

0.1

3.7

0.3

4.7

0.2

5.3

0.2

2000

5.0

0.1

2.9

0.2

4.5

0.2

5.6

0.2

1999

5.1

0.1

4.0

0.3

4.3

0.2

5.7

0.2

1998

4.5

0.2

3.1

0.4

4.1

0.3

5.0

0.3

1997

4.0

0.2

4.2#

0.9

4.0

0.2

4.0

0.2

1996

3.7

0.2

3.1

0.4

3.1

0.3

4.2

0.3

1995

3.9

0.2

5.2#

1.2

3.3

0.2

3.9

0.3

1994

3.9

0.2

3.2

0.5

3.5

0.3

4.3

0.4

1993

3.9

0.2

2.4

0.4

3.2

0.2

4.4

0.4

1992

4.4

0.4

2.0

0.2

3.7

0.3

4.9

0.6

1991