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Drinking status and health conditions
Both sexes/ages 18 and older
Sex
Rate
S.E.
Male
Female
Total
Hardening of the arteries or arteriosclerosis
15.80
0.79
17.42
1.27
14.31
0.92
High blood pressure or hypertension
185.24
3.86
171.30
4.56
198.07
4.25
Cirrhosis of the liver
2.15
0.28
3.17
0.52
1.22
0.25
Any other form of liver disease
5.26
0.42
6.31
0.68
4.30
0.44
Chest pain or angina pectoris
37.56
1.47
34.56
1.83
40.32
1.91
Rapid heart beat or tachycardia
39.31
1.48
29.51
1.64
48.33
2.18
Heart attack or myocardial infarction
8.93
0.55
10.73
0.83
7.27
0.64
Any other form of heart disease
27.25
1.16
27.44
1.71
27.07
1.36
Stomach ulcer
23.17
0.96
19.80
1.29
26.27
Gastritis
42.23
1.39
31.45
1.73
52.15
1.95
Arthritis
170.37
4.27
129.88
4.36
207.64
5.22
Schizophrenia or psychotic illness
3.40
0.36
3.30
0.56
3.49
0.46
Any of the above diseases
329.25
6.05
293.78
6.90
361.88
6.57
Current drinker
10.66
13.01
1.21
8.06
152.45
3.36
152.43
4.42
152.46
4.13
1.69
0.35
2.65
0.63
#0.63
0.24
4.26
0.49
4.79
0.69
3.67
0.61
27.46
1.33
27.96
26.91
1.90
30.07
1.44
24.77
35.95
2.02
4.75
0.43
5.96
0.71
19.15
1.11
21.58
16.45
1.32
19.29
0.97
16.85
21.99
1.35
37.41
1.58
29.82
45.83
2.23
138.80
3.81
113.86
166.47
4.89
3.06
0.45
3.12
0.70
3.01
288.80
5.36
270.48
6.68
309.12
6.14
Former drinker
25.48
1.99
30.05
3.65
21.57
2.25
279.66
6.76
263.81
9.75
293.19
8.50
4.60
0.84
6.46
1.65
3.02
0.82
9.87
1.37
12.95
2.47
7.24
65.77
3.82
63.35
5.28
67.83
4.65
63.62
3.46
49.09
4.51
76.02
5.09
18.74
1.94
24.49
2.82
13.84
2.28
47.77
2.87
49.66
4.73
46.15
36.37
2.63
33.68
4.12
38.67
3.37
60.70
3.21
45.53
73.65
4.77
266.46
7.68
217.29
10.26
308.42
9.54
5.67
0.93
4.59
1.15
6.59
1.34
464.89
8.77
428.67
12.22
495.80
10.52
Lifetime abstainer
25.58
2.31
26.68
4.74
25.06
2.67
215.01
8.48
155.65
243.06
#1.46
#1.67
1.10
#1.36
0.54
4.44
0.90
#6.21
2.33
3.60
0.72
47.59
3.15
34.22
4.70
53.91
3.79
49.98
3.61
30.85
4.39
59.02
4.54
14.95
1.72
20.59
3.72
12.29
37.40
3.16
31.95
4.93
39.97
3.71
24.70
2.08
18.25
3.34
27.74
2.70
42.02
2.73
21.37
3.44
51.78
193.83
8.73
103.78
8.42
236.37
10.90
2.39
0.58
#2.61
1.05
#2.28
346.77
11.62
244.77
13.70
394.96
13.33
S.E.: standard error.
#Unreliable estimate with relative standard error > 0.3.
1 Current drinker:1 or more drinks in the past year.Former drinker: at least 1 drink in life, but not in the past year. Lifetime abstainer: never had 1 or more drinks in life.
SOURCE: Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System. Chen, C.M.; Yi, H.; Falk D.E., Stinson, F.S.; Dawson, D.A.; and Grant, B.F. Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorder in the United States: Main Findings from the 2001–2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC). U.S. Alcohol Epidemiologic Data Reference Manual, Vol. 8, Number 1. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (January 2006).