[hthcnd2.htm, dated 4/06]
Average drinking level and health conditions
Both sexes/ages 18 and older
Sex
Rate
S.E.
Male
Female
Light drinker
Hardening of the arteries or arteriosclerosis
11.59
1.04
15.86
1.79
8.31
1.01
High blood pressure or hypertension
157.12
3.90
155.36
5.85
158.47
4.69
Cirrhosis of the liver
1.10
0.32
#1.98
0.67
#0.42
0.23
Any other form of liver disease
4.32
0.61
4.75
0.96
3.99
0.73
Chest pain or angina pectoris
30.29
32.82
2.67
28.34
2.09
Rapid heart beat or tachycardia
33.22
1.86
27.29
2.46
37.78
2.29
Heart attack or myocardial infarction
5.27
7.36
1.09
3.66
0.66
Any other form of heart disease
19.78
1.30
23.11
2.06
17.23
1.55
Stomach ulcer
20.47
1.19
17.31
1.72
22.91
1.59
Gastritis
41.26
1.92
32.74
2.72
47.82
2.59
Arthritis
153.28
4.73
124.51
5.72
175.42
5.73
Schizophrenia or psychotic illness
3.26
#3.10
1.00
3.37
0.68
Any of the above diseases
304.11
6.24
282.03
8.46
321.10
6.89
Moderate drinker
8.75
1.37
9.44
1.71
#6.87
2.41
135.24
136.23
6.69
132.53
8.90
#1.05
0.59
#0.79
0.64
#1.75
#2.26
0.70
#2.36
0.71
#1.97
1.11
18.95
2.27
18.35
2.38
20.59
4.33
20.41
2.12
16.53
2.25
30.99
4.96
#2.37
0.76
#2.85
#1.04
0.62
19.18
2.35
20.48
15.64
3.60
16.54
1.89
16.29
2.32
3.49
30.82
2.99
27.61
3.30
39.54
5.64
116.20
5.32
104.43
6.39
148.25
9.33
#0.93
0.41
#0.97
0.52
#0.84
0.56
253.45
7.85
246.39
9.43
272.67
12.26
Heavier drinker
10.15
1.83
11.69
#7.85
2.39
159.97
6.88
173.25
9.48
140.21
10.77
#4.64
1.64
#7.23
#0.78
0.50
6.99
1.46
9.20
2.18
#3.70
1.47
28.98
3.41
31.30
4.62
25.53
5.29
31.86
3.82
31.70
4.55
32.10
6.68
6.22
7.55
2.01
#4.25
2.04
16.77
2.37
19.22
3.32
13.12
2.89
18.16
2.50
15.49
3.13
22.14
3.68
32.51
26.25
3.83
41.83
5.98
115.82
6.34
102.43
135.74
9.90
#5.35
#6.96
2.60
#2.97
1.24
281.86
9.19
281.91
11.60
281.79
14.25
S.E.: standard error.
#Unreliable estimate with relative standard error > 0.3.
1 Light drinker: 3 or fewer drinks per week on average. Moderate drinker: on average more than 3 drinks and up to 7 drinks per week for women and more than 3 drinks and up to 14 drinks per week for men. Heavier drinker: on average more than 1 drink per day for women and more than 2 drinks per day for men.
2 Current drinker: 1 or more drinks in the past year.
SOURCE: Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System. Chen, C.M.; Yi, H.; Falk D.E., Stinson, F.S.; Dawson, D.A.; and Grant, B.F. Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorder in the United States: Main Findings from the 2001–2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC). U.S. Alcohol Epidemiologic Data Reference Manual, Vol. 8, Number 1. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (January 2006).