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NSDUH: Mean quantity of drinking on drinking days 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

Drinks

S.E.

Drinks

S.E.

Drinks

S.E.

Drinks

S.E.

Both Sexes

All races

2005

4.9

0.1

2.9

0.1

4.6

0.1

5.2

0.1

2004

5.0

0.1

2.7

0.2

4.9

0.1

5.3

0.1

2003

4.9

0.1

3.4

0.3

5.0

0.1

5.0

0.1

2002

5.1

0.1

3.2

0.2

5.1

0.2

5.3

0.1

2001

5.0

0.1

3.2

0.3

5.0

0.1

5.2

0.1

2000

6.2

0.1

4.4

0.3

6.3

0.2

6.4

0.2

1999

6.1

0.1

4.1

0.3

6.3

0.2

6.3

0.2

1998

4.4

0.2

3.0

0.3

4.3

0.3

4.6

0.2

1997

4.3

0.1

2.8

0.4

4.3

0.2

4.5

0.2

1996

4.3

0.1

3.1

0.3

4.1

0.2

4.7

0.2

1995

4.1

0.1

3.1

0.4

4.2

0.2

4.3

0.2

1994

4.4

0.2

3.1

0.3

3.9

0.2

4.9

0.2

1993

4.3

0.2

2.8

0.4

4.1

0.2

4.7

0.2

1992

4.5

0.2

2.7

0.3

4.1

0.3

4.9

0.2

1991

4.5

0.1

2.5

0.2

4.9

0.2

4.7

0.2

Non-Hispanic White

2005

5.1

0.1

3.2

0.2

4.9

0.1

5.4

0.1

2004

5.3

0.1

2.7

0.2

5.3

0.2

5.5

0.1

2003

5.1

0.1

3.6

0.3

5.2

0.1

5.3

0.1

2002

5.4

0.1

3.4

0.2

5.4

0.2

5.7

0.1

2001

5.2

0.1

3.1

0.3

5.3

0.2

5.5

0.1

2000

6.4

0.1

4.7

0.4

6.6

0.2

6.6

0.2

1999

6.3

0.1

4.2

0.3

6.5

0.2

6.5

0.2

1998

4.7

0.2

3.5

0.4

4.5

0.4

4.9

0.3

1997

4.6

0.2

2.9

0.5

4.5

0.3

4.9

0.3

1996

4.6

0.2

3.2

0.4

4.3

0.2

5.0

0.2

1995

4.2

0.2

3.2

0.5

4.2

0.2

4.5

0.2

1994

4.5

0.2

3.3

0.3

4.2

0.2

4.9

0.2

1993

4.6

0.2

3.0#

0.6

4.2

0.3

4.9

0.3

1992

4.9

0.2

3.0

0.5

4.3

0.3

5.3

0.2

1991

4.9

0.2

2.5

0.3

5.4

0.3

4.9

0.2

Non-Hispanic Black

2005

2.8

0.3

1.6

0.2

2.6

0.3

3.1

0.4

2004

3.3

0.2

1.8

0.2

3.1

0.3

3.5

0.3

2003

2.9

0.2

1.8

0.3

2.6

0.2

3.2

0.2

2002

3.0

0.2

2.2#

0.4

3.3

0.5

3.0

0.2

2001

3.4

0.3

4.8#

2.7

2.8

0.2

3.5

0.3

2000

4.6

0.4

2.5

0.4

4.1

0.5

5.0

0.6

1999

4.5

0.4

2.5#

0.5

3.8

0.4

5.0

0.6

1998

2.6

0.2

1.8

0.3

2.5

0.3

2.7

0.2

1997

2.6

0.2

1.8

0.2

3.0

0.2

2.5

0.3

1996

2.9

0.2

2.1#

0.4

2.5

0.2

3.1

0.3

1995

2.7

0.2

2.6#

0.5

2.4

0.4

2.9

0.3

1994

3.9#

1.0

2.5#

0.5

2.1

0.2

5.2#

1.7

1993

2.9

0.3

1.5

0.1

2.5

0.2

3.2

0.5

1992

2.9

0.2

1.4

0.2

3.1

0.5

2.9

0.2

1991

3.1

0.2

1.8

0.2

3.5

0.3

3.2

0.2

Hispanic

2005

5.1

0.3

3.0

0.3

4.6

0.5

5.7

0.4

2004

5.2

0.3

3.1

0.5

4.3

0.3

6.0

0.4

2003

4.9

0.2

2.9

0.5

4.9

0.4

5.2

0.3

2002

4.7

0.2

2.8

0.3

4.5

0.3

5.1

0.3

2001

5.1

0.4

2.9

0.4

4.8

0.4

5.5

0.5

2000

6.2

0.5

3.5#

0.7

6.1

0.6

6.7

0.7

1999

6.1

0.4

3.7

0.5

5.3

0.3

7.0

0.6

1998

4.3

0.2

2.3

0.3

4.0

0.2

4.8

0.3

1997

4.0

0.2

3.8#

1.1

4.0

0.3

3.9

0.3

1996

4.3

0.3

3.2

0.4

4.2

0.4

4.5

0.3

1995

4.4

0.3

2.8

0.4

4.8

0.5

4.3

0.4

1994

4.4

0.3

3.1#

0.6

3.9

0.5

4.9

0.4

1993

4.7

0.3

2.9#

0.6

5.0

0.5

4.8

0.3

1992

4.2

0.2

2.5

0.3

4.1

0.4

4.7

0.3

1991

4.3

0.2

3.0

0.4

3.9

0.3

4.9

0.3

Native American/Alaska Native

2005

5.6

0.5

6.3#

1.4

5.4

0.6

2004

6.7

0.9

5.2

0.8

8.0#

1.6

2003

7.4

1.2

6.4

1.0

6.8#

1.2

2002

9.4#

3.0

6.6#

2.4

14.6#

7.7

6.0#

1.2

2001

5.6

0.6

6.0

0.8

4.9#

0.9

2000

5.9

0.9

5.3

0.7

7.1#

1.7

1999

5.6

0.5

5.9

0.9

5.5

0.5

Asian, Native HI/Other PI

2005

3.5

0.3

3.0#

0.5

3.7

0.3

2004

3.3

0.3

2.5#

1.0

3.7#

0.9

3.3

0.3

2003

4.5

0.5

4.1#

1.3

4.6

0.6

2002

4.4

0.5

4.4#

1.2

4.5

0.6

2001

3.5

0.3

1.7#

0.3

3.2

0.5

3.8

0.4

2000

5.3

0.7

4.2#

0.8

5.8

0.8

1999

5.1

0.7

5.2#

3.2

8.1#

2.1

4.0

0.5

More than one race

2005

5.1

0.5

3.9#

1.0

4.5

0.7

5.5

0.8

2004

5.3

0.7

2.2

0.3

5.2

0.8

5.7#

1.1

2003

3.9

0.4

3.2#

1.2

5.3

0.9

3.3

0.4

2002

4.9

0.4

2.5#

0.6

4.7

0.8

5.5

0.5

2001

4.9

0.6

4.3#

0.8

5.4

0.8

2000

5.8

1.0

5.3#

1.5

6.6#

1.8

5.2#

1.5

1999

7.7#

1.6

11.0#

4.1

5.3

0.9

Male

All races

2005

5.7

0.1

3.0

0.2

5.3

0.2

6.1

0.2

2004

5.9

0.1

2.6

0.3

5.4

0.2

6.4

0.2

2003

5.7

0.1

3.9

0.5

5.9

0.2

5.9

0.1

2002

5.9

0.1

3.2

0.3

5.9

0.2

6.2

0.2

2001

5.8

0.1

3.4#

0.6

5.6

0.2

6.1

0.2

2000

7.3

0.2

4.6

0.5

7.5

0.3

7.5

0.3

1999

7.3

0.2

4.3

0.4

7.6

0.3

7.5

0.2

1998

4.9

0.2

3.2

0.4

4.8

0.5

5.2

0.3

1997

5.2

0.2

3.1#

0.6

5.0

0.4

5.6

0.4

1996

5.0

0.2

4.0

0.6

4.8

0.2

5.3

0.2

1995

5.0

0.2

3.5

0.6

4.9

0.3

5.3

0.3

1994

5.2

0.3

3.2

0.4

4.5

0.2

5.7

0.4

1993

5.3

0.3

3.9#

1.0

4.9

0.4

5.6

0.4

1992

5.3

0.2

3.1#

0.6

4.7

0.5

5.8

0.3

1991

5.2

0.2

2.3

0.2

5.6

0.4

5.4

0.2

Non-Hispanic White

2005

6.0

0.1

3.0

0.3

5.7

0.2

6.4

0.2

2004

6.2

0.2

2.7

0.3

6.1

0.2

6.6

0.2

2003

6.0

0.1

4.1

0.6

6.0

0.2

6.2

0.2

2002

6.4

0.1

3.5

0.4

6.5

0.3

6.7

0.2

2001

6.0

0.2

2.9

0.3

5.9

0.2

6.4

0.2

2000

7.6

0.2

4.9

0.6

7.8

0.4

7.8

0.3

1999

7.6

0.2

4.4

0.5

7.9

0.4

7.8

0.3

1998

5.3

0.3

3.6

0.5

5.0

0.6

5.6

0.4

1997

5.5

0.3

3.4#

0.8

5.3

0.5

5.9

0.4

1996

5.4

0.2

4.2

0.7

5.0

0.3

5.7

0.3

1995

5.1

0.2

3.7#

0.7

4.8

0.3

5.8

0.3

1994

5.2

0.2

3.7

0.6

4.7

0.3

5.6

0.3

1993

5.6

0.3

4.7#

1.5

5.1

0.5

6.0

0.5

1992

5.7

0.3

3.5#

0.8

5.1

0.5

6.2

0.3

1991

5.6

0.2

2.3

0.3

6.1

0.4

5.7

0.3

Non-Hispanic Black

2005

3.3

0.5

1.9#

0.4

2.9

0.5

3.6

0.6

2004

3.5

0.2

1.6#

0.3

3.2

0.5

3.8

0.3

2003

3.4

0.3

1.5

0.2

3.1

0.5

3.7

0.4

2002

3.2

0.3

1.9

0.3

2.7

0.3

3.5

0.4

2001

3.8

0.4

6.9#

4.5

3.1

0.4

3.7

0.3

2000

5.2

0.7

2.6

0.4

5.3#

1.0

5.5#

1.0

1999

4.9

0.7

3.1#

1.0

3.6

0.5

5.5

0.9

1998

2.9

0.2

1.9#

0.5

2.6

0.3

3.1

0.3

1997

3.1

0.4

2.0#

0.4

3.4

0.4

3.2#

0.6

1996

3.0

0.3

2.7

0.4

3.2

0.3

1995

3.0

0.3

3.2#

0.8

2.6#

0.6

3.3

0.3

1994

5.0#

1.6

2.4

0.4

2.2

0.2

6.6#

2.5

1993

3.3

0.5

1.5

0.2

2.8

0.3

3.8#

0.9

1992

3.2

0.3

1.8

0.2

3.3#

0.7

3.3

0.4

1991

3.6

0.3

1.9

0.3

4.0

0.6

3.8

0.4

Hispanic

2005

6.2

0.5

3.0#

0.6

5.6#

1.1

6.8

0.7

2004

6.3

0.4

2.6#

0.7

4.1

0.4

7.9

0.7

2003

6.0

0.4

3.9#

1.1

6.5

0.6

6.0

0.5

2002

5.2

0.3

2.7

0.4

5.2

0.4

5.7

0.4

2001

6.0

0.6

3.5#

0.7

5.3

0.5

6.6

0.9

2000

7.5

0.7

3.8#

1.4

7.3

1.0

8.0

1.0

1999

7.5

0.5

4.6#

1.1

6.5

0.5

8.4

0.8

1998

5.0

0.3

2.0#

0.4

4.8

0.4

5.5

0.4

1997

4.5

0.4

2.7

0.4

4.9

0.5

4.6

0.5

1996

5.1

0.4

4.1#

0.8

5.2

0.6

5.2

0.4

1995

5.3

0.5

1.8#

0.4

6.2

0.8

5.1

0.7

1994

5.5

0.4

2.0

0.2

5.3

0.8

5.9

0.6

1993

5.4

0.4

2.8#

0.8

5.5

0.7

5.7

0.5

1992

4.9

0.3

2.1#

0.5

4.1

0.6

5.8

0.5

1991

5.1

0.3

3.3

0.4

4.5

0.4

5.8

0.4

Native American/Alaska Native

2005

5.9

0.8

7.6#

1.8

5.1#

1.0

2004

5.5

0.8

5.5#

1.2

5.0#

1.2

2003

9.4#

2.3

7.0

1.1

7.6

1.3

2002

6.4#

1.5

6.5#

2.1

2001

6.1

0.8

6.0

1.0

6.7#

1.6

2000

4.9#

1.0

6.7#

1.5

4.5#

1.4

1999

6.1

0.8

6.5#

1.5

5.7

0.6

Asian, Native HI/Other PI

2005

4.1

0.5

3.2#

0.6

4.6

0.6

2004

3.4

0.4

3.8#

1.2

3.5

0.4

2003

5.8

0.9

8.4#

3.3

5.3

0.9

2002

4.7

0.8

4.2#

1.3

5.1#

1.0

2001

4.5

0.5

4.2#

0.8

5.0

0.7

2000

6.0

0.9

5.6#

1.5

6.2#

1.2

1999

6.0#

1.1

9.0#

2.8

4.6

0.8

More than one race

2005

5.6

0.9

3.7

0.6

6.2#

1.2

2004

7.8

1.2

2.6#

0.6

7.0#

1.4

8.9#

1.9

2003

4.1

0.5

1.8

0.3

5.2#

1.3

3.6#

0.8

2002

5.9

0.6

4.8

0.8

6.6

0.8

2001

6.0

1.0

5.2#

1.7

6.4#

1.4

2000

5.4#

1.5

3.9#

0.9

6.5#

2.3

1999

9.4#

2.7

17.2#

7.3

6.0#

1.2

Female

All races

2005

3.9

0.1

2.9

0.2

3.9

0.1

4.0

0.1

2004

4.1

0.1

2.8

0.2

4.4

0.2

4.0

0.1

2003

3.9

0.1

2.9

0.3

4.1

0.1

4.0

0.1

2002

4.2

0.1

3.1

0.2

4.3

0.3

4.3

0.1

2001

4.1

0.1

3.0

0.3

4.3

0.2

4.2

0.1

2000

5.0

0.1

4.2

0.4

5.0

0.2

5.1

0.2

1999

4.8

0.1

4.0

0.5

5.0

0.2

4.8

0.2

1998

3.7

0.3

2.8

0.4

3.7

0.3

3.8

0.5

1997

3.2

0.1

2.5

0.4

3.5

0.2

3.1

0.1

1996

3.4

0.1

2.4

0.2

3.3

0.3

3.7

0.2

1995

3.1

0.1

2.5

0.2

3.4

0.2

3.1

0.1

1994

3.5

0.2

3.0

0.3

3.2

0.3

3.8

0.2

1993

3.3

0.2

2.0

0.2

3.3

0.2

3.5

0.3

1992

3.6

0.2

2.1

0.2

3.4

0.2

3.8

0.2

1991

3.7

0.2

2.7

0.4

4.0