Table 1-7. Percent distribution of frequency of driving after drinking 3 or more drinks in the past year among current drinkers, by sex and age group, according to selected respondent characteristics, United States, 2001

Table 1-7. Percent distribution¹ of frequency of driving after drinking 3 or more drinks in the past year among current drinkers,² by sex and age group, according to selected respondent characteristics, United States, 2001–2002.

Respondent characteristics

Both sexes/
ages 18 and older

Sex

Age group

Estimate

S.E.

Male

Female

18–24 years

25–44 years

45–64 years

65 years and older

Estimate

S.E.

Estimate

S.E.

Estimate

S.E.

Estimate

S.E.

Estimate

S.E.

Estimate

S.E.

Total

Never in the past year

83.38

0.43

76.83

0.65

90.65

0.37

79.37

0.93

80.56

0.64

85.83

0.55

92.87

0.56

1 or 2 times in the past year

7.10

0.23

9.25

0.35

4.72

0.23

9.95

0.70

8.24

0.34

5.87

0.33

2.32

0.29

3 or more times in the past year

8.82

0.30

12.99

0.47

4.20

0.24

10.12

0.64

10.40

0.47

7.63

0.36

4.22

0.46

Race/Ethnicity

White, Not Hispanic or Latino

Never in the past year

82.31

0.44

74.84

0.68

90.21

0.40

76.83

1.06

78.37

0.71

85.24

0.62

92.86

0.58

1 or 2 times in the past year

7.58

0.26

10.01

0.41

5.01

0.26

11.31

0.82

9.12

0.43

6.20

0.37

2.53

0.32

3 or more times in the past year

9.40

0.31

14.20

0.50

4.33

0.27

11.28

0.85

11.61

0.54

7.99

0.42

4.05

0.41

Black, Not Hispanic or Latino

Never in the past year

88.09

0.69

83.64

1.01

92.81

0.76

89.34

1.80

86.37

1.00

89.48

1.19

93.05

1.69

1 or 2 times in the past year

4.53

0.41

5.70

0.61

3.30

0.53

5.26

1.32

5.15

0.55

3.60

0.61

^#1.00

0.69

3 or more times in the past year

6.62

0.50

9.50

0.75

3.57

0.50

4.93

1.19

7.55

0.74

6.34

0.93

5.06

1.39

American Indian/Alaska Native, Not Hispanic or Latino

Never in the past year

79.88

2.18

75.45

3.26

84.98

2.69

74.83

6.02

77.14

3.36

82.76

3.57

91.64

6.37

1 or 2 times in the past year

8.98

1.53

11.83

2.58

^#5.70

1.83

^#13.30

5.27

10.00

2.40

^#8.20

2.68

0.00

3 or more times in the past year

10.47

1.77

12.43

2.86

8.21

2.20

^#11.87

3.65

12.86

2.95

7.39

1.83

^#6.62

6.24

Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Not Hispanic or Latino

Never in the past year

87.76

1.68

83.83

2.24

94.02

1.68

82.58

3.81

89.58

1.53

88.83

2.78

85.31

10.86

1 or 2 times in the past year

5.47

1.03

6.51

1.25

^#3.82

1.57

^#10.22

3.85

4.39

1.10

^#5.40

1.65

0.00

3 or more times in the past year

6.59

1.38

9.38

2.12

^#2.16

0.73

7.20

1.89

6.03

1.27

^#5.04

2.31

^#14.69

10.86

Hispanic or Latino

Never in the past year

86.25

0.85

82.05

1.31

92.39

0.70

82.80

1.69

85.85

1.11

88.34

1.60

96.65

1.36

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.02

0.46

7.59

0.78

3.72

0.49

6.91

0.98

6.75

0.64

4.22

1.01

^#1.22

0.83

3 or more times in the past year

7.00

0.63

9.37

0.94

3.53

0.47

9.48

1.32

7.00

0.86

5.86

0.91

^#1.43

0.93

Marital Status

Married

Never in the past year

86.02

0.42

79.60

0.64

93.62

0.38

85.55

1.86

83.66

0.63

87.01

0.62

92.12

0.78

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.25

0.27

8.63

0.42

3.43

0.26

6.64

1.29

7.51

0.42

5.84

0.42

2.62

0.40

3 or more times in the past year

7.08

0.29

10.91

0.46

2.56

0.24

7.03

1.25

8.13

0.46

6.54

0.39

4.80

0.64

Living with someone as if married

Never in the past year

76.96

1.81

69.25

2.79

85.51

1.88

75.80

3.33

75.42

2.44

82.21

3.68

91.73

6.36

1 or 2 times in the past year

10.56

1.14

12.15

1.72

8.79

1.52

16.30

2.86

9.34

1.47

^#7.55

2.38

^#8.27

6.36

3 or more times in the past year

11.83

1.44

17.86

2.37

5.14

1.15

6.48

1.73

14.67

2.14

10.24

2.71

0.00

Widowed

Never in the past year

93.36

0.75

84.77

2.35

96.06

0.75

—

87.19

4.46

89.88

1.93

95.19

0.81

1 or 2 times in the past year

1.99

0.41

^#4.48

1.36

1.21

0.34

—

^#8.27

3.97

^#1.98

0.67

1.51

0.44

3 or more times in the past year

4.08

0.63

9.15

1.86

2.48

0.58

—

^#4.54

2.29

7.44

1.66

2.74

0.66

Divorced

Never in the past year

78.93

1.00

70.43

1.60

86.20

1.04

65.58

8.22

74.46

1.67

80.95

1.09

91.41

1.69

1 or 2 times in the past year

8.08

0.59

10.61

1.01

5.92

0.69

^#9.71

5.33

10.71

1.08

6.80

0.69

^#2.21

0.84

3 or more times in the past year

12.16

0.83

17.68

1.35

7.44

0.79

^#20.80

7.14

13.88

1.33

11.71

0.96

5.02

1.35

Separated

Never in the past year

78.50

1.91

70.51

3.55

84.70

2.00

75.54

7.75

78.30

2.20

77.09

3.48

94.81

3.30

1 or 2 times in the past year

9.26

1.29

12.63

2.45

6.65

1.34

^#7.55

3.35

11.15

1.81

7.29

1.99

^#2.38

2.36

3 or more times in the past year

11.80

1.51

16.62

2.84

8.06

1.57

^#16.91

7.46

10.21

1.61

14.80

3.10

^#2.81

2.27

Never married

Never in the past year

78.27

1.00

73.23

1.37

84.89

0.94

78.70

1.07

75.53

1.52

85.93

1.57

94.13

1.67

1 or 2 times in the past year

8.94

0.52

9.93

0.71

7.63

0.59

10.10

0.79

8.71

0.69

5.07

0.80

^#1.36

0.89

3 or more times in the past year

11.96

0.69

15.78

0.98

6.93

0.65

10.79

0.74

14.65

1.16

7.30

1.25

^#2.71

1.17

Ever Had Children

Yes

Never in the past year

85.82

0.39

78.94

0.62

92.86

0.34

84.91

1.55

83.26

0.62

86.13

0.58

92.98

0.59

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.03

0.24

8.56

0.38

3.44

0.21

7.35

1.11

7.38

0.38

5.78

0.37

2.25

0.30

3 or more times in the past year

7.55

0.27

11.66

0.46

3.34

0.23

7.17

1.07

8.68

0.46

7.53

0.38

4.30

0.49

Never in the past year

77.72

0.86

72.51

1.15

84.71

0.88

77.95

1.06

74.63

1.20

83.89

1.21

91.82

1.83

1 or 2 times in the past year

9.58

0.46

10.65

0.61

8.14

0.58

10.62

0.80

10.15

0.61

6.48

0.76

^#3.01

0.97

3 or more times in the past year

11.79

0.60

15.71

0.87

6.51

0.55

10.87

0.73

14.21

0.92

8.24

0.95

^#3.43

1.18

Children Ages Under 13 Living in Household

Yes

Never in the past year

84.15

0.60

76.51

1.00

91.46

0.52

86.06

1.42

83.91

0.66

83.95

1.43

83.05

9.66

1 or 2 times in the past year

7.49

0.41

10.13

0.66

4.97

0.40

6.95

1.08

7.38

0.43

8.78

1.20

^#3.01

2.71

3 or more times in the past year

7.77

0.43

12.47

0.76

3.28

0.29

6.76

0.99

8.05

0.48

6.73

0.84

^#13.94

9.69

Never in the past year

83.03

0.47

76.96

0.69

90.24

0.46

77.19

1.11

76.88

0.93

86.15

0.56

93.13

0.52

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.92

0.26

8.88

0.39

4.59

0.28

10.93

0.83

9.19

0.48

5.39

0.36

2.31

0.28

3 or more times in the past year

9.30

0.34

13.21

0.51

4.67

0.32

11.21

0.77

13.00

0.73

7.78

0.39

3.97

0.38

Education

11 years or less

Never in the past year

87.54

0.84

83.67

1.17

93.70

0.83

84.63

1.69

85.35

1.41

87.84

1.38

95.03

0.89

1 or 2 times in the past year

4.82

0.54

6.39

0.77

2.32

0.55

6.32

1.25

6.16

0.95

4.11

0.93

^#1.31

0.55

3 or more times in the past year

6.82

0.57

8.84

0.83

3.62

0.61

8.30

1.23

7.68

0.97

7.19

1.00

2.78

0.66

12 years

Never in the past year

84.02

0.63

76.63

0.99

92.22

0.58

81.85

1.37

82.15

0.99

83.77

1.13

92.68

1.03

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.26

0.37

8.74

0.60

3.52

0.35

9.73

1.09

6.47

0.54

5.66

0.69

2.82

0.56

3 or more times in the past year

9.07

0.47

13.80

0.80

3.83

0.41

7.93

0.93

10.94

0.83

9.57

0.77

3.80

0.76

13–15 years

Never in the past year

81.88

0.58

74.28

0.96

89.15

0.60

76.49

1.42

79.41

0.93

85.79

0.93

93.04

0.99

1 or 2 times in the past year

8.04

0.38

10.40

0.59

5.79

0.43

11.46

1.04

9.15

0.61

5.99

0.68

1.87

0.50

3 or more times in the past year

9.47

0.48

14.45

0.83

4.71

0.38

11.53

1.08

10.56

0.73

7.87

0.64

4.83

0.84

16 or more years

Never in the past year

82.88

0.69

76.63

1.06

90.04

0.72

75.94

2.97

79.13

0.88

86.89

0.93

91.37

1.49

1 or 2 times in the past year

7.69

0.41

9.78

0.63

5.30

0.46

9.61

1.83

9.30

0.56

6.42

0.55

2.85

0.67

3 or more times in the past year

8.63

0.45

12.57

0.74

4.12

0.39

13.77

2.38

10.62

0.64

6.05

0.57

5.19

1.38

Currently Employed Full Time

Yes

Never in the past year

79.89

0.57

74.84

0.76

87.58

0.58

75.96

1.23

78.25

0.73

83.50

0.74

91.24

2.09

1 or 2 times in the past year

8.72

0.32

10.25

0.41

6.40

0.40

11.84

0.95

9.26

0.43

7.00

0.43

^#2.72

1.14

3 or more times in the past year

10.54

0.38

13.93

0.56

5.39

0.35

11.48

0.88

11.56

0.53

8.76

0.52

^#4.81

1.76

Never in the past year

88.68

0.44

81.29

0.81

93.79

0.36

82.67

1.19

87.07

0.83

90.28

0.66

92.99

0.58

1 or 2 times in the past year

4.63

0.26

6.98

0.51

3.00

0.24

8.12

0.82

5.38

0.50

3.73

0.43

2.29

0.30

3 or more times in the past year

6.22

0.35

10.89

0.65

2.99

0.25

8.80

0.91

7.14

0.67

5.47

0.48

4.17

0.49

Family Annual Income

$0 to $19,999

Never in the past year

85.49

0.80

80.50

1.24

89.99

0.77

78.46

1.48

84.81

1.36

88.72

1.10

95.75

0.75

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.18

0.47

7.36

0.73

5.11

0.56

10.38

1.09

6.40

0.77

3.51

0.67

1.31

0.37

3 or more times in the past year

7.76

0.58

11.47

0.95

4.40

0.48

10.70

1.15

8.14

1.03

7.00

0.91

2.55

0.60

$20,000 to $34,999

Never in the past year

83.97

0.62

78.18

0.96

90.53

0.68

81.49

1.56

81.37

1.04

85.26

1.23

91.27

1.36

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.39

0.39

8.33

0.62

4.20

0.43

9.64

1.24

7.30

0.64

5.80

0.76

1.82

0.53

3 or more times in the past year

8.99

0.50

12.74

0.81

4.73

0.49

8.46

1.12

10.65

0.89

8.59

0.92

5.70

1.21

$35,000 to $59,999

Never in the past year

83.44

0.64

77.14

0.95

90.69

0.65

80.43

1.90

79.70

0.99

86.72

0.91

93.20

1.02

1 or 2 times in the past year

7.28

0.41

9.42

0.63

4.82

0.43

8.57

1.28

9.00

0.62

5.82

0.63

2.77

0.66

3 or more times in the past year

8.60

0.44

12.41

0.68

4.21

0.40

9.96

1.36

10.51

0.76

6.98

0.61

3.59

0.78

$60,000 or more

Never in the past year

81.95

0.61

74.27

0.90

91.08

0.57

77.90

2.00

79.32

0.85

84.73

0.87

90.45

1.41

1 or 2 times in the past year

7.81

0.39

10.43

0.56

4.68

0.41

10.80

1.72

8.80

0.53

6.57

0.55

4.04

0.97

3 or more times in the past year

9.45

0.40

14.20

0.65

3.79

0.35

10.85

1.49

11.00

0.58

7.86

0.54

5.40

1.06

Current/Most Recent Occupation

Executive, administrative, and managerial

Never in the past year

80.71

0.94

73.90

1.40

88.98

0.90

76.28

3.81

77.49

1.31

83.64

1.15

90.97

1.88

1 or 2 times in the past year

7.89

0.55

9.87

0.82

5.50

0.67

11.00

2.73

9.52

0.87

6.21

0.71

^#3.13

1.17

3 or more times in the past year

10.67

0.69

15.25

1.11

5.11

0.62

12.39

2.84

12.17

1.02

9.53

0.90

4.90

1.43

Professional specialty

Never in the past year

83.64

0.75

75.81

1.23

89.63

0.81

76.23

2.75

80.73

1.11

88.25

1.00

91.76

1.80

1 or 2 times in the past year

8.13

0.55

10.96

0.91

5.97

0.59

10.72

2.03

9.75

0.81

6.04

0.73

^#2.64

1.10

3 or more times in the past year

7.46

0.45

12.38

0.86

3.70

0.44

12.97

2.11

8.61

0.66

5.02

0.63

4.69

1.37

Technical and related support

Never in the past year

81.01

1.15

76.26

1.56

89.57

1.22

80.69

2.89

79.13

1.48

82.52

2.14

91.87

2.62

1 or 2 times in the past year

8.71

0.80

10.73

1.08

5.06

0.93

9.81

2.39

8.59

0.90

9.58

1.89

^#1.78

1.23

3 or more times in the past year

9.68

0.81

12.33

1.13

4.91

0.85

8.71

1.85

11.43

1.22

7.71

1.04

^#6.35

2.46

Sales

Never in the past year

81.50

1.04

74.19

1.72

88.08

1.05

79.67

2.04

80.28

1.63

83.62

1.91

89.29

3.39

1 or 2 times in the past year

7.76

0.68

8.65

1.07

6.95

0.81

10.15

1.54

8.22

1.08

5.29

1.21

^#4.30

1.88

3 or more times in the past year

10.23

0.85

16.32

1.56

4.76

0.64

10.18

1.63

10.98

1.35

10.17

1.60

^#5.43

2.21

Administrative support, including clerical

Never in the past year

87.50

0.87

76.57

2.70

89.90

0.85

78.28

2.85

87.02

1.14

90.27

1.43

98.23

1.00

1 or 2 times in the past year

5.87

0.60

10.40

2.07

4.87

0.60

10.31

2.06

6.15

0.85

4.47

0.98

^#0.69

0.62

3 or more times in the past year

6.33

0.64

12.78

2.06

4.91

0.63

11.30

2.01

6.64

0.89

4.61

0.94

^#1.08

0.80

Private household

Never in the past year

91.55

3.43

66.44

16.23

95.95

1.58

100.00

0.00

87.68

7.01

88.64

6.11

100.00

0.00

1 or 2 times in the past year

^#6.87

3.35

^#33.56

16.23

^#2.21

1.12

0.00

^#9.96

6.81

^#9.33

6.01

0.00

3 or more times in the past year

^#1.57

0.96

0.00

^#1.85

1.12

0.00

^#2.36

2.16

^#2.04

1.49

0.00

Protective services

Never in the past year

77.20

2.59

76.26

3.01

81.47

4.65

55.99

9.74

75.93

3.71

84.86

4.80

94.02

5.41

1 or 2 times in the past year

8.85

1.83

8.28

1.95

^#11.41

4.03

^#14.03

6.62

8.69

2.20

^#9.27

4.22

0.00

3 or more times in the past year

12.66

1.97

13.88

2.31

^#7.12

3.23

^#26.67

9.22

13.75

2.82

^#5.87

2.67

^#5.98

5.41

Other services, except protective and household

Never in the past year

84.60

0.79

78.36

1.38

89.77

0.86

80.19

1.75

82.88

1.38

89.71

1.23

95.67

1.92

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.33

0.54

7.91

0.95

5.01

0.62

8.61

1.33

7.40

0.96

3.21

0.70

^#1.35

0.86

3 or more times in the past year

8.27

0.65

12.63

1.20

4.65

0.58

10.44

1.49

8.96

1.04

5.99

0.98

^#2.98

1.75

Farming, forestry, and fishing

Never in the past year

82.98

2.19

82.89

2.40

83.37

6.83

88.52

4.80

73.86

4.50

84.99

4.25

94.70

3.25

1 or 2 times in the past year

7.87

1.46

7.67

1.71

^#8.76

3.61

^#8.85

4.50

12.11

3.21

^#5.35

2.46

^#2.80

2.75

3 or more times in the past year

8.97

1.69

9.22

1.58

^#7.87

6.45

^#2.63

1.70

13.95

3.50

^#9.65

3.59

^#1.20

1.21

Precision production, craft, and repair

Never in the past year

72.36

1.83

70.15

1.96

94.06

2.60

71.92

5.14

69.89

2.73

73.51

2.67

88.25

4.17

1 or 2 times in the past year

11.06

1.30

12.10

1.42

^#0.86

0.70

15.83

4.23

10.37

1.59

12.02

2.24

^#4.08

2.74

3 or more times in the past year

15.90

1.53

17.00

1.64

^#5.08

2.52

11.11

3.06

18.89

2.44

14.31

2.44

^#6.71

3.34

Operators, fabricators, and laborers

Never in the past year

78.35

1.36

75.46

1.55

90.20

1.66

74.62

3.18

77.93

1.76

80.05

2.50

87.80

3.74

1 or 2 times in the past year

8.67

0.89

10.19

1.11

^#2.42

0.85

12.08

2.37

8.34

1.20

7.53

1.50

^#4.85

2.63

3 or more times in the past year

11.94

1.03

13.19

1.20

6.83

1.40

11.95

2.07

12.74

1.48

11.46

1.85

^#6.63

2.75

Transportation and material moving

Never in the past year

80.03

1.81

78.02

2.00

92.17

2.62

73.83

5.56

78.52

2.66

81.10

3.17

96.61

2.02

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.67

1.04

7.03

1.11

^#4.48

1.93

^#11.07

4.88

7.09

1.45

5.82

1.62

^#0.65

0.48

3 or more times in the past year

12.77

1.68

14.33

1.88

^#3.36

1.90

^#14.06

4.61

13.54

2.34

13.08

2.90

^#2.74

1.95

Handlers, equipment cleaners, and laborers

Never in the past year

80.76

1.95

78.79

2.26

89.86

3.14

81.17

3.33

79.43

2.87

80.68

3.68

92.34

4.97

1 or 2 times in the past year

7.33

1.06

8.18

1.24

^#3.42

1.42

12.35

2.87

6.98

1.56

^#4.96

1.65

0.00

3 or more times in the past year

11.03

1.59

11.97

1.82

^#6.71

2.55

^#5.50

1.83

13.55

2.66

11.70

2.70

^#7.66

4.97

Military

Never in the past year

82.44

2.99

79.80

3.62

93.82

3.81

74.67

6.53

82.60

4.63

88.32

5.73

100.00

0.00

1 or 2 times in the past year

7.86

2.02

8.25

2.34

^#6.18

3.81

^#17.97

6.22

^#5.74

2.32

^#2.38

1.80

0.00

3 or more times in the past year

8.28

2.25

10.21

2.81

0.00

^#7.36

3.60

^#8.80

3.39

^#9.30

5.37

0.00

Born in the United States

Yes

Never in the past year

82.46

0.39

75.16

0.59

90.19

0.36

78.06

0.91

79.35

0.62

84.97

0.55

92.62

0.59

1 or 2 times in the past year

7.45

0.24

9.80

0.37

4.96

0.24

10.66

0.71

8.75

0.38

6.08

0.34

2.38

0.31

3 or more times in the past year

9.38

0.27

14.05

0.44

4.43

0.24

10.72

0.67

11.07

0.45

8.26

0.38

4.46

0.49

Never in the past year

90.12

0.79

87.08

1.02

94.93

0.77

89.43

1.65

87.87

1.18

93.38

1.26

95.52

1.56

1 or 2 times in the past year

4.54

0.48

5.85

0.67

2.47

0.52

4.47

1.22

5.21

0.71

4.07

1.10

^#1.77

0.83

3 or more times in the past year

4.77

0.56

6.45

0.80

2.12

0.47

5.50

1.13

6.40

0.94

2.04

0.42

^#1.68

0.93

Family Structure Before Age 18

Both biological/adoptive parents in the household

Never in the past year

84.10

0.47

77.49

0.72

91.60

0.39

79.63

1.12

80.66

0.73

86.29

0.65

93.30

0.63

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.70

0.25

8.85

0.37

4.25

0.25

9.93

0.81

8.19

0.40

5.58

0.37

2.01

0.29

3 or more times in the past year

8.58

0.33

12.82

0.53

3.77

0.25

10.09

0.84

10.47

0.53

7.44

0.44

4.20

0.55

Only biological mother in the household (father never present)

Never in the past year

83.41

0.89

77.11

1.54

90.00

0.92

82.46

1.89

81.61

1.26

85.75

1.94

91.71

2.37

1 or 2 times in the past year

8.54

0.70

11.17

1.17

5.77

0.82

9.55

1.63

9.49

1.06

6.75

1.14

^#4.45

1.75

3 or more times in the past year

7.33

0.58

10.58

0.93

3.93

0.57

7.28

1.31

7.93

0.80

7.24

1.34

^#3.43

1.85

Biological/adoptive parents divorced or no longer
living together

Never in the past year

80.46

0.80

73.79

1.30

87.39

0.81

77.57

1.70

79.42

1.12

83.43

1.51

90.42

1.88

1 or 2 times in the past year

8.20

0.47

10.31

0.73

6.00

0.57

10.22

1.32

8.13

0.57

7.41

1.10

^#3.85

1.27

3 or more times in the past year

10.78

0.65

15.27

1.08

6.11

0.61

11.43

1.16

11.80

0.97

9.01

1.26

5.25

1.38

Raised by relatives, by foster parents or in an institution

Never in the past year

83.23

3.09

77.91

4.36

89.51

3.02

70.73

10.39

86.03

3.57

79.53

5.59

88.90

4.36

1 or 2 times in the past year

^#4.12

1.36

^#3.87

1.60

^#4.43

2.29

^#8.84

8.24

^#2.74

1.10

^#5.62

3.07

^#2.69

2.37

3 or more times in the past year

5.83

1.53

^#8.37

2.64

^#2.82

1.14

^#13.81

6.94

^#3.59

2.22

^#8.86

3.21

^#2.23

2.21

Self-Perceived Current Health

Excellent/Very good

Never in the past year

82.83

0.50

76.14

0.79

90.26

0.43

79.06

1.07

80.84

0.67

85.72

0.69

92.34

0.92

1 or 2 times in the past year

7.66

0.29

9.74

0.44

5.34

0.28

10.01

0.78

8.56

0.38

6.14

0.43

2.79

0.46

3 or more times in the past year

8.96

0.36

13.33

0.59

4.11

0.27

10.47

0.76

10.00

0.49

7.61

0.48

4.37

0.80

Good

Never in the past year

83.26

0.64

76.31

1.03

90.83

0.60

79.37

1.88

78.59

1.13

85.32

1.01

92.92

1.01

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.73

0.36

9.22

0.63

4.01

0.39

10.31

1.34

8.23

0.68

6.09

0.64

1.75

0.44

3 or more times in the past year

9.38

0.53

13.70

0.87

4.67

0.46

9.60

1.40

12.55

0.95

7.87

0.74

4.97

0.85

Fair/Poor

Never in the past year

88.04

0.78

83.15

1.20

93.60

0.82

84.16

3.17

84.89

1.49

87.73

1.18

94.31

0.91

1 or 2 times in the past year

4.49

0.51

6.39

0.81

2.33

0.45

^#7.98

2.46

5.45

0.96

4.37

0.80

2.24

0.62

3 or more times in the past year

6.88

0.58

9.63

0.91

3.75

0.69

7.67

2.11

9.06

1.18

7.34

0.91

2.69

0.61

Currently Covered by Health Insurance

Yes

Never in the past year

83.53

0.43

76.54

0.64

90.89

0.39

79.23

1.11

79.97

0.67

85.93

0.59

92.80

0.57

1 or 2 times in the past year

7.14

0.24

9.55

0.37

4.61

0.25

10.61

0.84

8.66

0.37

5.91

0.36

2.35

0.29

3 or more times in the past year

8.69

0.30

13.04

0.47

4.11

0.25

9.83

0.74

10.60

0.49

7.58

0.38

4.26

0.47

Never in the past year

82.71

0.92

77.97

1.35

89.41

0.83

79.64

1.62

82.95

1.17

85.25

1.34

100.00

0.00

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.90

0.49

8.05

0.69

5.29

0.58

8.74

1.02

6.58

0.63

5.66

0.83

0.00

3 or more times in the past year

9.44

0.68

12.80

1.10

4.69

0.57

10.64

1.21

9.63

0.95

7.92

1.00

0.00

Smoked Any Cigarettes in the Past Year

Yes

Never in the past year

76.56

0.67

70.72

0.96

83.86

0.81

72.25

1.38

74.67

0.94

80.47

1.13

89.57

1.90

1 or 2 times in the past year

9.36

0.42

10.83

0.59

7.53

0.54

13.00

1.16

9.81

0.62

7.18

0.78

3.22

0.92

3 or more times in the past year

13.40

0.53

17.65

0.79

8.08

0.58

13.93

1.11

14.87

0.81

11.76

0.82

6.40

1.66

Never in the past year

86.17

0.45

79.53

0.71

93.19

0.34

84.11

1.08

83.26

0.70

87.77

0.58

93.36

0.61

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.17

0.25

8.54

0.41

3.66

0.23

7.92

0.78

7.53

0.38

5.40

0.36

2.19

0.31

3 or more times in the past year

6.95

0.28

10.92

0.47

2.75

0.21

7.58

0.75

8.35

0.45

6.14

0.39

3.89

0.48

Smoked 100 or More Cigarettes in Life

Yes

Never in the past year

80.45

0.46

74.53

0.67

87.96

0.55

72.89

1.27

76.48

0.81

83.19

0.71

91.58

0.69

1 or 2 times in the past year

7.99

0.29

9.79

0.42

5.70

0.37

12.64

1.09

9.49

0.50

6.75

0.47

2.65

0.38

3 or more times in the past year

10.90

0.36

14.82

0.54

5.92

0.37

13.63

1.03

13.22

0.69

9.55

0.50

5.28

0.59

Never in the past year

86.22

0.54

79.35

0.87

92.92

0.41

84.46

1.11

83.66

0.76

89.20

0.70

94.88

1.01

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.24

0.29

8.65

0.47

3.88

0.26

7.83

0.81

7.30

0.39

4.75

0.44

1.82

0.42

3 or more times in the past year

6.82

0.35

10.99

0.60

2.75

0.25

7.36

0.78

8.26

0.50

5.19

0.47

^#2.58

0.82

Any Depression in the Past Year

Yes

Never in the past year

80.33

1.09

70.27

2.22

85.71

1.18

73.94

2.32

80.57

1.49

83.79

2.02

93.02

4.00

1 or 2 times in the past year

8.51

0.65

11.27

1.36

7.03

0.78

12.90

1.80

8.29

0.89

5.59

1.01

^#4.29

2.48

3 or more times in the past year

10.85

0.88

17.86

1.81

7.09

0.85

12.26

1.84

11.07

1.30

10.36

1.81

^#2.69

1.96

Never in the past year

83.63

0.45

77.17

0.66

91.23

0.37

80.16

0.99

80.56

0.66

85.98

0.55

92.87

0.56

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.98

0.24

9.14

0.35

4.45

0.24

9.52

0.74

8.24

0.35

5.89

0.36

2.27

0.28

3 or more times in the past year

8.66

0.30

12.73

0.47

3.87

0.23

9.81

0.64

10.35

0.48

7.44

0.36

4.26

0.47

Any Depression in Life

Yes

Never in the past year

81.77

0.64

71.50

1.35

87.59

0.72

77.30

1.80

79.40

0.98

84.94

1.18

94.77

1.45

1 or 2 times in the past year

8.11

0.45

11.15

0.86

6.38

0.55

11.78

1.41

9.19

0.71

5.84

0.66

^#2.45

0.93

3 or more times in the past year

9.95

0.55

16.99

1.16

5.95

0.51

10.33

1.36

11.34

0.91

9.14

0.92

^#2.31

0.83

Never in the past year

83.73

0.46

77.58

0.67

91.63

0.38

79.88

1.03

80.83

0.68

86.05

0.62

92.68

0.59

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.88

0.25

8.98

0.36

4.18

0.25

9.50

0.76

8.03

0.37

5.88

0.39

2.31

0.30

3 or more times in the past year

8.58

0.31

12.43

0.48

3.64

0.24

10.06

0.67

10.19

0.50

7.27

0.41

4.41

0.50

Alcohol Use Disorder in the Past Year

Alcohol use disorder

Never in the past year

38.12

1.18

33.52

1.39

48.86

1.84

48.01

2.11

33.08

1.67

35.36

2.14

46.52

5.38

1 or 2 times in the past year

20.54

0.83

19.62

1.04

22.68

1.35

21.02

1.87

21.70

1.20

18.54

1.88

^#9.59

3.01

3 or more times in the past year

40.66

1.11

45.93

1.44

28.37

1.59

30.83

1.93

44.38

1.65

45.26

2.04

42.07

5.33

Alcohol abuse

Never in the past year

31.05

1.35

26.13

1.66

43.37

2.34

44.32

3.24

26.10

1.94

30.09

2.46

39.96

5.87

1 or 2 times in the past year

24.55

1.20

23.43

1.45

27.34

1.93

26.21

2.94

25.73

1.58

22.91

2.66

^#11.47

3.58

3 or more times in the past year

43.48

1.32

49.21

1.71

29.13

2.16

29.47

2.81

46.94

1.99

46.28

2.63

46.39

5.94

Alcohol dependence

Never in the past year

46.76

1.66

42.98

1.93

54.89

2.63

50.14

2.62

43.46

2.42

45.26

3.99

79.94

8.81

1 or 2 times in the past year

15.64

1.09

14.74

1.35

17.56

1.91

18.02

2.13

15.69

1.61

10.37

2.24

0.00

3 or more times in the past year

37.22

1.59

41.73

1.97

27.55

2.38

31.62

2.36

40.57

2.42

43.34

3.81

^#20.06

8.81

No alcohol use disorder

Never in the past year

90.10

0.33

85.82

0.54

94.38

0.27

90.37

0.75

88.50

0.50

90.49

0.43

94.41

0.53

1 or 2 times in the past year

5.10

0.22

7.09

0.35

3.11

0.20

6.07

0.61

6.00

0.33

4.70

0.30

2.08

0.28

3 or more times in the past year

4.10

0.19

6.15

0.32

2.05

0.17

2.86

0.37

4.72

0.29

4.16

0.28

2.96

0.44

Average Drinking Level in the Past Year³

Light drinker

Never in the past year

93.35

0.25

90.75

0.44

95.34

0.26

92.67

0.71

91.85

0.44

94.17

0.41

97.67

0.39

1 or 2 times in the past year

3.94

0.19

5.45

0.34

2.78

0.19

4.85

0.57

4.92

0.33

3.18

0.32

1.17

0.27

3 or more times in the past year

2.44

0.15

3.41

0.27

1.70

0.18

1.99

0.36

2.91

0.26

2.47

0.26

1.06

0.23

Moderate drinker

Never in the past year

73.43

0.96

69.72

1.18

83.55

1.17

68.28

2.57

68.53

1.33

77.64

1.33

88.91

1.76

1 or 2 times in the past year

11.98

0.58

12.91

0.72

9.47

0.83

17.79

1.89

13.22

0.75

10.49

1.02

3.48

0.78

3 or more times in the past year

14.23

0.73

16.98

0.93

6.76

0.67

13.92

1.75

17.63

1.12

11.81

0.93

7.18

1.61

Heavier drinker

Never in the past year

59.74

1.01

50.88

1.31

72.92

1.38

54.73

2.30

52.66

1.58

66.21

1.55

78.61

2.20

1 or 2 times in the past year

13.08

0.69

14.28

0.92

11.28

0.94

16.50

1.91

15.06

1.06

10.61

0.94

6.10

1.29

3 or more times in the past year

26.45

0.84

33.80

1.18

15.52

1.08

28.59

1.99

31.24

1.51

22.59

1.32

14.43

2.03

5+ Drinks for Men or 4+ Drinks for Women in a Single Day

Never in the past year

94.91

0.22

92.03

0.41

97.45

0.17

96.25

0.57

94.33

0.38

94.82

0.33

95.74

0.50

1 or 2 times in the past year

2.68

0.14

4.16

0.26

1.37

0.13

1.96

0.40

2.99

0.24

2.90

0.23

1.84

0.27

3 or more times in the past year

2.14

0.14

3.38

0.24

1.04

0.12

1.42

0.36

2.19

0.23

2.17

0.23

2.34

0.42

1 to 11 times in the past year

Never in the past year

74.43

0.92

66.84

1.42

83.54

1.01

82.15

1.83

73.81

1.27

69.49

1.82

80.72

3.48

1 or 2 times in the past year

14.47

0.68

17.39

1.11

10.97

0.86

12.70

1.58

14.84

0.91

15.74

1.42

^#7.54

2.38

3 or more times in the past year

10.93

0.66

15.47

1.08

5.48

0.62

4.97

0.98

11.23

0.94

14.51

1.44

11.21

2.87

12 or more times in the past year

Never in the past year

56.98

1.06

52.55

1.25

66.30

1.50

60.89

1.66

54.07

1.43

57.86

1.92

63.54

3.82

1 or 2 times in the past year

15.13

0.59

15.20

0.76

15.00

0.96

17.30

1.34

15.57

0.83

12.84

1.39

^#6.41

1.93

3 or more times in the past year

27.26

0.88

31.54

1.11

18.27

1.06

21.66

1.32

29.59

1.27

28.63

1.47

27.90

3.85

Drinking Enough to Feel Drunk

Never in the past year

93.68

0.27

90.21

0.48

96.99

0.23

96.04

0.57

93.01

0.43

93.26

0.40

95.04

0.50

1 or 2 times in the past year

2.84

0.17

4.36

0.30

1.38

0.15

1.92

0.45

3.22

0.25

3.13

0.28

1.70

0.26

3 or more times in the past year

3.25

0.20

5.04

0.36

1.53

0.16

1.68

0.36

3.40

0.32

3.51

0.29

3.13

0.44

1 to 11 times in the past year

Never in the past year

69.66

0.77

60.66

1.14

80.64

0.94

77.54

1.53

68.50

1.01

64.99

1.53

75.49

3.78

1 or 2 times in the past year

15.42

0.59

18.45

0.88

11.73

0.68

14.52

1.21

15.88

0.73

15.69

1.18

10.60

2.52

3 or more times in the past year

14.57

0.53

20.36

0.81

7.51

0.60

7.83

0.91

15.22

0.80

19.01

1.13

12.66

2.96

12 or more times in the past year

Never in the past year

58.81

1.50

54.30

1.74

68.59

2.10

58.79

2.25

54.01

1.94

65.58

2.87

82.69

3.36

1 or 2 times in the past year

12.44

0.81

12.35

0.98

12.63

1.34

15.43

1.61

12.15

1.13

9.65

1.72

^#2.31

1.30

3 or more times in the past year

28.36

1.30

32.96

1.56

18.38

1.61

25.56

1.91

33.41

1.77

24.31

2.51

13.94

3.06

Getting into Situation that Could Be Harmful

Never in the past year

84.80

0.42

78.90

0.63

91.17

0.36

82.70

0.84

82.19

0.62

86.42

0.54

92.89

0.56

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.72

0.24

8.77

0.36

4.51

0.23

8.78

0.65

7.90

0.34

5.80

0.34

2.30

0.29

3 or more times in the past year

7.78

0.27

11.40

0.44

3.89

0.23

7.95

0.56

9.14

0.43

7.11

0.34

4.22

0.46

At least once in the past year

Never in the past year

34.36

2.21

28.78

2.36

53.17

4.80

44.49

3.82

27.14

2.70

22.66

4.92

—

1 or 2 times in the past year

20.10

1.76

20.15

2.15

19.92

3.17

22.19

3.33

19.43

2.43

^#13.85

4.39

—

3 or more times in the past year

44.70

2.35

49.97

2.74

26.91

4.20

32.90

3.38

52.00

3.35

63.49

5.61

—

Age Started Drinking

14 years or younger

Never in the past year

74.79

1.24

70.30

1.70

82.51

1.72

68.43

3.14

70.87

1.82

84.38

2.11

91.82

2.48

1 or 2 times in the past year

10.35

0.86

11.44

1.19

8.47

1.13

16.81

2.74

10.92

1.28

5.89

1.20

^#2.56

1.30

3 or more times in the past year

13.97

1.04

17.19

1.45

8.45

1.23

13.98

2.13

17.31

1.56

8.84

1.67

^#4.50

1.95

15 to 17 years

Never in the past year

75.34

0.70

68.79

1.00

85.12

0.77

72.94

1.48

73.42

1.00

78.07

1.32

88.96

1.62

1 or 2 times in the past year

10.67

0.47

12.06

0.65

8.58

0.61

13.22

1.14

11.12

0.67

9.22

0.91

3.55

1.04

3 or more times in the past year

13.73

0.53

18.81

0.82

6.15

0.51

13.80

1.13

15.08

0.80

12.63

1.05

6.91

1.30

18 to 20 years

Never in the past year

84.02

0.62

78.52

0.91

90.88

0.56

84.93

1.40

80.61

0.94

85.33

0.83

92.25

1.13

1 or 2 times in the past year

7.24

0.37

9.21

0.52

4.76

0.41

7.14

0.85

8.77

0.65

6.71

0.58

2.89

0.57

3 or more times in the past year

8.42

0.44

11.81

0.68

4.18

0.39

7.67

1.04

10.16

0.69

7.79

0.56

4.48

1.00

21 years or older

Never in the past year

92.31

0.39

87.80

0.78

95.31

0.39

92.37

1.46

91.91

0.61

91.51

0.70

94.97

0.70

1 or 2 times in the past year

3.38

0.27

5.38

0.55

2.05

0.24

^#3.65

1.11

4.01

0.39

3.46

0.49

1.61

0.41

3 or more times in the past year

4.19

0.30

6.54

0.56

2.63

0.30

3.68

0.99

3.96

0.46

4.96

0.51

3.29

0.57

Family History of Alcoholism

None

Never in the past year

85.50

0.53

80.18

0.77

92.54

0.48

81.18

1.23

83.11

0.78

87.07

0.79

93.59

0.68

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.22

0.28

8.05

0.41

3.80

0.33

9.11

0.94

7.21

0.44

5.52

0.49

1.94

0.34

3 or more times in the past year

7.08

0.36

10.30

0.54

2.82

0.28

8.58

0.92

8.28

0.53

6.31

0.53

3.64

0.52

2nd degree relatives only

Never in the past year

81.09

0.67

72.69

1.04

90.50

0.69

78.66

1.60

78.33

1.02

84.53

1.16

94.65

1.35

1 or 2 times in the past year

8.54

0.47

11.65

0.76

5.06

0.50

10.13

1.23

9.65

0.68

6.92

0.86

^#2.29

0.94

3 or more times in the past year

10.18

0.53

15.41

0.84

4.32

0.45

11.21

1.23

11.86

0.81

8.19

0.86

^#2.76

0.98

1st degree relatives only

Never in the past year

85.12

0.76

78.61

1.21

91.89

0.76

78.14

2.86

82.37

1.34

86.55

1.12

91.62

1.67

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.10

0.51

8.47

0.80

3.63

0.55

11.22

2.27

6.91

0.86

5.70

0.82

2.55

0.69

3 or more times in the past year

8.30

0.62

12.18

1.04

4.27

0.53

10.38

2.10

9.85

1.04

7.49

0.91

5.61

1.60

Both 1st and 2nd degree relatives

Never in the past year

80.26

0.70

71.59

1.26

87.22

0.75

77.18

1.79

77.28

1.12

84.04

1.19

90.05

1.72

1 or 2 times in the past year

8.09

0.45

10.19

0.77

6.40

0.51

10.91

1.44

9.38

0.67

5.85

0.69

^#3.68

1.13

3 or more times in the past year

11.36

0.52

17.75

1.03

6.22

0.55

11.65

1.29

13.09

0.92

9.75

0.87

5.96

1.34

Any Parent Alcoholic

Yes

Never in the past year

80.66

0.65

72.68

1.16

87.28

0.66

76.65

1.76

77.89

1.00

85.22

1.10

88.77

1.95

1 or 2 times in the past year

8.10

0.43

10.23

0.77

6.33

0.46

11.22

1.32

9.15

0.64

5.86

0.64

3.60

1.08

3 or more times in the past year

10.85

0.48

16.47

0.91

6.17

0.51

11.82

1.24

12.49

0.83

8.59

0.83

7.27

1.61

Never in the past year

84.20

0.45

77.86

0.66

91.87

0.39

80.30

0.99

81.43

0.67

86.02

0.56

93.45

0.56

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.80

0.24

9.00

0.35

4.13

0.25

9.52

0.75

7.95

0.36

5.88

0.36

2.14

0.29

3 or more times in the past year

8.22

0.31

12.13

0.48

3.49

0.23

9.54

0.72

9.72

0.49

7.33

0.40

3.79

0.48

Married to Alcoholic/Lived with Alcoholic as Married

Yes

Never in the past year

82.32

0.83

67.00

2.32

87.17

0.82

72.41

4.46

78.65

1.34

85.29

1.30

92.67

1.65

1 or 2 times in the past year

7.43

0.57

11.74

1.50

6.06

0.56

11.55

3.44

9.76

1.00

5.42

0.69

^#2.40

0.96

3 or more times in the past year

9.93

0.68

20.24

2.02

6.67

0.62

16.04

3.55

11.21

1.03

9.15

1.12

^#4.02

1.27

Never in the past year

83.51

0.46

77.32

0.65

91.35

0.41

79.60

0.93

80.80

0.68

85.92

0.59

92.89

0.59

1 or 2 times in the past year

7.06

0.25

9.12

0.36

4.44

0.26

9.90

0.70

8.06

0.36

5.95

0.38

2.32

0.30

3 or more times in the past year

8.69

0.31

12.63

0.47

3.70

0.24

9.92

0.64

10.30

0.49

7.39

0.39

4.24

0.49

Any Alcohol Treatment in the Past Year

Yes

Never in the past year

46.86

3.43

45.03

4.08

51.68

6.37

41.79

6.51

41.69

5.05

61.92

6.26

58.29

16.12

1 or 2 times in the past year

19.28

2.91

20.30

3.51

16.61

4.68

28.36

6.63

18.40

4.02

^#14.36

4.64

^#6.25

6.18

3 or more times in the past year

33.86

3.22

34.68

3.62

31.72

5.73

29.85

6.74

39.91

4.83

23.72

4.95

^#35.46

16.19

Never in the past year

83.84

0.43

77.38

0.64

90.94

0.36

80.11

0.92

81.14

0.63

86.06

0.55

92.98

0.56

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.94

0.23

9.05

0.34

4.63

0.23

9.59

0.68

8.09

0.34

5.79

0.33

2.31

0.29

3 or more times in the past year

8.51

0.29

12.61

0.47

4.00

0.23

9.73

0.63

9.96

0.46

7.47

0.36

4.12

0.46

Any Alcohol Treatment in Life

Yes

Never in the past year

60.58

1.74

57.60

2.08

68.70

3.10

51.55

5.10

58.14

2.42

65.53

3.40

82.99

5.53

1 or 2 times in the past year

14.31

1.39

15.22

1.67

11.81

2.00

20.94

4.56

15.42

1.94

11.16

2.08

^#2.67

1.85

3 or more times in the past year

24.53

1.48

26.38

1.78

19.49

2.60

27.51

4.61

25.86

2.23

22.57

2.74

^#12.93

5.31

Never in the past year

84.41

0.43

78.06

0.66

91.20

0.35

80.54

0.88

81.76

0.63

86.78

0.56

93.03

0.57

1 or 2 times in the past year

6.77

0.23

8.86

0.35

4.54

0.23

9.49

0.66

7.86

0.34

5.63

0.33

2.32

0.29

3 or more times in the past year

8.11

0.29

12.13

0.48

3.82

0.22

9.38

0.62

9.58

0.44

6.93

0.38

4.08

0.46

—Fewer than 10 respondents in the denominator.

#Relative standard error >0.3.

1Percent distributions may not sum to 100 percent due to missing values.

2Current drinker: 1 or more drinks in the past year.

3Light drinker: 3 or fewer drinks per week on average. Moderate drinker: on average more than 3 drinks and up to 7 drinks per week for women and more than 3 drinks and up to 14 drinks per week for men. Heavier drinker: on average more than 1 drink per day for women and more than 2 drinks per day for men.

SOURCE: NIAAA 2001–2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions.

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