Percent reporting heavy alcohol use[6] in the past month by age group and demographic characteristics: NSDUH (NHSDA), 1994

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Demographic characteristic	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. DHHS Pub. (SMA) 03-3836, 2003.

SAMHSA/OAS, Summary of Findings from the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Volume II. Technical Appendices and Selected Data Tables. DHHS Pub. No. (SMA) 02-3759, 2002.

SAMHSA/OAS, Summary of Findings from the 2000 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. DHHS Pub. No. (SMA) 01-3549, 2001.

SAMHSA/OAS, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Main Findings 1997. DHHS Pub. No. (SMA)99-3295, 1999.

SAMHSA/OAS, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Main Findings 1996. DHHS Pub. No. (SMA)98-3200, 1998.

SAMHSA/OAS, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Main Findings 1995. DHHS Pub. No. (SMA)97-3127, 1997.

SAMHSA/OAS, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Main Findings 1994. DHHS Pub. No. (SMA)96-3085, 1996.

– Low precision; no estimate reported.

* Estimated by Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System from public-use data.

NA Not applicable/not available.

[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.