[dkpat15.txt, dated 9/87] Distribution of Mexican-American, Cuban-American, and Puerto Rican drinking levels by age and sex: Hispanic HANES, 1982/84. (Numbers in thousands) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Drinking Levels* ------------------------------------------------------------------ Sex Light Moderate Heavier and Age Abstainer Drinker Drinker Drinker ---------------- --------------- --------------- -------------- N % N % N % N % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Both Sexes 18-74 Years Mexican-Am. 2,380 44.1 1,484 27.5 1,007 18.7 525 9.7 Cuban-Am. 191 56.3 86 25.5 47 13.9 15 4.4 Puerto Rican 363 53.4 158 23.2 104 15.3 56 8.2 18-29 Years Mexican-Am. 914 41.6 644 29.3 421 19.2 217 9.9 Cuban-Am. 29 39.0 33 44.4 11 14.2 ** ** Puerto Rican 122 48.0 68 26.9 43 17.1 20 8.0 30-44 Years Mexican-Am. 683 38.2 516 28.9 387 21.7 201 11.3 Cuban-Am. 51 49.0 29 27.6 18 17.6 6 5.9 Puerto Rican 123 50.6 62 25.4 39 15.9 20 8.1 45-64 Years Mexican-Am. 595 52.2 279 24.5 165 14.5 101 8.9 Cuban-Am. 84 65.4 21 16.2 17 13.0 7 5.4 Puerto Rican 97 62.3 24 15.3 20 12.9 15 9.5 65-74 Years Mexican-Am. 188 69.2 45 16.4 33 12.2 ** ** Cuban-Am. 27 84.0 3 11.1 ** ** - - Puerto Rican 21 76.2 4 13.3 ** ** ** ** Male 18-74 Years Mexican-Am. 621 23.0 778 28.8 816 30.2 485 18.0 Cuban-Am. 47 30.9 52 34.2 39 25.8 14 9.2 Puerto Rican 80 30.8 64 24.7 71 27.5 44 17.1 18-29 Years Mexican-Am. 259 22.9 342 30.1 333 29.4 199 17.6 Cuban-Am. 7 17.2 21 55.3 8 22.7 ** ** Puerto Rican 26 26.2 28 28.4 29 29.0 16 16.4 30-44 Years Mexican-Am. 158 17.4 248 27.3 320 35.2 184 20.2 Cuban-Am. 8 20.2 14 33.2 14 33.1 5 13.5 Puerto Rican 27 31.8 19 22.5 24 28.4 14 17.2 45-64 Years Mexican-Am. 141 26.5 161 30.3 134 25.2 96 18.1 Cuban-Am. 24 40.0 14 23.7 15 25.5 7 10.8 Puerto Rican 22 33.7 14 21.8 16 25.5 12 19.1 65-74 Years Mexican-Am. 63 40.7 27 21.7 29 22.8 ** ** Cuban-Am-Am. 8 62.2 3 25.6 ** ** - - Puerto Rican 4 48.9 3 26.5 ** ** ** ** Female 18-74 Years Mexican-Am. 1,759 65.3 706 26.2 191 7.1 40 1.5 Cuban-Am. 144 76.9 34 18.4 8 4.3 1 0.4 Puerto Rican 283 67.3 94 22.2 33 7.8 12 2.8 18-29 Years Mexican-Am. 655 61.6 302 25.8 88 8.3 17 1.6 Cuban-Am. 23 60.5 13 33.8 ** ** - - Puerto Rican 96 62.1 40 25.9 15 9.4 4 2.7 30-44 Years Mexican-Am. 525 59.8 268 30.6 67 7.6 18 2.0 Cuban-Am. 42 68.0 15 23.9 5 7.3 ** ** Puerto Rican 95 60.8 43 27.0 14 9.1 5 3.1 45-64 Years Mexican-Am. 454 74.7 118 19.4 31 5.1 ** ** Cuban-Am. 60 88.2 6 9.5 ** ** - - Puerto Rican 76 82.4 10 10.8 4 4.0 3 2.8 65-74 Years Mexican-Am. 125 84.9 18 11.9 ** ** - - Cuban-Am. 19 98.3 - - - - - - Puerto Rican 16 90.2 ** ** - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: Unpublished data from the 1982/84 Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, National Center for Health Statistics. * Abstainer defined as a person who drinks less than 12 drinks per year or a former drinker who has not had a drink in over a year: light drinker drinks up to .21 oz of ethanol daily (up to 3 drinks per week); moderate drinker drinks between .22 and .99 oz of ethanol daily (4 to 13 drinks per week); heavier drinker consumes 1 or more oz of ethanol daily (2 drinks or more a day). ** Estimate not presented, 5 or fewer respondents. - Value is zero.