[dkpat21.txt, updated 3/04] Percent reporting heavy alcohol use[6] in the past month by age group and demographic characteristics: NSDUH (NHSDA), 1994-2002[1]. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Age Group (Years) Demographic ---------------------------------------------- Characteristic 12-17 18-25 26-34 35+ Total --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2002 2.5 14.9 8.9* 5.2* 6.7 2001 2.5 13.6 7.9* 4.2* 5.7 2000 2.6 12.8 7.6* 4.1* 5.6 1999 2.4 13.3 7.5* 4.2* 5.7 1998 2.9 13.4 6.9 4.2 5.7 1997 3.0 10.7 7.3 3.9 5.2 1996 2.9 12.5 6.8 3.7 5.2 1995 2.7 11.6 7.7 3.8 5.4 1994 2.5 12.7 7.7 4.7 6.0 Sex Male 2002 3.1 21.1 14.3* 8.7* 10.8 2001 3.1 19.6 13.2* 7.1* 9.2 2000 3.2 18.4 12.2* 6.8* 8.7 1999 3.0 19.7 12.7* 7.1* 9.2 1998 3.7 19.1 11.5 7.6 9.3 1997 3.7 17.0 11.7 6.7 8.6 1996 4.3 19.7 11.3 6.6 8.9 1995 3.5 18.4 12.7 7.0 9.1 1994 3.0 19.5 12.8 8.1 10.0 Female 2002 1.9 8.7 3.7* 2.0* 3.0 2001 1.9 7.7 2.9* 1.5* 2.6 2000 2.0 7.4 3.2* 1.8* 2.7 1999 1.8 6.9 2.7* 1.7* 2.4 1998 2.0 7.7 2.5 1.3 2.3 1997 2.3 4.3 2.8 1.4 2.1 1996 1.4 5.3 2.5 1.1 1.9 1995 1.9 4.9 2.9 1.0 1.9 1994 1.9 6.1 2.7 1.7 2.4 Race/Ethnicity[2] White non-Hispanic 2002 3.2 19.0 9.8* 5.5* 7.5 2001 3.0 17.1 9.1* 4.4* 6.4 2000 3.1 16.1 8.6* 4.4* 6.2 1999 2.9 15.9 8.7* 4.4* 6.2 1998 3.5 16.4 6.8 4.0 5.8 1997 3.3 12.5 8.1 3.9 5.5 1996 3.1 14.5 7.6 3.4 5.4 1995 3.2 13.8 8.3 3.7 5.6 1994 2.9 15.2 8.1 4.4 6.2 Black non-Hispanic 2002 0.6 5.9 8.6* 4.1* 4.4 2001 0.7 5.3 5.0* 4.2* 4.1 2000 0.8 5.6 5.8* 3.9* 4.0 1999 0.7 6.1 4.5* 3.5* 3.6 1998 0.7 5.9 7.4 4.4 4.7 1997 1.4 5.0 5.2 3.3 3.6 1996 1.7 7.0 5.4 5.2 5.0 1995 0.8 5.2 6.0 4.5 4.4 1994 1.3 6.6 6.0 4.2 4.6 Hispanic 2002 2.2 9.1 7.3* 5.2* 5.9 2001 2.1 8.3 6.4* 2.9* 4.4 2000 2.7 7.5 5.1* 3.3* 4.4 1999 2.1 9.8 6.1* 3.8* 5.4 1998 2.3 10.1 7.3 5.5 6.2 1997 3.8 8.5 6.4 5.7 6.1 1996 3.3 10.1 5.6 5.2 5.9 1995 2.3 7.6 7.8 5.7 6.0 1994 1.6 8.3 8.2 7.5 7.0 Population Density Large Metro 2002 2.2 13.1 8.5* 5.1* 6.3 2001 2.1 12.0 7.8* 4.1* 5.4 2000 2.2 11.2 7.1* 3.9* 5.2 1999 2.2 12.3 6.9* 3.8* 5.2 1998 2.6 10.3 6.8 3.7 4.9 1997 4.0 9.3 6.7 4.4 5.4 1996 2.7 11.8 6.2 3.4 4.9 1995 2.3 12.1 7.3 3.8 5.4 1994 2.2 10.5 8.0 4.7 5.9 Small Metro 2002 2.5 16.9 9.9* 5.7* 7.9 2001 2.5 15.2 8.1* 4.1* 6.2 2000 3.1 14.9 8.5* 4.5* 6.6 1999 2.4 14.2 8.3* 4.2* 6.2 1998 2.3 17.2 6.7 4.7 6.6 1997 2.8 10.9 7.8 3.4 5.0 1996 2.9 12.6 7.4 4.4 5.8 1995 2.2 11.5 9.1 4.0 5.7 1994 2.2 13.9 6.9 5.6 6.5 Nonmetro 2002 3.5 15.9 8.4* 4.5* 6.1 2001 3.5 14.7 7.7* 4.3* 5.9 2000 3.0 13.6 7.0* 3.9* 5.3 1999 3.0 14.1 8.0* 5.0* 6.2 1998 4.1 12.1 7.8 4.6 5.9 1997 1.8 12.9 7.7 3.6 5.1 1996 3.2 13.5 7.1 3.0 5.0 1995 3.9 10.7 6.4 3.4 4.8 1994 3.4 15.4 8.3 3.3 5.7 Region Northeast 2002 2.2 16.5 NA NA 6.7 2001 2.7 16.7 NA NA 5.9 2000 2.8 14.6 NA NA 5.7 1999 2.0 14.9 NA NA 5.5 1998 2.8 12.4 5.7 2.3 4.1 1997 3.6 8.1 8.1 4.0 5.1 1996 2.1 10.9 6.4 3.0 4.4 1995 2.2 13.3 6.6 2.9 4.7 1994 1.5 11.4 6.5 4.5 5.5 Midwest 2002 3.3 19.1 NA NA 8.2 2001 3.3 16.2 NA NA 6.4 2000 2.7 16.0 NA NA 6.5 1999 2.8 16.2 NA NA 6.7 1998 3.2 21.2 9.4 6.5 8.5 1997 3.5 14.3 6.8 4.3 5.9 1996 2.7 13.6 8.7 4.5 6.2 1995 3.4 15.0 9.7 4.8 6.8 1994 2.8 13.5 10.3 5.3 6.8 South 2002 2.3 13.3 NA NA 6.2 2001 1.9 12.2 NA NA 5.7 2000 2.7 11.9 NA NA 5.3 1999 2.3 11.6 NA NA 5.4 1998 2.6 10.9 6.6 4.3 5.4 1997 2.5 10.4 7.9 3.8 5.2 1996 3.8 14.5 6.2 3.3 5.3 1995 2.8 11.3 7.3 2.9 4.7 1994 2.8 13.0 8.0 5.0 6.4 West 2002 2.4 11.9 NA NA 6.2 2001 2.3 11.0 NA NA 5.0 2000 2.4 9.7 NA NA 5.2 1999 2.5 11.5 NA NA 5.1 1998 2.9 10.1 6.1 3.3 4.6 1997 3.1 9.5 6.0 3.3 4.5 1996 2.2 9.5 6.1 3.9 5.0 1995 2.1 7.5 7.2 5.1 5.5 1994 2.4 12.8 5.4 3.5 5.1 Adult Education[3] Less than high school 2002 NA 11.1 9.6* 6.5* 7.8 2001 NA 10.4 10.0* 4.8* 6.2 2000 NA 10.1 7.6* 4.1* 5.9 1999 NA 10.3 9.5* 4.0* 5.7 1998 NA 11.6 10.3 6.0 7.5 1997 NA 11.2 9.9 4.7 6.4 1996 NA 13.6 9.6 4.2 6.5 1995 NA 9.6 12.3 5.1 6.8 1994 NA 13.8 11.8 5.9 7.9 High school graduate 2002 NA 13.8 11.9* 5.2* 7.6 2001 NA 12.4 7.2* 4.7* 6.4 2000 NA 12.0 8.4* 4.8* 6.7 1999 NA 12.6 9.6* 5.1* 6.9 1998 NA 12.0 8.0 4.6 6.3 1997 NA 9.6 7.9 2.7 4.7 1996 NA 11.3 8.3 4.2 6.0 1995 NA 10.9 8.0 5.3 6.6 1994 NA 12.5 8.0 5.2 6.9 Some college 2002 NA 18.0 8.0* 5.4* 8.3 2001 NA 16.1 8.0* 4.7* 7.3 2000 NA 15.4 7.7* 3.7* 6.6 1999 NA 16.0 6.8* 5.0* 7.4 1998 NA 16.3 5.9 3.6 6.6 1997 NA 13.2 5.9 3.6 6.0 1996 NA 13.9 5.8 3.5 6.0 1995 NA 13.1 6.6 2.3 5.4 1994 NA 14.2 6.8 5.1 7.2 College graduate 2002 NA 17.0 6.4* 4.0* 5.4 2001 NA 16.0 7.6* 2.7* 4.6 2000 NA 13.5 6.2* 3.1* 4.5 1999 NA 12.8 5.3* 2.3* 3.7 1998 NA 12.3 5.2 3.0 4.0 1997 NA 6.2 6.4 4.9 5.3 1996 NA 10.3 4.5 2.5 3.6 1995 NA 12.7 5.7 1.9 3.6 1994 NA 8.1 5.8 2.4 3.7 Current Employment[4] Full-time 2002 NA 15.9 9.3* 6.7* 8.4 2001 NA 14.0 9.0* 5.4* 7.2 2000 NA 13.5 8.7* 5.3* 7.1 1999 NA 14.0 8.6* 5.5* 7.3 1998 NA 15.5 8.1 5.8 7.6 1997 NA 11.7 7.9 5.1 6.6 1996 NA 15.5 7.5 4.7 6.8 1995 NA 13.0 8.2 5.0 6.9 1994 NA 13.6 8.9 5.5 7.5 Part-time 2002 NA 14.9 8.0* 4.1* 7.7 2001 NA 14.3 6.4* 2.1* 6.1 2000 NA 13.1 4.5* 2.6* 6.2 1999 NA 13.7 5.2* 2.1* 5.9 1998 NA 11.4 5.9 2.5 5.4 1997 NA 10.5 6.0 1.5 4.9 1996 NA 9.7 6.0 1.3 4.6 1995 NA 8.7 6.1 4.8 6.1 1994 NA 11.2 5.7 4.7 6.6 Unemployed 2002 NA 16.0 16.7* 9.0* 13.3 2001 NA 16.6 12.4* 5.9* 10.4 2000 NA 13.6 9.4* 5.9* 9.6 1999 NA 10.9 11.0* 15.7* 13.1 1998 NA 12.6 8.0 9.8 10.2 1997 NA 10.4 12.2 – 10.4 1996 NA 15.0 11.6 8.5 11.0 1995 NA 13.7 12.8 6.6 10.2 1994 NA 13.7 9.2 9.9 10.8 Other[5] 2002 NA 12.1 5.3* 2.8* 3.8 2001 NA 10.7 2.1* 2.6* 3.4 2000 NA 10.7 3.1* 2.4* 3.4 1999 NA 11.2 2.6* 2.2* 3.0 1998 NA 11.3 1.1 2.2 3.1 1997 NA 8.9 3.3 2.3 3.0 1996 NA 7.8 2.6 2.5 3.1 1995 NA 10.6 4.5 1.7 2.9 1994 NA 12.0 2.7 3.2 4.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources: SAMHSA/OAS, Results from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings. 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No. (SMA)96-3085, 1996. – Low precision; no estimate reported. NA Not applicable/not available. * Estimated by Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System from public-use data. [1] Due to survey methodology changes in 1999, comparisons to results prior to 1999 must be limited. The survey's name was changed from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) in 2002. Each NSDUH respondent beginning in 2002 is given an incentive payment of $30, resulting in a substantial improvement in the survey response rate. [2] Categories for other racial/ethnic groups and non-Hispanic more than one race (introduced since 1999) are not included. [3] Data on adult education are not applicable for youth age 12-17. Total refers to adults age 18 and older. [4] Data on current employment are not applicable for youth age 12-17. Total refers to adults age 18 and older. [5] Retired, disabled, homemaker, student, or other. [6] Heavy alcohol use is defined as drinking 5 or more drinks per occasion on 5 or more days in the past 30 days.