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Alcohol Use Statistics
This report presents a first look at results from
the 2008 National Survey on Drug Use
and Health (NSDUH), an annual survey of the civilian,
noninstitutionalized population of the United States
aged 12 years old or older. The report presents
national estimates of rates of use, numbers of users,
and other measures related to illicit drugs, alcohol,
and tobacco products. Measures related to mental
health problems also are presented, including
data on serious mental illness, depression, and
the co-occurrence of substance use and mental health
problems. The report focuses on trends between 2007
and 2008 and from 2002 to 2008, as well as differences
across population subgroups in 2008.
Past Year Perceived
Need for and Effort Made to Receive Specialty Treatment
among Persons Aged 12 or Older Needing, But Not
Receiving Treatment for Illicit Drug or Alcohol
Use: 2008
Alcohol Use
• Slightly more than half of
Americans aged 12 or older reported being current
drinkers of alcohol in the 2008 survey (51.6 percent).
This translates to an estimated 129.0 million people,
which was similar to the 2007 estimate of 126.8
million people (51.1 percent).
•
In 2008, more than one fifth (23.3 percent) of persons
aged 12 or older participated in binge drinking.
This translates to about 58.1 million people, similar
to the estimate in 2007. Binge drinking is defined
as having five or more drinks on the same occasion
on at least 1 day in the 30 days prior to the survey.
• In 2008, heavy drinking was reported
by 6.9 percent of the population aged 12 or older,
or 17.3 million people. This rate was the same as
the rate of heavy drinking in 2007. Heavy drinking
is defined as binge drinking on at least 5 days
in the past 30 days.
• Among
young adults aged 18 to 25 in 2008, the rate of
binge drinking was 41.0 percent, and the rate of
heavy drinking was 14.5 percent. These rates were
similar to the rates in 2007.
•
The rate of current alcohol use among youths aged
12 to 17 was 14.6 percent in 2008, which is lower
than the 2007 rate (15.9 percent). Youth binge and
heavy drinking rates in 2008 were 8.8 percent (lower
than the 9.7 percent rate in 2007) and 2.0 percent,
respectively.
• Past month and
binge drinking rates among underage persons (aged
12 to 20) declined between 2002 and 2008. The rate
of past month underage drinking declined from 28.8
to 26.4 percent, and the rate of past month binge
drinking declined from 19.3 to 17.4 percent.
• Among persons aged 12 to 20, past
month alcohol use rates in 2008 were 17.2 percent
among Asians, 19.0 percent among blacks, 22.9 percent
among those reporting two or more races, 23.1 percent
among Hispanics, 26.4 percent among American Indians
or Alaska Natives, and 30.1 percent among whites.
• In 2008, 56.2 percent of current
drinkers aged 12 to 20 reported that their last
use of alcohol in the past month occurred in someone
else's home, and 29.6 percent reported that it had
occurred in their own home. About one third (30.8
percent) paid for the alcohol the last time they
drank, including 8.3 percent who purchased the alcohol
themselves and 22.3 percent who gave money to someone
else to purchase it. Among those who did not pay
for the alcohol they last drank, 37.4 percent got
it from an unrelated person aged 21 or older, 21.1
percent from another person under 21 years of age,
and 21.0 percent from a parent, guardian, or other
adult family member.
• In 2008,
an estimated 12.4 percent of persons aged 12 or
older drove under the influence of alcohol at least
once in the past year. This percentage has dropped
since 2002, when it was 14.2 percent. The rate of
driving under the influence of alcohol was highest
among persons aged 21 to 25 (26.1 percent).
Data are presented for racial/ethnic groups based
on current guidelines for collecting and reporting
race and ethnicity data (Office of Management and
Budget [OMB], 1997). Because respondents were allowed
to choose more than one racial group, a "two
or more races" category is presented that includes
persons who reported more than one category among
the basic groups listed in the survey question (white,
black or African American, American Indian or Alaska
Native, Native Hawaiian, Other Pacific Islander,
Asian, Other). Respondents choosing both Native
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander but no other
categories mentioned above are classified in the
combined "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
Islander" category instead of the "two
or more race" category. It should be noted
that, except for the "Hispanic or Latino"
group, the racial/ethnic groups discussed in this
report include only non-Hispanics. The category
"Hispanic or Latino" includes Hispanics
of any race.
Data also are presented for four U.S. geographic
regions and nine geographic divisions within these
regions. These regions and divisions, defined by
the U.S. Census Bureau, consist of the following
groups of States:
Northeast
Region - New England
Division: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont; Middle Atlantic
Division: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania.
Midwest Region
- East North Central Division: Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin; West North Central Division:
Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North
Dakota, South Dakota.
South Region
- South Atlantic Division: Delaware, District of
Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia; East South
Central Division: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi,
Tennessee; West South Central Division: Arkansas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas.
West Region
- Mountain Division: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming; Pacific Division:
Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington.
Source: Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
(2009). Results from the 2008 National Survey on
Drug Use and Health: National Findings (Office of
Applied Studies, NSDUH Series H-36, HHS Publication
No. SMA 09-4434). Rockville, MD.
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