Percent distribution of days of alcohol use in past month by demographic characteristics: NSDUH (NHSDA), 1994

[dkpat5.htm, updated 3/04]


Demographic characteristic	None	1–4 days	5–19 days	20–30 days
Total
2002	49.0*	24.6*	18.0*	8.4*
2001	51.7*	24.3*	16.7*	7.4*
2000	53.4*	24.5*	15.5*	6.6*
1999	53.6*	23.6*	15.8*	7.1*
1998	50.6	26.5	15.7	7.2
1997	51.0	27.5	14.8	6.7
1996	51.5	27.5	14.0	7.1
1995	49.9	27.4	16.0	6.7
1994	49.5	28.8	15.3	6.4

Sex
Male
2002	42.6*	23.4*	21.8*	12.2*
2001	45.2*	23.3*	20.6*	10.8*
2000	46.4*	24.4*	19.6*	9.6*
1999	46.8*	23.2*	19.7*	10.3*
1998	43.2	26.6	19.8	10.5
1997	43.7	27.2	19.2	9.9
1996	43.2	27.8	18.8	10.2
1995	41.8	26.4	21.6	10.3
1994	42.4	28.8	20.2	8.5
Female
2002	55.1*	25.7*	14.4*	4.9*
2001	57.7*	25.1*	13.1*	4.1*
2000	59.8*	24.6*	11.6*	3.9*
1999	59.8*	24.0*	12.1*	4.1*
1998	57.5	26.5	11.8	4.1
1997	58.7	27.9	10.6	3.7
1996	59.1	27.2	9.5	4.2
1995	57.3	28.3	10.9	3.5
1994	56.1	28.7	10.6	4.5

Age Group
12–17 Years
2002	82.4*	11.8*	5.1*	0.7*
2001	82.7*	11.6*	4.9*	0.8*
2000	83.6*	11.2*	4.5*	0.6*
1999	83.5*	11.3*	4.6*	0.6*
1998	83.9	11.3	4.1	0.7
1997	82.6	12.0	4.6	0.8
1996	83.9	11.9	3.6	0.6
1995	82.5	12.4	4.3	0.8
1994	83.2	12.2	4.0	0.6
18–25 Years
2002	39.5*	29.2*	25.5*	5.7*
2001	41.2*	29.0*	24.0*	5.7*
2000	43.2*	29.4*	22.8*	4.6*
1999	42.8*	28.9*	23.3*	5.0*
1998	42.0	30.8	23.6	3.7
1997	43.5	32.6	19.8	4.0
1996	41.9	32.8	22.1	3.2
1995	40.5	35.5	20.5	3.5
1994	40.3	33.3	22.4	4.0
26–34 Years
2002	38.6*	31.7*	23.4*	6.3*
2001	40.1*	32.2*	22.0*	5.7*
2000	41.7*	32.6*	20.9*	4.8*
1999	42.6*	31.4*	20.5*	5.5*
1998	40.8	35.5	19.6	4.0
1997	41.5	35.0	19.3	4.3
1996	40.5	35.4	18.6	5.5
1995	38.8	34.9	21.1	5.2
1994	38.2	37.5	19.0	5.3
35+ Years
2002	47.9*	24.0*	17.3*	10.8*
2001	51.3*	23.5*	15.9*	9.2*
2000	53.2*	23.8*	14.5*	8.5*
1999	53.4*	22.7*	14.9*	9.0*
1998	49.2	25.9	15.0	9.9
1997	49.7	27.2	14.2	8.9
1996	50.8	26.9	12.7	9.5
1995	49.3	26.1	15.6	8.9
1994	49.0	28.1	14.5	8.4

Race/Ethnicity[2]
White non-Hispanic
2002	45.0*	24.8*	20.1*	10.1*
2001	47.3*	25.4*	18.5*	8.8*
2000	49.3*	25.5*	17.3*	7.9*
1999	49.7*	24.5*	17.5*	8.3*
1998	46.6	27.8	17.2	8.4
1997	47.0	28.7	16.5	7.8
1996	47.9	28.6	15.2	8.2
1995	46.0	28.4	17.7	7.8
1994	46.3	29.8	16.6	7.3
Black non-Hispanic
2002	60.1*	21.6*	13.5*	4.9*
2001	64.9*	18.7*	12.4*	4.1*
2000	66.3*	18.7*	10.8*	4.2*
1999	65.7*	19.5*	11.2*	3.6*
1998	63.4	21.3	11.2	4.1
1997	63.4	21.7	10.9	4.0
1996	61.6	22.6	11.4	4.3
1995	63.6	20.5	11.9	4.0
1994	62.0	23.4	10.7	3.9
Hispanic
2002	60.5*	24.0*	12.0*	3.6*
2001	63.9*	19.0*	14.2*	3.0*
2000	60.2*	26.5*	10.4*	3.0*
1999	61.4*	23.1*	11.6*	4.0*
1998	58.8	26.0	12.2	3.0
1997	61.5	25.4	9.9	3.3
1996	60.3	26.9	9.3	3.6
1995	58.6	27.1	11.1	3.1
1994	56.6	28.0	11.9	3.5

Population Density
Large Metro
2002	46.0*	25.9*	19.3*	8.7*
2001	49.4*	25.5*	17.7*	7.4*
2000	49.9*	26.1*	17.0*	7.0*
1999	50.3*	25.3*	17.1*	7.3*
1998	48.4	28.3	16.2	7.1
1997	47.8	29.8	14.8	7.5
1996	48.1	29.8	14.9	7.3
1995	45.7	28.6	19.4	6.3
1994	46.5	30.9	15.9	6.8
Small Metro
2002	48.0*	24.5*	18.6*	8.8*
2001	50.8*	24.0*	17.1*	8.1*
2000	53.6*	24.5*	15.4*	6.4*
1999	53.9*	23.7*	15.1*	7.3*
1998	49.1	26.3	16.7	7.9
1997	50.8	26.9	15.7	6.6
1996	49.5	28.0	14.8	7.7
1995	50.6	27.5	15.0	6.9
1994	49.1	27.4	16.7	6.7
Nonmetro
2002	56.7*	21.9*	14.4*	7.1*
2001	57.3*	22.2*	14.2*	6.3*
2000	59.8*	21.5*	12.5*	6.3*
1999	59.6*	20.1*	13.9*	6.4*
1998	57.4	23.4	13.0	6.2
1997	57.2	24.3	13.1	5.3
1996	61.1	22.4	10.8	5.8
1995	56.6	25.0	11.1	7.3
1994	56.2	26.6	11.8	5.4

Region
Northeast
1999–2002	NA	NA	NA	NA
1998	46.4	30.6	16.1	6.9
1997	48.0	31.4	14.3	6.4
1996	47.3	29.0	15.6	8.1
1995	48.0	28.8	15.9	7.4
1994	47.2	29.3	16.9	6.6
Midwest
1999–2002	NA	NA	NA	NA
1998	44.3	28.7	19.6	7.4
1997	46.9	31.0	15.5	6.6
1996	47.8	29.2	16.1	6.9
1995	43.4	30.7	17.5	8.4
1994	46.5	31.5	16.3	5.8
South
1999–2002	NA	NA	NA	NA
1998	56.7	23.3	13.3	6.6
1997	55.3	24.0	14.4	6.3
1996	55.6	25.2	12.8	6.4
1995	55.7	24.3	14.4	5.7
1994	54.5	24.7	14.8	6.0
West
1999–2002	NA	NA	NA	NA
1998	51.2	25.9	14.9	8.0
1997	50.4	26.9	15.0	7.7
1996	52.7	27.9	11.8	7.6
1995	49.3	27.4	17.2	6.1
1994	46.9	32.0	13.4	7.8

Adult Education[3]
Less than high school
2002	62.2*	18.6*	12.0*	7.1*
2001	66.6*	17.3*	9.9*	6.3*
2000	65.9*	19.0*	9.8*	5.4*
1999	66.7*	17.1*	11.2*	5.0*
1998	63.2	20.8	10.7	5.4
1997	65.7	20.1	10.2	4.0
1996	64.1	20.7	9.4	5.8
1995	62.3	19.3	11.4	7.0
1994	60.5	23.1	10.9	5.5
High school graduate
2002	48.5*	25.6*	18.1*	7.9*
2001	52.0*	25.4*	16.1*	6.5*
2000	54.5*	23.7*	14.7*	7.1*
1999	53.8*	23.6*	15.5*	7.1*
1998	50.7	27.6	14.6	7.1
1997	48.6	30.9	13.9	6.6
1996	48.7	29.6	14.7	7.0
1995	49.9	30.5	12.0	7.6
1994	49.9	29.4	14.7	6.1
Some college
2002	41.1*	29.2*	20.2*	9.6*
2001	43.8*	27.6*	20.2*	8.3*
2000	45.3*	29.9*	17.5*	7.3*
1999	44.2*	29.3*	18.5*	8.0*
1998	41.4	31.1	19.1	8.5
1997	43.9	32.7	16.9	6.5
1996	44.3	33.9	16.2	5.6
1995	41.0	32.0	20.1	6.9
1994	40.5	33.5	19.3	6.7
College graduate
2002	32.8*	28.8*	26.0*	12.4*
2001	34.8*	30.0*	23.9*	11.3*
2000	36.4*	30.6*	23.9*	9.1*
1999	37.4*	29.1*	22.5*	11.0*
1998	35.6	31.7	22.5	10.2
1997	34.6	31.2	22.3	11.9
1996	35.5	31.8	19.8	12.9
1995	33.1	31.9	27.0	8.0
1994	32.5	36.1	21.1	10.4

Current Employment[4]
Full-time
2002	38.2*	29.3*	22.9*	9.6*
2001	40.7*	29.0*	21.3*	9.1*
2000	42.8*	29.6*	20.0*	7.6*
1999	43.4*	28.1*	20.1*	8.4*
1998	39.2	32.1	20.3	8.4
1997	39.7	33.7	19.5	7.1
1996	39.2	33.8	19.4	7.6
1995	37.3	33.1	21.1	8.4
1994	37.7	35.2	20.2	7.0
Part-time
2002	41.2*	29.1*	21.6*	8.2*
2001	46.0*	27.6*	19.6*	6.8*
2000	48.5*	28.9*	17.2*	5.4*
1999	46.9*	29.5*	18.0*	5.5*
1998	43.4	32.0	18.0	6.5
1997	46.1	31.1	15.3	7.5
1996	47.6	30.7	16.6	5.2
1995	44.9	31.3	19.1	4.7
1994	38.1	34.4	17.7	9.9
Unemployed
2002	41.9*	26.6*	20.9*	10.6*
2001	48.5*	24.4*	20.4*	6.7*
2000	51.3*	24.0*	17.3*	7.4*
1999	47.9*	22.9*	20.9*	8.3*
1998	42.8	30.4	16.3	10.6
1997	42.8	29.4	20.0	7.7
1996	45.5	28.0	17.2	9.4
1995	40.1	30.4	20.1	9.5
1994	46.0	30.8	16.0	7.2
Other[5]
2002	61.0*	18.1*	11.7*	9.1*
2001	63.6*	18.7*	10.8*	7.0*
2000	65.1*	17.7*	9.7*	7.5*
1999	64.9*	17.3*	10.1*	7.7*
1998	61.3	20.3	11.0	7.4
1997	61.3	21.3	9.6	7.9
1996	61.2	22.0	7.7	9.1
1995	61.5	21.7	10.2	6.5
1994	61.3	22.0	10.4	6.3

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.