The
NSDUH Report: Quantity and Frequency of Alcohol Use among
Underage Drinkers
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Highlights
- SAMHSA's
2005 and 2006 National Surveys on Drug Use & Health were combined
to examine the quantity and frequency of alcohol use among drinkers
under the legal age, i.e., drinkers aged 12 to 20.
- Based
on combined data from SAMHSA's 2005 to 2006 National Surveys on Drug
Use & Health, an annual average of 28.3% of underage drinkers (10.8
million persons aged 12 to 20) drank alcohol in the past month.
- Underage
drinkers who drank in the past month used alcohol an average of 5.9
days in the past month and consumed an average of 4.9 alcoholic drinks
per day on the days they drank in the past month.
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This Short
Report, The
NSDUH Report: Quantity and Frequency of Alcohol Use among
Underage Drinkers, is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug
Use and Health conducted by the Office of Applied
Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA). SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and
consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental health measures in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.
SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates
for drug use and for selected mental health measures by State.
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