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Drinking Statistics
People make a wide variety of choices about drinking, including whether to drink at all, and how much to consume if they do decide to drink. Here are some general trends in the United States.
| Women | Men | |
|---|---|---|
| Percentage who had at least one drink | 59.6% | 71.8% |
| Percentage who have never drank -- lifetime abstainers | 22.5% | 11.6% |
| Percentage of binge drinkers -- drinkers who consumed 4+/5+ (women/men) drinks within 2 hours at least once | 28.8% | 43.1% |
| How many drinks did drinkers usually consume on a drinking day? | ||
| 1 drink | 48.2% | 28.7% |
| 2 drinks | 29.9% | 29.0% |
| 3 or more drinks | 21.9% | 42.3% |
| Percentage who drank: | Women | Men |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | 2.45% | 5.78% |
| Nearly every day | 2.39% | 4.98% |
| 3-4 times a week | 5.55% | 10.00% |
| 2 times a week | 5.82% | 10.46% |
| Once a week | 6.77% | 10.33% |
| 2-3 ties a month | 8.27% | 9.55% |
| Once a month | 7.19% | 6.72% |
| 7-11 times in the past year | 4.44% | 3.51% |
| 3-6 times in the past year | 9.26% | 5.67% |
| 1-2 times in the past year | 8.73% | 4.91% |
| Never in the past year (former drinker or lifetime abstainer) | 39.13% | 28.09% |
