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|
Sex and year |
Drinking Level[1] |
|
Abstainer |
Light |
Moderate |
Heavier |
|
Both sexes |
|
|
|
|
|
1988 |
43 |
30 |
19 |
8 |
|
1983 |
39 |
30 |
21 |
10 |
|
1979 |
33 |
34 |
24 |
9 |
|
1976 |
33 |
38 |
19 |
10 |
|
1975 |
36 |
31 |
21 |
12 |
|
1974 |
36 |
28 |
28 |
11 |
|
1973 |
34 |
29 |
23 |
14 |
|
1971 |
36 |
34 |
20 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Male |
|
|
|
|
|
1988 |
32 |
30 |
25 |
13 |
|
1983 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
16 |
|
1979 |
25 |
29 |
31 |
14 |
|
1976 |
26 |
33 |
24 |
18 |
|
1975 |
27 |
27 |
26 |
20 |
|
1974 |
24 |
24 |
34 |
18 |
|
1973 |
25 |
24 |
29 |
22 |
|
1971 |
30 |
29 |
26 |
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Female |
|
|
|
|
|
1988 |
53 |
30 |
14 |
3 |
|
1983 |
50 |
30 |
15 |
4 |
|
1979 |
40 |
38 |
18 |
4 |
|
1976 |
39 |
44 |
15 |
3 |
|
1975 |
45 |
35 |
15 |
4 |
|
1974 |
42 |
32 |
21 |
5 |
|
1973 |
42 |
35 |
17 |
6 |
|
1971 |
42 |
40 |
13 |
5 |
Notes. Data for 1971-79 are from NIAAA's National Survey on Drinking. Data for 1983 and 1988 are from the National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics.
[1] Drinking levels defined in ounces of absolute alcohol (ethanol) consumed per day on average as follows: abstain, less than 0.01; light, 0.01-0.21; moderate, 0.22-0.99; heavier, 1.00 or more.
Sources: Clark, W.B.; Midanik, L.; and Knupfer, G. Report on the 1979 National Survey, University of California. Contract No. ADM 281-77-0021. Prepared for NIAAA, (December 1981) and Department of Health and Human Services. Health United States, 1991, p. 209, Pub. No. (PHS) 92-1232 (May 1992).