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Having exceeded daily and weekly low-risk drinking limitsand health conditions
Both sexes/ages 18 and older
Sex
Estimate
S.E.
Male
Female
Did not exceed drinking limits
Hardening of the arteries or arteriosclerosis
13.64
1.17
17.41
1.86
10.28
1.22
High blood pressure or hypertension
175.68
4.38
174.98
5.97
176.30
5.11
Cirrhosis of the liver
1.32
0.39
#1.98
0.72
#0.73
0.36
Any other form of liver disease
3.61
0.53
3.68
0.81
3.55
0.73
Chest pain or angina pectoris
31.40
1.92
33.90
2.70
29.17
2.43
Rapid heart beat or tachycardia
33.80
1.95
27.27
2.51
39.63
2.58
Heart attack or myocardial infarction
5.28
0.63
6.94
1.03
3.80
Any other form of heart disease
22.61
1.47
28.22
2.45
17.61
1.56
Stomach ulcer
18.94
1.28
17.44
1.72
20.28
1.70
Gastritis
42.69
2.02
35.72
2.79
48.91
2.72
Arthritis
170.09
5.42
140.79
6.33
196.21
6.85
Schizophrenia or psychotic illness
#2.68
0.82
2.25
0.57
Any of the above diseases
328.23
6.79
309.23
8.98
345.17
7.53
Exceeded daily drinking limits only
4.92
1.01
6.76
1.55
#2.20
1.07
101.43
4.27
104.64
5.77
96.70
6.44
#0.60
0.30
#0.82
0.49
#0.27
0.20
4.14
0.84
4.17
1.11
#4.10
1.30
18.89
1.84
16.75
2.21
22.05
3.14
21.92
1.96
17.03
2.15
29.13
3.52
2.92
0.75
#3.59
1.10
#1.93
0.85
13.45
1.71
12.14
2.09
15.39
2.83
21.06
1.93
17.02
2.46
27.02
29.99
2.54
22.95
3.10
40.37
4.32
88.40
4.45
77.34
5.73
104.73
7.43
3.08
0.74
#1.69
0.67
#5.14
214.07
6.40
203.38
8.35
229.86
9.06
Exceeded weekly or both daily and weekly drinking limits
10.15
1.83
11.69
2.41
#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
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
32.51
26.25
3.83
41.83
5.98
115.82
6.34
102.43
7.36
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.
1Exceeding daily drinking limit: 5+ drinks for men and 4+ drinks for women on one or more occasions or the usual or largest ethanol intake of any beverage type greater than 4.5 drinks for men and greater than 3.5 drinks for women. Exceeding weekly drinking limit: on average more than 14 drinks per week for men and more than 7 drinks per week for women.
2Current 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).