[dkpat18.txt, dated 4/99] Alcohol consumption levels of persons 18 years of age and over, according to sex, United States, selected years, 1971-1988. --------------------------------------------------------------- Drinking Level[1] ------------------------------------------ Sex and year Abstain Light Moderate Heavier --------------------------------------------------------------- Both sexes 1988 43 30 19 8 1983 39 30 21 10 1979 33 34 24 9 1976 33 38 19 10 1975 36 31 21 12 1974 36 28 28 11 1973 34 29 23 14 1971 36 34 20 10 Male 1988 32 30 25 13 1983 28 28 28 16 1979 25 29 31 14 1976 26 33 24 18 1975 27 27 26 20 1974 24 24 34 18 1973 25 24 29 22 1971 30 29 26 15 Female 1988 53 30 14 3 1983 50 30 15 4 1979 40 38 18 4 1976 39 44 15 3 1975 45 35 15 4 1974 42 32 21 5 1973 42 35 17 6 1971 42 40 13 5 --------------------------------------------------------------- Notes. Data for 1971-79 are from NIAAA's National Survey on Drinking. Data for 1983 and 1988 are from the National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics. [1] Drinking levels defined in ounces of absolute alcohol (ethanol) consumed per day on average as follows: abstain, less than 0.01; light, 0.01-0.21; moderate, 0.22-0.99; heavier, 1.00 or more. Sources: Clark, W.B.; Midanik, L.; and Knupfer, G. Report on the 1979 National Survey, University of California. Contract No. ADM 281-77-0021. Prepared for NIAAA, (December 1981) and Department of Health and Human Services. Health United States, 1991, p. 209, Pub. No. (PHS) 92-1232 (May 1992).