Table 6-4. NSDUH: Mean number of binge drinking days in the past 30 days, by age, sex, and race/Hispanic origin, among current drinkers ages 12–20, United States, 1991–2005.1
Sex,
Race/Hispanic origin,
and Year		 Age
12–20 12–14 15–17 18–20
Days S.E. Days S.E. Days S.E. Days S.E.
Both Sexes
All races
2005 3.1 0.1 1.3 0.1 2.4 0.1 3.6 0.1
2004 3.1 0.1 1.3 0.2 2.6 0.1 3.6 0.1
2003 3.0 0.1 1.3 0.1 2.5 0.1 3.5 0.1
2002 3.1 0.1 1.6 0.2 2.5 0.1 3.7 0.1
2001 3.2 0.1 1.3 0.1 2.7 0.1 3.7 0.1
2000 3.2 0.1 1.4 0.1 2.8 0.1 3.7 0.1
1999 3.2 0.1 1.5 0.1 2.5 0.1 3.7 0.1
1998 3.3 0.2 1.6 0.3 2.7 0.2 3.9 0.3
1997 2.9 0.2 1.5 0.4 2.5 0.2 3.4 0.3
1996 3.2 0.2 1.9 0.5 2.4 0.2 3.9 0.3
1995 2.7 0.2 1.7 0.4 2.2 0.2 3.2 0.3
1994 2.4 0.2 1.2 0.3 1.6 0.1 3.0 0.3
1993 2.2 0.2 1.0# 0.4 1.6 0.2 2.7 0.3
1992 2.1 0.2 0.9# 0.5 1.3 0.1 2.6 0.2
1991 2.5 0.2 0.5 0.1 2.2 0.2 2.9 0.2
Non-Hispanic White
2005 3.4 0.1 1.3 0.2 2.6 0.1 4.0 0.2
2004 3.3 0.1 1.1 0.1 2.7 0.1 4.0 0.1
2003 3.2 0.1 1.3 0.1 2.7 0.1 3.8 0.1
2002 3.4 0.1 1.6 0.2 2.7 0.1 3.9 0.1
2001 3.5 0.1 1.3 0.2 2.7 0.1 4.2 0.2
2000 3.4 0.1 1.4 0.1 2.9 0.1 4.0 0.1
1999 3.4 0.1 1.5 0.2 2.7 0.1 3.9 0.2
1998 3.7 0.3 2.0 0.4 2.8 0.2 4.3 0.4
1997 3.2 0.3 1.5# 0.6 2.6 0.3 3.7 0.4
1996 3.4 0.3 2.0 0.6 2.4 0.3 4.3 0.4
1995 2.8 0.2 1.7 0.5 2.2 0.2 3.5 0.4
1994 2.6 0.2 1.0 0.3 1.7 0.2 3.2 0.3
1993 2.5 0.3 1.0# 0.6 1.6 0.2 3.1 0.4
1992 2.3 0.2 1.1# 0.6 1.4 0.1 2.9 0.3
1991 2.8 0.2 0.5 0.1 2.5 0.3 3.3 0.2
Non-Hispanic Black
2005 1.5 0.1 0.9 0.2 1.1 0.2 1.7 0.2
2004 1.8 0.2 1.0# 0.4 1.6 0.3 1.9 0.2
2003 1.5 0.1 1.0# 0.4 1.1 0.2 1.8 0.2
2002 1.8 0.2 0.8 0.2 1.7 0.3 2.0 0.2
2001 1.8 0.2 0.9 0.2 1.6 0.2 2.0 0.3
2000 2.0 0.2 0.8 0.2 2.0 0.4 2.2 0.3
1999 2.3 0.2 1.4# 0.7 1.6 0.2 2.6 0.3
1998 1.5 0.3 0.4 0.1 1.4# 0.5 1.7 0.4
1997 1.7 0.4 1.2# 0.8 1.6 0.3 1.8# 0.7
1996 1.9 0.3 1.0# 0.6 1.3 0.3 2.3 0.4
1995 1.6 0.2 1.2# 0.6 1.3# 0.4 1.8 0.3
1994 1.7 0.3 1.5# 0.7 0.4# 0.2 2.5 0.5
1993 0.9 0.2 0.1# 0.1 0.8# 0.4 1.0 0.3
1992 0.9# 0.3 0.1# 0.1 0.8 0.2 1.0# 0.4
1991 1.2 0.2 0.4# 0.2 1.3 0.3 1.4 0.3
Hispanic
2005 2.7 0.2 1.5 0.4 2.2 0.2 3.1 0.3
2004 3.1 0.2 2.3# 0.9 2.7 0.4 3.5 0.3
2003 2.8 0.2 1.5# 0.7 2.2 0.3 3.3 0.3
2002 3.0 0.3 1.9 0.4 2.4 0.3 3.5 0.4
2001 2.6 0.2 1.5 0.4 2.9 0.3 2.7 0.3
2000 3.0 0.2 1.5 0.3 2.9 0.3 3.3 0.4
1999 2.9 0.2 1.4 0.2 2.4 0.2 3.4 0.4
1998 3.5 0.3 0.6# 0.2 3.1 0.7 4.3 0.5
1997 2.8 0.3 2.2# 0.8 2.6 0.4 3.0 0.4
1996 3.1 0.4 2.1 0.6 3.0 0.6 3.4 0.6
1995 2.5 0.4 2.5# 1.3 2.3 0.5 2.7 0.5
1994 2.2 0.4 0.6# 0.3 2.2# 0.8 2.6 0.5
1993 2.3 0.3 1.8# 1.0 2.0 0.3 2.5 0.4
1992 1.9 0.3 0.7# 0.3 1.4 0.2 2.4 0.5
1991 1.8 0.2 0.9# 0.4 1.4 0.2 2.4 0.4
Native American/Alaska Native
2005 4.0 0.6 1.9# 0.6 3.8 0.7 4.4 0.8
2004 4.5# 1.7 – – 6.3# 3.3 2.4# 0.6
2003 2.8 0.4 – – 2.1 0.5 2.7 0.6
2002 2.5 0.4 1.5 0.4 2.7 0.6 2.4 0.6
2001 5.8# 2.5 – – 8.2# 3.8 2.8 0.6
2000 2.7 0.5 – – 2.3 0.6 3.1 0.9
1999 2.3 0.3 – – 2.8 0.3 1.8 0.3
Asian, Native HI/Other PI
2005 1.6 0.3 – – 1.0 0.3 2.0 0.4
2004 1.3 0.2 1.1# 0.5 1.1# 0.4 1.4 0.3
2003 2.7 0.4 – – 2.1# 0.9 2.8 0.5
2002 2.3 0.4 – – 1.1 0.3 2.7 0.6
2001 1.8 0.3 0.3# 0.2 1.9 0.5 1.8 0.3
2000 2.0 0.3 – – 1.5 0.3 2.0 0.4
1999 1.7 0.4 0.8# 0.3 1.2 0.3 1.9# 0.7
More than one race
2005 4.2 0.6 2.3# 1.2 4.6 1.1 4.4 0.7
2004 2.9 0.5 0.9# 0.4 2.2 0.4 3.6 0.9
2003 2.0 0.3 1.0 0.3 2.1 0.3 2.2 0.5
2002 3.9 0.6 2.9# 2.0 1.8 0.4 4.8 0.9
2001 2.8 0.5 – – 2.2 0.6 3.4 0.8
2000 2.7 0.7 1.2 0.3 1.6 0.4 3.7# 1.3
1999 3.0 0.5 – – 2.2# 0.8 3.3 0.6
Male
All races
2005 3.8 0.1 1.3 0.2 3.0 0.2 4.3 0.2
2004 3.8 0.1 1.4 0.3 3.0 0.2 4.4 0.2
2003 3.6 0.1 1.5 0.3 2.9 0.1 4.2 0.2
2002 4.0 0.1 1.6 0.2 3.1 0.1 4.7 0.2
2001 4.0 0.1 1.3 0.2 3.2 0.2 4.7 0.2
2000 3.9 0.1 1.7 0.2 3.3 0.2 4.5 0.2
1999 4.0 0.1 1.6 0.2 3.1 0.1 4.7 0.2
1998 4.3 0.4 2.0 0.5 3.2 0.3 5.1 0.5
1997 4.1 0.3 2.4# 0.9 3.1 0.4 4.8 0.5
1996 4.5 0.3 3.1 0.9 3.4 0.4 5.3 0.4
1995 3.6 0.3 1.9# 0.8 2.9 0.3 4.4 0.4
1994 3.3 0.3 1.3# 0.4 2.2 0.2 4.0 0.4
1993 3.2 0.4 2.0# 0.9 2.2 0.4 3.8 0.5
1992 2.6 0.2 1.3# 0.8 1.7 0.2 3.2 0.3
1991 3.1 0.2 0.5# 0.2 2.5 0.3 3.7 0.3
Non-Hispanic White
2005 4.2 0.2 1.1 0.2 3.2 0.2 4.9 0.2
2004 4.1 0.1 1.1 0.2 3.1 0.2 4.8 0.2
2003 3.9 0.1 1.3 0.2 3.0 0.2 4.7 0.2
2002 4.3 0.1 1.5 0.2 3.3 0.2 5.0 0.2
2001 4.4 0.2 1.2 0.2 3.2 0.2 5.4 0.2
2000 4.2 0.1 1.6 0.2 3.4 0.2 4.8 0.2
1999 4.2 0.2 1.6 0.2 3.2 0.2 5.0 0.2
1998 4.7 0.5 2.7 0.7 3.3 0.4 5.7 0.7
1997 4.2 0.4 2.4# 1.2 3.1 0.5 5.1 0.5
1996 5.0 0.4 3.4# 1.1 3.4 0.5 6.0 0.6
1995 3.8 0.4 2.1# 0.9 2.7 0.3 5.0 0.5
1994 3.5 0.4 1.2# 0.5 2.2 0.2 4.3 0.5
1993 3.6 0.5 2.3# 1.4 2.4 0.5 4.3 0.7
1992 2.8 0.2 1.6# 1.1 1.8 0.2 3.4 0.4
1991 3.5 0.3 0.4 0.1 2.7 0.5 4.2 0.3
Non-Hispanic Black
2005 1.8 0.2 1.1 0.3 1.5 0.4 2.0 0.3
2004 2.4 0.3 1.3# 0.7 1.9 0.5 2.7 0.4
2003 1.9 0.2 0.6# 0.2 1.7 0.4 2.0 0.2
2002 2.3 0.3 0.9# 0.3 1.7 0.4 2.6 0.4
2001 2.3 0.3 1.0# 0.4 1.9 0.3 2.6 0.4
2000 2.6 0.3 1.0# 0.4 2.9 0.6 2.7 0.4
1999 2.6 0.3 2.1# 1.4 1.6 0.3 3.0 0.5
1998 2.0 0.4 0.6# 0.3 1.2# 0.5 2.5 0.6
1997 2.8 0.8 2.3# 1.6 1.9 0.5 3.5# 1.3
1996 2.4 0.5 – – 1.3# 0.4 3.2 0.8
1995 2.2 0.4 2.0# 1.1 1.7 0.5 2.6 0.5
1994 2.7 0.5 2.2# 1.1 0.7# 0.3 3.5 0.8
1993 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 1.1# 0.7 1.3# 0.5
1992 1.4# 0.5 0.2# 0.1 1.0 0.3 1.8# 0.7
1991 1.8 0.3 0.7# 0.4 2.0 0.6 2.0 0.5
Hispanic
2005 3.2 0.3 1.7 0.5 2.9 0.4 3.6 0.4
2004 3.8 0.3 2.9# 1.8 3.3 0.7 4.2 0.6
2003 3.7 0.4 2.7# 1.5 2.9 0.4 4.1 0.5
2002 3.8 0.4 2.0 0.5 2.7 0.5 4.5 0.6
2001 3.2 0.3 2.1 0.6 3.5 0.5 3.2 0.4
2000 3.6 0.3 2.1 0.6 3.0 0.4 4.1 0.5
1999 3.8 0.4 1.4 0.3 3.2 0.4 4.4 0.6
1998 4.5 0.5 0.5# 0.2 4.3 1.1 5.2 0.7
1997 3.7 0.4 2.8# 1.0 3.2 0.5 4.2 0.6
1996 3.9 0.6 2.3# 1.2 3.9 0.9 4.1 0.8
1995 3.2 0.5 0.6# 0.4 3.8 0.8 3.1 0.7
1994 3.2 0.6 0.2# 0.1 4.1# 1.6 3.2 0.7
1993 3.0 0.4 2.5# 1.6 2.6 0.4 3.3 0.5
1992 2.6 0.4 0.7# 0.4 1.8 0.4 3.3 0.6
1991 2.4 0.3 1.2# 0.6 2.0 0.4 2.8 0.5
Native American/Alaska Native
2005 5.4 0.9 – – 5.6 1.1 5.9 1.1
2004 6.9# 3.6 – – 9.1# 5.6 1.8# 0.7
2003 3.8 0.7 – – 2.8 0.8 4.1 1.1
2002 3.5 0.6 – – – – 3.6 0.7
2001 7.5# 3.5 – – 9.3# 4.5 3.6 0.9
2000 2.2# 0.8 – – 2.8# 1.1 2.3# 1.1
1999 2.5 0.5 – – 3.1 0.9 2.0 0.4
Asian, Native HI/Other PI
2005 2.3 0.6 – – 1.1# 0.5 2.9 0.7
2004 1.2 0.2 – – 0.6# 0.2 1.4 0.4
2003 2.9 0.6 – – 4.2# 2.2 2.7 0.6
2002 3.2 0.7 – – 1.3# 0.6 3.8 0.9
2001 2.2 0.4 – – 2.8# 0.9 2.0 0.4
2000 2.5 0.5 – – 2.2 0.5 2.3 0.6
1999 2.5# 0.8 – – 1.3# 0.4 3.2# 1.2
More than one race
2005 4.6 0.9 – – 4.7# 2.2 4.6 1.1
2004 3.3 0.8 0.6# 0.2 2.7 0.8 4.1# 1.5
2003 2.3 0.4 0.9# 0.4 2.5 0.5 2.5# 0.8
2002 5.4 0.9 – – 2.4# 0.8 6.8 1.2
2001 3.8 1.0 – – 3.1# 1.2 4.5# 1.5
2000 3.6# 1.3 – – 0.8# 0.3 5.3# 2.0
1999 3.8 0.8 – – 3.3# 1.5 4.0 0.9
Female
All races
2005 2.3 0.1 1.3 0.2 1.9 0.1 2.7 0.1
2004 2.4 0.1 1.3 0.2 2.2 0.1 2.6 0.2
2003 2.3 0.1 1.2 0.2 2.1 0.1 2.5 0.1
2002 2.2 0.1 1.6 0.2 2.0 0.1 2.4 0.1
2001 2.3 0.1 1.2 0.2 2.1 0.1 2.5 0.1
2000 2.4 0.1 1.2 0.1 2.3 0.1 2.7 0.2
1999 2.3 0.1 1.3 0.2 2.0 0.1 2.6 0.1
1998 2.2 0.3 1.2# 0.4 2.1 0.3 2.4 0.4
1997 1.6 0.1 0.7 0.2 2.0 0.2 1.5 0.2
1996 1.5 0.2 0.8# 0.3 1.3 0.2 1.8 0.2
1995 1.6 0.2 1.4 0.4 1.4 0.2 1.7 0.3
1994 1.4 0.1 1.1# 0.4 1.0 0.2 1.7 0.2
1993 1.1 0.2 0.2# 0.2 0.8 0.1 1.4 0.3
1992 1.4 0.2 0.3# 0.1 0.9 0.2 1.8 0.3
1991 1.7 0.2 0.4# 0.2 1.7 0.3 1.9 0.3
Non-Hispanic White
2005 2.6 0.1 1.4 0.2 2.1 0.1 3.0 0.2
2004 2.6 0.1 1.1 0.2 2.4 0.2 2.9 0.2
2003 2.5 0.1 1.3 0.2 2.4 0.2 2.8 0.2
2002 2.4 0.1 1.6 0.3 2.0 0.1 2.7 0.1
2001 2.5 0.1 1.3 0.2 2.3 0.1 2.8 0.2
2000 2.6 0.1 1.3 0.2 2.3 0.2 3.0 0.2
1999 2.5 0.1 1.3 0.2 2.1 0.1 2.8 0.1
1998 2.5 0.4 1.4 0.4 2.3 0.4 2.8 0.5
1997 1.8 0.2 0.5# 0.2 2.1 0.3 1.9 0.3
1996 1.5 0.2 0.6# 0.3 1.3 0.3 1.8 0.3
1995 1.7 0.2 1.1# 0.4 1.6 0.3 1.8 0.3
1994 1.6 0.2 0.8 0.2 1.3 0.2 1.9 0.3
1993 1.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.2 1.7 0.3
1992 1.7 0.3 0.3# 0.1 0.9 0.2 2.2 0.4
1991 2.0 0.3 0.6# 0.3 2.2 0.4 2.2 0.3
Non-Hispanic Black
2005 1.0 0.1 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.1 1.2 0.2
2004 1.1 0.1 0.6# 0.2 1.3 0.2 1.0 0.1
2003 1.2 0.2 1.3# 0.6 0.6 0.1 1.4 0.2
2002 1.3 0.2 0.8 0.2 1.7 0.4 1.2 0.2
2001 1.3 0.2 0.8 0.2 1.4 0.3 1.3 0.3
2000 1.4 0.2 0.7 0.2 1.2# 0.5 1.5 0.2
1999 1.9 0.4 0.6# 0.2 1.6 0.3 2.1 0.5
1998 0.9# 0.3 0.1# 0.1 1.5# 0.7 0.8# 0.4
1997 0.6# 0.2 0.3# 0.1 1.4# 0.5 0.2# 0.1
1996 1.3 0.3 0.7# 0.6 1.4# 0.5 1.3# 0.4
1995 0.9# 0.3 0.3# 0.2 0.9# 0.5 1.0# 0.4
1994 0.4 0.1 0.6# 0.5 0.3# 0.1 0.4 0.1
1993 0.5# 0.3 0.2# 0.2 0.4# 0.2 0.7# 0.4
1992 0.3# 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.6# 0.2 0.2# 0.1
1991 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4# 0.2 0.7 0.2
Hispanic
2005 1.9 0.2 1.3# 0.6 1.6 0.3 2.3 0.3
2004 2.2 0.3 1.9# 0.6 1.9 0.2 2.5 0.5
2003 1.7 0.2 0.6# 0.2 1.5 0.3 2.1 0.3
2002 2.0 0.3 1.7 0.5 2.1 0.3 2.0 0.5
2001 1.9 0.2 0.9# 0.4 2.2 0.3 1.9 0.3
2000 2.2 0.3 1.1 0.2 2.6 0.4 2.2 0.5
1999 1.7 0.2 1.5 0.3 1.4 0.2 1.9 0.3
1998 1.9 0.4 0.7 0.2 1.6 0.3 2.6 0.7
1997 1.4 0.3 1.7# 1.0 1.9 0.5 1.1# 0.4
1996 1.9 0.4 1.9 0.5 1.4# 0.5 2.2 0.6
1995 1.6 0.4 3.4# 1.8 0.6# 0.2 1.9# 0.6
1994 1.0 0.2 0.7# 0.5 0.4# 0.2 1.5 0.4
1993 1.1 0.2 1.3# 1.1 0.9# 0.3 1.1# 0.4
1992 1.0 0.2 0.6# 0.3 1.1 0.3 1.0 0.3
1991 1.0 0.2 0.5# 0.3 0.7# 0.3 1.4# 0.5
Native American/Alaska Native
2005 1.8 0.4 – – 1.1# 0.7 2.0 0.5
2004 2.7 0.6 – – 3.0 0.7 2.7# 1.1
2003 2.0 0.4 – – 1.4 0.4 1.9# 0.6
2002 1.9 0.4 – – 2.6 0.7 1.4# 0.6
2001 2.7# 1.0 – – 4.2# 2.1 1.7# 0.7
2000 3.0 0.7 – – 2.1# 0.7 3.9# 1.4
1999 2.1 0.5 – – – – – –
Asian, Native HI/Other PI
2005 1.1 0.2 – – 0.9# 0.3 1.2 0.3
2004 1.4 0.3 1.1# 0.6 2.4# 1.1 1.3# 0.4
2003 2.4 0.7 – – 1.3# 0.7 2.8# 0.9
2002 1.3# 0.5 – – 1.0 0.3 1.4# 0.8
2001 1.4 0.4 – – 1.1# 0.4 1.7# 0.6
2000 1.2# 0.4 – – 0.6# 0.2 1.5# 0.6
1999 0.9# 0.3 0.8# 0.3 1.1# 0.6 0.8# 0.3
More than one race
2005 4.0 0.8 0.8 0.2 4.5 1.2 4.3# 1.3
2004 2.6 0.6 1.1# 0.5 1.7 0.4 3.3# 1.0
2003 1.7 0.4 1.1# 0.4 1.3 0.3 1.9# 0.7
2002 2.5 0.7 3.4# 2.2 1.2 0.2 2.8# 1.0
2001 2.0 0.5 – – 1.4# 0.6 2.5# 0.8
2000 1.7 0.4 1.3 0.3 2.3# 0.8 1.2# 0.5
1999 2.2 0.5 – – 1.0 0.3 2.5# 0.8

– Fewer than 10 respondents in this cell.
# Estimates are unreliable due to relative standard errors > 17.5%.
1 Due to survey design modifications, comparison of results from before 1999 to 1999–2001 and 2002–2005 need to be made with caution.

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