[dkpat13.txt, dated 8/95] Distribution of drinking levels of white non-Hispanics and black non-Hispanics by age and sex, NHIS, 1988 (Numbers in thousands). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Drinking Levels* ------------------------------------------------------------------ Sex Light Moderate Heavier and Age Abstainer Drinker Drinker Drinker ---------------- --------------- --------------- -------------- N % N % N % N % ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Both Sexes 18-74 Years White 56,100 43.34 35,000 27.04 27,420 21.18 10,940 8.45 Black 10,840 60.13 3,546 19.67 2,604 14.44 1,038 5.75 18-29 Years White 11,380 33.12 10,840 31.53 8,961 26.08 3,186 9.27 Black 3,468 57.72 1,273 21.18 923 15.36 345 5.73 30-44 Years White 16,730 38.73 12,770 29.57 10,200 23.62 3,490 8.08 Black 3,205 53.11 1,350 22.36 1,078 17.87 402 6.66 45-64 Years White 18,600 50.42 8,691 23.56 6,323 17.14 3,274 8.88 Black 2,989 66.39 767 17.03 517 11.49 229 5.09 65-74 Years White 9,401 62.56 2,704 17.99 1,935 12.87 987 6.57 Black 1,180 79.46 157 10.59 86 5.77 62 4.18 Male 18-74 Years White 20,650 32.84 16,720 26.58 17,110 27.21 8,410 13.37 Black 3,784 46.67 1,715 21.15 1,764 21.76 845 10.42 18-29 Years White 3,945 23.29 4,952 29.23 5,548 32.74 2,498 14.74 Black 1,239 44.81 626 22.65 609 22.02 291 10.52 30-44 Years White 6,132 28.64 6,044 28.23 6,498 30.36 2,733 12.77 Black 1,073 39.60 600 22.14 731 26.96 306 11.29 45-64 Years White 7,205 40.37 4,297 24.08 3,882 21.75 2,465 13.81 Black 1,056 52.64 389 19.41 361 18.00 200 9.95 65-74 Years White 3,372 50.32 1,427 21.30 1,187 17.71 715 10.67 Black 415 66.30 99 15.82 63 10.12 49 7.75 Female 18-74 Years White 35,450 53.26 18,280 27.46 10,300 15.48 2,527 3.80 Black 7,057 71.14 1,831 18.46 840 8.47 192 1.94 18-29 Years White 7,436 42.69 5,883 33.77 3,413 19.59 688 3.95 Black 2,229 68.73 646 19.93 314 9.69 53 1.65 30-44 Years White 10,590 48.64 6,727 30.88 3,703 17.00 757 3.48 Black 2,132 64.12 750 22.54 348 10.45 96 2.88 45-64 Years White 11,390 59.84 4,394 23.08 2,442 12.83 809 4.25 Black 1,932 77.44 377 15.12 156 6.26 29 1.18 65-74 Years White 6,030 72.41 1,277 15.33 748 8.98 272 3.27 Black 764 89.06 58 6.77 22 2.59 13 1.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Source: Unpublished data from the Alcohol/Health Practices Questionnaire of the 1988 National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics.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).