NSDUH: Average total number of drinks in the past 30 days, by age, sex, and race/Hispanic origin, among current drinkers ages 12–20, United States, 1991

[ythdrk5.htm, dated 11/07]

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	35.3	1.1	13.6	1.7	28.9	1.4	40.4	1.5
2004	37.0	1.3	14.9	2.6	29.3	1.3	43.6	2.1
2003	35.4	1.1	18.6	2.7	29.7	1.4	40.4	1.5
2002	37.9	1.0	18.7	2.0	33.4	1.8	42.5	1.4
2001	39.3	1.4	18.5^#	3.9	34.9	1.8	43.9	2.0
2000	48.8	1.8	27.5^#	5.7	44.9	2.7	53.3	2.4
1999	50.7	2.0	28.3	4.4	46.1	3.0	55.3	2.7
1998	31.9	2.4	14.5^#	2.6	26.4	2.4	36.7	3.3
1997	32.1	3.1	19.4^#	5.4	25.4	2.3	37.6	4.9
1996	30.9	1.6	24.1^#	6.3	24.6	2.7	35.4	2.5
1995	28.4	2.4	26.6^#	9.2	27.5	4.1	29.3	2.3
1994	26.5	1.6	15.5^#	4.2	18.4	1.4	31.6	2.3
1993	32.3	3.2	26.9^#	14.4	24.4^#	4.3	36.7	5.2
1992	28.3	2.0	15.1^#	7.5	18.7	1.7	33.9	2.7
1991	34.4	2.2	11.7	1.8	32.9	2.8	37.3	2.9
Non-Hispanic White
2005	37.4	1.3	15.6	2.4	30.9	1.7	42.2	1.7
2004	38.9	1.3	16.2^#	3.5	32.0	1.8	45.2	2.0
2003	37.6	1.2	17.7	2.6	32.5	1.7	42.8	1.7
2002	40.5	1.1	19.4	2.7	34.3	1.8	46.1	1.6
2001	42.0	1.6	21.0^#	5.1	36.8	2.2	47.2	2.3
2000	49.8	1.9	31.2^#	7.4	44.6	2.9	54.6	2.4
1999	51.5	2.2	27.5	4.8	46.9	3.3	56.2	3.0
1998	34.2	3.1	17.2^#	3.6	27.3	2.9	39.7	4.4
1997	33.6	3.9	19.8^#	7.3	25.6	3.0	39.8	6.1
1996	32.3	2.0	25.8^#	7.9	24.2	3.2	38.0	3.0
1995	27.8	2.5	25.9^#	11.6	22.3	1.9	31.4	3.0
1994	26.8	1.9	14.9^#	5.3	20.0	1.8	31.3	2.5
1993	35.1	4.2	30.0^#	20.3	26.3^#	5.6	39.9	6.7
1992	30.8	2.4	18.4^#	10.2	19.0	2.0	37.2	3.3
1991	37.2	2.8	11.4^#	2.3	35.6	3.7	40.0	3.6
Non-Hispanic Black
2005	23.0^#	6.7	6.0^#	1.6	15.0^#	3.1	29.2^#	10.6
2004	21.7	2.5	8.5^#	4.7	13.8	2.1	26.0	3.7
2003	19.2	3.1	7.2^#	2.0	7.9	1.2	24.9^#	4.5
2002	24.0	3.7	15.0^#	5.5	32.6^#	10.1	20.8	3.2
2001	26.3^#	4.7	6.2^#	2.0	18.0^#	3.2	31.7^#	6.9
2000	43.5^#	8.8	10.1^#	2.7	45.7^#	14.2	46.4^#	11.7
1999	43.8	7.2	16.2^#	10.1	32.8^#	8.7	49.6^#	9.5
1998	19.6	3.4	7.2^#	2.3	18.3^#	4.4	21.7^#	4.7
1997	21.1^#	5.2	18.0^#	7.7	17.6	2.1	23.6^#	9.2
1996	21.5	3.4	13.0^#	5.1	15.1^#	2.8	25.1^#	5.1
1995	18.6^#	4.0	21.2^#	10.3	21.2^#	9.6	16.4^#	3.3
1994	29.3^#	6.6	18.9^#	6.5	8.9^#	1.6	41.7^#	11.4
1993	17.6	2.9	4.0^#	1.0	15.5^#	4.5	19.5^#	3.9
1992	17.0^#	3.1	4.3^#	1.6	13.6^#	2.7	19.6^#	4.3
1991	25.8	3.0	8.3^#	3.7	27.4^#	5.5	27.6	4.3
Hispanic
2005	35.2	2.9	12.4^#	3.4	28.2	4.4	41.8	4.3
2004	41.5	5.6	11.9^#	4.0	26.7	3.3	53.8	9.1
2003	36.4	3.3	21.0^#	10.3	28.3	3.4	42.9	4.9
2002	32.5	2.9	15.5^#	2.9	28.2	4.0	38.0	4.4
2001	35.7	3.6	13.5^#	3.3	37.4	5.7	37.6	4.9
2000	50.1	6.1	18.0^#	5.1	48.9^#	8.6	55.0	8.7
1999	52.6	7.2	25.3^#	9.2	40.2	6.4	64.7^#	11.4
1998	32.9	3.1	8.2	1.3	27.0^#	5.4	40.1	4.7
1997	29.5	3.6	21.8^#	6.5	26.4	3.9	32.6^#	5.9
1996	31.0	4.5	20.1^#	5.2	31.3^#	7.2	32.3^#	5.8
1995	27.8	3.5	25.0^#	11.2	30.6^#	7.1	26.6	3.7
1994	25.8	2.9	9.7^#	2.9	21.1^#	5.0	30.2	4.2
1993	34.4	3.9	29.8^#	14.8	26.6	3.7	39.2	6.0
1992	25.0	2.9	7.5^#	1.8	23.6	2.5	28.8	4.6
1991	27.5	2.4	17.6^#	6.0	23.3	3.2	32.2	3.5
Native American/Alaska Native
2005	38.4^#	8.2	–	–	65.6^#	28.4	32.0^#	5.7
2004	39.8^#	8.4	–	–	29.2^#	9.1	51.0^#	17.2
2003	41.3^#	10.1	–	–	29.1^#	7.1	34.2^#	8.3
2002	47.5^#	14.5	–	–	77.1^#	38.3	28.5^#	7.4
2001	54.3^#	17.1	–	–	74.1^#	25.5	34.1^#	10.4
2000	42.3^#	11.4	–	–	38.5^#	9.9	53.5^#	23.2
1999	27.7	4.6	–	–	38.3^#	7.8	18.1	2.7
Asian, Native HI/Other PI
2005	14.6	2.1	–	–	10.1^#	2.4	17.0	2.8
2004	18.8^#	4.3	14.8^#	5.6	14.2^#	5.5	21.2^#	6.4
2003	30.8^#	5.6	–	–	17.7^#	5.5	32.8^#	6.8
2002	25.2^#	6.5	–	–	16.3^#	4.2	28.8^#	8.8
2001	19.0	3.3	4.0^#	1.6	17.8^#	5.9	20.7^#	4.2
2000	29.2^#	5.8	–	–	20.9^#	8.8	31.1^#	7.0
1999	34.7^#	8.8	–	–	48.5^#	19.9	29.2^#	9.5
More than one race
2005	45.8^#	9.2	21.0^#	8.8	42.3^#	10.0	51.3^#	14.4
2004	34.8	5.9	10.8^#	3.0	33.0^#	9.9	39.0^#	8.4
2003	22.3	3.0	14.2^#	4.7	25.3^#	6.7	22.0	3.8
2002	46.1	7.6	39.9^#	26.2	31.3^#	10.5	53.7^#	10.5
2001	40.4^#	12.3	–	–	22.7^#	6.1	53.2^#	20.1
2000	43.2^#	13.4	13.3^#	3.3	46.5^#	22.2	46.3^#	20.3
1999	70.7^#	27.5	–	–	111.1^#	80.3	44.1^#	8.6
Male
All races
2005	45.0	1.7	13.6	2.0	36.7	2.4	50.9	2.5
2004	47.5	2.3	16.1^#	5.3	33.7	2.0	57.4	3.1
2003	45.7	1.8	25.3^#	5.4	36.8	2.3	51.9	2.5
2002	47.7	1.5	19.3^#	3.6	41.3	2.6	53.6	2.1
2001	50.4	2.2	16.0	2.8	42.4	2.9	57.6	3.1
2000	61.6	2.9	36.5^#	11.3	55.6	4.2	67.1	3.8
1999	64.5	3.0	28.3^#	5.1	58.2	4.9	71.1	4.0
1998	39.6	3.0	17.9^#	4.6	32.9	4.1	44.9	4.4
1997	45.0	5.2	24.8^#	9.6	32.1	4.1	53.8	7.8
1996	42.0	2.5	40.1^#	12.0	33.4	4.0	46.6	3.7
1995	40.7	4.0	35.3^#	17.0	38.5^#	7.3	43.1	4.1
1994	35.7	2.6	20.5^#	9.0	24.2	2.5	41.5	3.5
1993	44.6	5.4	54.4^#	35.3	35.7^#	8.3	48.0	8.0
1992	34.5	2.9	21.8^#	12.8	22.4	3.1	41.0	3.9
1991	42.0	3.3	11.1^#	2.3	39.0	5.0	46.8	4.2
Non-Hispanic White
2005	47.4	1.8	13.4^#	2.2	38.7	3.0	53.3	2.4
2004	49.5	2.1	18.2^#	7.0	37.0	2.4	58.7	3.2
2003	48.1	2.0	22.6^#	5.0	38.8	2.8	55.4	2.7
2002	51.7	1.8	21.5^#	5.0	44.6	3.0	58.1	2.4
2001	54.3	2.7	17.0^#	3.6	44.2	3.5	62.7	3.8
2000	62.2	2.9	41.3^#	14.3	55.4	4.7	67.8	3.5
1999	65.0	3.2	27.5^#	5.4	58.6	5.3	72.2	4.2
1998	41.5	3.8	21.0^#	5.7	33.7	5.0	47.7	5.6
1997	45.9	6.6	25.1^#	12.7	31.6	5.2	55.1	9.5
1996	45.1	3.1	43.6^#	14.4	32.2	4.9	51.9	4.5
1995	40.2	4.4	36.6^#	19.9	28.1	3.0	48.8	5.3
1994	35.3	3.0	22.6^#	12.5	24.6	3.1	40.9	3.9
1993	49.1	7.0	64.9^#	48.9	40.2^#	11.3	51.9^#	10.4
1992	37.5	3.6	27.4^#	17.0	23.8	3.8	44.5	4.7
1991	45.0	4.2	8.4^#	2.3	41.0	6.6	50.2	5.2
Non-Hispanic Black
2005	32.9^#	12.4	10.1^#	4.3	19.6^#	5.2	41.0^#	18.1
2004	26.7	3.2	11.4^#	7.6	16.0^#	3.1	32.4	4.8
2003	27.0^#	5.6	5.7^#	1.8	10.3^#	2.4	34.4^#	7.7
2002	26.5	4.0	14.7^#	6.6	22.0^#	5.2	29.5^#	5.6
2001	29.2	4.0	4.7^#	1.1	23.1^#	6.0	34.0	5.4
2000	62.0^#	16.1	10.0^#	3.9	79.5^#	30.9	62.5^#	20.4
1999	51.2^#	11.2	24.9^#	20.1	28.3^#	8.0	60.0^#	14.7
1998	26.8^#	6.1	7.2^#	2.8	18.6^#	4.9	31.8^#	8.3
1997	34.3^#	10.7	24.6^#	12.6	18.6^#	3.5	46.3^#	20.1
1996	25.2^#	5.5	–	–	16.4^#	3.6	29.3^#	8.0
1995	25.0^#	7.1	34.7^#	18.0	28.4^#	16.8	20.6^#	4.9
1994	45.1^#	10.9	22.2^#	9.3	12.5^#	3.3	60.0^#	16.8
1993	22.9^#	4.2	5.7^#	2.8	19.5^#	7.7	25.2^#	5.7
1992	21.5^#	5.4	5.5^#	1.8	13.8^#	3.2	27.2^#	8.2
1991	35.4	5.4	13.8^#	8.2	35.1^#	10.4	38.6	6.7
Hispanic
2005	45.0	4.2	15.5^#	5.5	39.5^#	8.8	50.3	5.6
2004	58.1	9.7	8.7^#	2.6	30.8	5.0	78.8^#	15.0
2003	48.4	5.6	39.4^#	23.0	40.5	5.7	52.5	7.7
2002	39.8	3.9	15.0^#	4.3	37.2^#	7.5	45.4	5.2
2001	44.0	5.5	20.7^#	5.7	42.0^#	8.1	47.2	7.8
2000	63.8	8.9	24.0^#	11.0	52.8^#	9.7	73.4^#	13.5
1999	71.7	10.8	37.8^#	19.7	54.6^#	10.3	85.2^#	16.5
1998	45.0	5.4	9.4^#	2.6	38.7^#	9.5	50.6	6.9
1997	39.9	6.0	26.9^#	9.0	34.2^#	6.3	44.6^#	9.1
1996	39.9	6.8	21.4^#	8.2	45.3^#	11.8	38.0^#	8.4
1995	37.0	5.5	10.0^#	4.9	46.4^#	11.4	33.7	5.3
1994	35.7	4.8	8.2^#	4.3	35.2^#	10.0	37.3	6.2
1993	42.2	5.3	37.9^#	23.8	31.6	5.3	48.0	7.8
1992	31.4	4.6	4.6^#	1.2	24.1^#	4.3	38.5	6.7
1991	33.9	3.3	22.5^#	9.1	30.5^#	5.7	37.5	4.5
Native American/Alaska Native
2005	51.6^#	13.4	–	–	102.5^#	49.6	41.5^#	8.3
2004	37.1^#	13.6	–	–	29.7^#	13.3	47.3^#	23.3
2003	62.3^#	20.7	–	–	31.6^#	9.3	52.8^#	15.4
2002	40.1^#	11.5	–	–	–	–	38.5^#	14.3
2001	77.0^#	22.9	–	–	93.0^#	29.1	55.2^#	19.8
2000	29.7^#	10.2	–	–	53.4^#	20.4	19.4^#	9.4
1999	30.6^#	7.8	–	–	40.9^#	14.1	20.6	3.2
Asian, Native HI/Other PI
2005	20.8^#	4.3	–	–	15.4^#	4.5	25.4^#	6.1
2004	17.0^#	3.2	–	–	13.9^#	7.3	19.2^#	4.0
2003	34.5^#	8.9	–	–	36.7^#	14.0	34.2^#	10.2
2002	34.3^#	12.0	–	–	21.0^#	8.2	39.3^#	15.4
2001	20.2^#	3.6	–	–	19.7^#	7.5	21.9^#	4.0
2000	41.2^#	10.6	–	–	33.8^#	18.5	41.6^#	12.7
1999	46.8^#	14.7	–	–	58.5^#	28.0	43.4^#	17.8
More than one race
2005	41.3	7.2	–	–	30.4^#	11.1	45.4^#	9.4
2004	46.5^#	10.0	5.3^#	1.6	48.2^#	19.6	48.6^#	10.5
2003	23.8^#	4.7	9.1^#	2.2	24.0^#	8.1	27.1^#	7.5
2002	64.6^#	11.8	–	–	39.2^#	17.8	79.9^#	15.2
2001	64.9^#	27.9	–	–	37.2^#	14.4	87.6^#	46.7
2000	44.4^#	20.1	–	–	11.7^#	3.1	64.2^#	32.0
1999	101.1^#	50.7	–	–	207.9^#	149.2	53.4^#	10.8
Female
All races
2005	24.6	1.1	13.6	2.3	21.3	1.4	27.7	1.4
2004	25.4	1.0	13.8	2.0	24.8	1.7	27.3	1.5
2003	24.0	0.9	13.1	2.0	22.7	1.5	26.4	1.3
2002	27.1	1.3	18.3	2.0	25.6	2.4	29.2	1.8
2001	26.9	1.4	20.5^#	6.7	27.0	2.2	27.7	2.0
2000	34.7	1.8	19.0	2.7	34.0	3.1	37.2	2.4
1999	35.7	2.4	28.2^#	7.1	33.5	3.4	37.6	3.3
1998	22.8^#	4.1	11.5^#	2.6	19.1	2.3	26.4^#	6.3
1997	16.3	1.1	12.6^#	2.4	18.5	2.0	15.4	1.5
1996	15.9	1.4	10.5^#	2.3	14.6^#	3.1	17.7	1.6
1995	14.6	1.0	16.9^#	4.1	14.4	1.8	14.2	1.5
1994	16.0	1.1	11.6^#	2.5	13.0	1.5	18.4	1.7
1993	18.6	2.9	7.5^#	3.4	12.8	1.3	23.2^#	5.3
1992	20.7	2.7	5.8^#	1.1	14.6	1.7	24.9	3.9
1991	24.6	2.7	12.7^#	2.8	25.1	3.7	25.5	3.6
Non-Hispanic White
2005	26.8	1.2	16.9^#	3.4	23.2	1.6	29.7	1.5
2004	27.2	1.2	14.4	2.2	27.0	2.3	29.0	1.6
2003	26.0	1.1	13.5	2.2	26.0	1.8	28.0	1.6
2002	28.4	1.4	17.6	2.8	23.8	1.8	32.3	2.0
2001	28.1	1.5	24.2^#	8.7	28.7	2.6	28.3	1.8
2000	36.5	2.2	21.0	3.5	33.8	3.3	39.9	3.0
1999	37.2	2.8	27.5^#	8.3	34.9	3.8	39.3	3.9
1998	25.7^#	5.4	13.0^#	3.6	20.1	2.8	30.2^#	8.3
1997	18.1	1.4	12.6^#	3.1	19.8	2.5	17.7	2.0
1996	15.5	1.9	9.6^#	2.8	15.5^#	4.1	16.4	1.7
1995	14.4	1.1	11.5^#	2.4	15.5	2.3	14.3	1.7
1994	17.3	1.4	9.4	1.5	15.2	2.0	19.5	2.0
1993	19.7^#	4.2	4.1^#	0.8	12.3	1.4	25.5^#	6.8
1992	22.7	3.4	5.2^#	1.0	13.7	1.9	28.4	4.7
1991	27.2	3.5	16.5^#	4.5	28.6	4.8	27.4	4.6
Non-Hispanic Black
2005	10.8	1.2	3.7^#	0.8	9.5^#	2.7	12.8	1.5
2004	15.8^#	3.1	4.4^#	0.9	11.5^#	2.5	18.6^#	4.9
2003	11.3	1.7	8.1^#	3.1	5.7	0.9	14.2^#	2.7
2002	21.4^#	6.4	15.1^#	7.5	43.2^#	19.2	10.5	1.2
2001	23.3^#	8.3	8.0^#	4.2	13.8^#	2.7	29.3^#	13.2
2000	23.2^#	4.3	10.2^#	3.9	18.0^#	3.2	27.0^#	6.4
1999	33.5^#	7.3	7.9^#	3.3	38.4^#	17.0	34.0^#	8.6
1998	12.1^#	2.4	7.2^#	4.4	18.1^#	6.5	9.9^#	2.2
1997	8.7	1.4	9.4^#	3.3	16.5^#	3.2	4.7^#	0.9
1996	16.8^#	3.5	–	–	13.5^#	3.5	19.7^#	5.1
1995	11.1^#	2.7	5.7^#	1.2	11.2^#	5.2	12.0^#	3.5
1994	7.1	0.9	–	–	6.3^#	1.7	6.4	0.7
1993	11.5^#	3.0	3.2^#	0.7	10.6^#	3.0	12.8^#	4.5
1992	11.7^#	2.2	–	–	13.2^#	3.9	11.7^#	2.8
1991	14.7	2.2	3.2^#	0.9	15.5^#	2.9	16.2^#	3.4
Hispanic
2005	21.9	2.6	9.0^#	1.7	17.9	2.6	27.0	4.6
2004	22.3	2.9	13.7^#	6.2	21.4	3.4	24.4	3.8
2003	20.9	2.2	7.2^#	2.2	16.5^#	3.3	27.1	3.5
2002	22.9^#	4.4	16.3^#	4.0	20.2^#	4.1	26.2^#	7.6
2001	25.3	3.7	7.8^#	3.4	32.1^#	7.7	24.6^#	4.8
2000	32.2^#	6.0	14.2^#	4.0	44.0^#	14.5	28.5^#	5.6
1999	28.8	5.0	15.6^#	6.8	24.7^#	7.5	34.7^#	8.4
1998	17.4	2.6	7.7^#	1.6	14.7	2.5	22.5^#	4.8
1997	14.7	1.8	16.5^#	7.1	16.6^#	3.3	13.2^#	2.5
1996	17.6	2.8	19.1^#	6.3	10.5^#	2.7	22.5^#	4.7
1995	15.7	2.7	30.2^#	13.9	8.6^#	2.0	15.7^#	2.8
1994	13.8	2.0	10.2^#	3.5	11.4^#	3.2	16.9^#	3.6
1993	22.4^#	5.0	24.0^#	18.0	18.8^#	5.5	24.0^#	7.7
1992	16.3	2.7	10.7^#	3.4	23.1^#	4.6	12.9^#	3.4
1991	17.7	2.5	11.9^#	6.1	15.6	2.2	21.4^#	4.7
Native American/Alaska Native
2005	18.6	3.0	–	–	23.2^#	10.6	17.5	1.0
2004	41.4^#	10.9	–	–	28.8^#	11.7	52.6^#	22.9
2003	25.8^#	5.8	–	–	27.1^#	9.6	24.2^#	8.1
2002	51.9^#	20.8	–	–	88.7^#	49.1	19.2^#	5.3
2001	22.3^#	7.3	–	–	26.4^#	14.8	16.3^#	5.0
2000	51.0^#	17.9	–	–	29.1^#	9.0	78.6^#	38.6
1999	23.2^#	9.2	–	–	–	–	–	–
Asian, Native HI/Other PI
2005	9.1^#	1.6	–	–	7.1^#	2.3	9.9^#	1.9
2004	21.1^#	9.0	–	–	15.2^#	6.0	23.5^#	12.5
2003	26.8^#	6.6	–	–	10.5^#	6.3	30.7^#	8.1
2002	15.2^#	3.4	–	–	12.7^#	5.0	16.4^#	4.6
2001	18.2^#	5.0	–	–	16.4^#	8.7	19.8^#	6.5
2000	14.0^#	3.5	–	–	10.0^#	2.6	16.0^#	4.7
1999	23.2^#	9.0	–	–	34.2^#	26.9	16.8^#	7.1
More than one race
2005	49.7^#	16.3	10.4^#	3.6	49.7^#	14.1	57.5^#	28.3
2004	25.6^#	5.6	13.4^#	3.8	19.4	2.7	31.7^#	10.4
2003	20.6^#	3.9	20.3^#	9.3	27.4^#	10.6	17.8^#	3.7
2002	31.1^#	8.9	–	–	23.2^#	10.1	30.1^#	10.7
2001	22.8^#	5.7	–	–	11.1^#	3.6	30.1^#	8.7
2000	41.8^#	17.9	–	–	78.2^#	43.2	15.6^#	6.1
1999	39.5^#	15.4	–	–	15.4^#	4.9	33.3^#	12.9

Note: Due to survey design modifications, comparisons of results from before 1999 to 1999–2001 and 2002–2005 need to be made with caution.

– Fewer than 10 respondents in this cell.

^# Estimates are unreliable due to relative standard errors > 17.5%.

Source: Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System. Newes-Adeyi, G.; Chen, C.M.; Williams, G.D.; and Faden, V.B. Surveillance Report #81: Trends in Underage Drinking in the United States, 1991–2005. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research (October 2007).