Table 3. NSDUH: Mean frequency of drinking in the past 30 days, by age, sex, and race/Hispanic origin, among current drinkers ages 12–20, United States, 1991–2007.¹

Sex, Race/Hispanic origin, and Year	Age
	12–20		12–14		15–17		18–20
	Days	S.E.	Days	S.E.	Days	S.E.	Days	S.E.
Both Sexes
All races
2005–2007	5.84	0.06	3.62	0.14	4.73	0.07	6.61	0.09
2004–2006	5.90	0.07	3.71	0.16	4.80	0.07	6.70	0.10
2003–2005	5.85	0.06	3.72	0.16	4.79	0.08	6.66	0.09
2002–2004	5.86	0.06	3.87	0.16	4.88	0.07	6.64	0.08
2001–2003	5.91	0.06	3.80	0.15	4.99	0.08	6.66	0.08
2000–2002	5.92	0.06	3.70	0.14	5.08	0.08	6.63	0.08
1999–2001	5.92	0.06	3.63	0.12	4.98	0.08	6.67	0.09
1998–2000	5.76	0.09	3.72	0.16	4.84	0.10	6.48	0.12
1997–1999	5.66	0.13	4.30	0.30	4.74	0.13	6.32	0.18
1996–1998	5.46	0.15	4.36	0.35	4.55	0.16	6.12	0.20
1995–1997	5.30	0.11	4.86	0.41	4.37	0.14	5.91	0.17
1994–1996	5.06	0.13	4.20	0.33	4.07	0.14	5.70	0.19
1993–1995	5.00	0.13	4.09	0.34	4.07	0.15	5.58	0.20
1992–1994	4.94	0.14	3.36	0.27	3.97	0.15	5.58	0.20
1991–1993	5.18	0.13	3.20	0.31	4.35	0.16	5.77	0.19
Non-Hispanic White
2005–2007	6.14	0.07	3.84	0.17	4.90	0.09	6.98	0.10
2004–2006	6.15	0.08	3.84	0.17	4.92	0.09	7.02	0.11
2003–2005	6.08	0.08	3.61	0.15	4.95	0.09	6.95	0.11
2002–2004	6.06	0.07	3.69	0.16	5.04	0.09	6.90	0.10
2001–2003	6.14	0.07	3.74	0.16	5.15	0.09	6.97	0.10
2000–2002	6.14	0.07	3.76	0.16	5.13	0.09	6.96	0.10
1999–2001	6.13	0.07	3.77	0.15	5.02	0.08	6.99	0.10
1998–2000	5.92	0.11	3.80	0.18	4.88	0.12	6.71	0.14
1997–1999	5.75	0.16	4.31	0.40	4.68	0.16	6.49	0.22
1996–1998	5.50	0.18	4.29	0.47	4.38	0.18	6.28	0.25
1995–1997	5.28	0.14	4.57	0.47	4.12	0.16	6.07	0.22
1994–1996	5.09	0.16	3.84	0.34	3.98	0.16	5.85	0.24
1993–1995	5.05	0.16	3.75	0.36	4.06	0.17	5.71	0.23
1992–1994	5.06	0.17	3.16	0.32	4.00	0.18	5.75	0.24
1991–1993	5.29	0.16	3.37	0.45	4.28	0.20	5.92	0.22
Non-Hispanic Black
2005–2007	4.52	0.16	2.86	0.30	3.72	0.25	5.10	0.23
2004–2006	4.71	0.17	3.03	0.35	3.73	0.24	5.38	0.25
2003–2005	4.83	0.18	3.11	0.37	3.62	0.25	5.59	0.26
2002–2004	4.85	0.17	3.47	0.46	3.97	0.25	5.39	0.24
2001–2003	4.93	0.17	3.41	0.45	4.31	0.25	5.38	0.22
2000–2002	5.21	0.17	3.39	0.41	5.06	0.30	5.47	0.22
1999–2001	5.38	0.19	3.11	0.38	4.78	0.31	5.84	0.23
1998–2000	5.38	0.20	3.95#	0.76	4.81	0.35	5.76	0.24
1997–1999	5.42	0.31	4.91	0.61	4.70	0.34	5.81	0.41
1996–1998	5.35	0.34	5.06	0.61	4.95	0.36	5.58	0.47
1995–1997	5.09	0.33	4.91	0.85	4.76	0.36	5.30	0.49
1994–1996	4.94	0.24	4.91	0.62	4.13	0.34	5.39	0.38
1993–1995	4.91	0.27	4.66	0.62	4.10	0.37	5.38	0.45
1992–1994	4.82	0.27	4.32	0.64	3.92	0.35	5.33	0.43
1991–1993	5.10	0.28	2.23	0.26	5.04	0.43	5.44	0.39
Hispanic
2005–2007	5.44	0.15	3.40	0.40	4.58	0.15	6.16	0.23
2004–2006	5.68	0.17	3.60	0.45	4.85	0.24	6.44	0.25
2003–2005	5.62	0.17	3.91	0.49	4.78	0.25	6.32	0.24
2002–2004	5.69	0.17	3.92	0.41	4.74	0.25	6.51	0.25
2001–2003	5.55	0.16	3.69	0.33	4.81	0.23	6.23	0.23
2000–2002	5.42	0.17	3.40	0.24	5.11	0.25	5.92	0.24
1999–2001	5.41	0.16	3.29	0.27	5.16	0.25	5.87	0.23
1998–2000	5.50	0.18	3.23	0.27	5.02	0.27	6.18	0.28
1997–1999	5.66	0.19	4.21	0.60	5.11	0.29	6.24	0.29
1996–1998	5.55	0.23	4.57	0.64	5.06	0.34	6.01	0.31
1995–1997	5.42	0.24	5.47	0.83	4.97	0.34	5.69	0.34
1994–1996	5.02	0.23	4.16	0.59	4.65	0.45	5.34	0.32
1993–1995	4.99	0.22	3.91	0.59	4.53	0.46	5.39	0.34
1992–1994	4.76	0.22	3.18	0.46	4.44	0.47	5.17	0.33
1991–1993	4.93	0.21	3.44	0.48	4.48	0.26	5.45	0.34
Native American/Alaska Native
2005–2007	6.20	0.90	3.25#	1.39	7.65#	1.64	6.13	0.84
2004–2006	6.12	0.83	3.83#	1.68	7.08#	1.65	6.22	0.81
2003–2005	6.19	0.73	6.98#	2.23	6.66#	1.49	5.78	0.75
2002–2004	5.57	0.61	8.05#	2.10	5.88#	1.19	4.95	0.56
2001–2003	5.57	0.74	5.59#	1.16	6.41#	1.65	4.89	0.52
2000–2002	5.70	0.82	3.90#	0.93	6.62#	1.69	5.25	0.67
1999–2001	5.42#	0.99	3.21	0.56	6.69#	1.94	4.72	0.78
Asian, Native HI/Other PI
2005–2007	4.56	0.33	2.17#	0.52	3.63	0.38	5.03	0.44
2004–2006	4.50	0.34	3.51#	1.16	3.67	0.39	4.84	0.42
2003–2005	4.64	0.35	6.42#	2.54	3.19	0.33	4.96	0.40
2002–2004	5.02	0.35	8.43#	2.96	3.12	0.30	5.44	0.43
2001–2003	4.96	0.36	7.59#	4.44	3.35	0.36	5.44	0.44
2000–2002	4.28	0.29	3.35#	1.19	3.15	0.32	4.80	0.40
1999–2001	4.02	0.28	3.14#	1.14	3.52	0.40	4.30	0.37
More than one race
2005–2007	6.19	0.31	4.52	0.69	5.20	0.67	6.91	0.43
2004–2006	6.39	0.45	4.36	0.67	5.80	0.62	7.06	0.67
2003–2005	5.98	0.41	4.60	0.66	5.65	0.58	6.41	0.60
2002–2004	6.05	0.49	6.70#	2.74	4.99	0.45	6.58	0.63
2001–2003	5.96	0.48	6.46#	2.84	4.32	0.40	6.78	0.58
2000–2002	6.16	0.55	6.00#	3.25	4.29	0.47	7.20	0.70
1999–2001	5.77	0.50	3.06#	0.55	3.97	0.52	7.10	0.78
Male
All races
2005–2007	6.56	0.09	3.82	0.29	5.18	0.13	7.42	0.12
2004–2006	6.64	0.10	4.08	0.32	5.27	0.13	7.53	0.13
2003–2005	6.63	0.09	4.05	0.27	5.27	0.13	7.53	0.14
2002–2004	6.68	0.09	4.08	0.26	5.32	0.12	7.62	0.13
2001–2003	6.79	0.09	3.84	0.21	5.45	0.12	7.76	0.12
2000–2002	6.77	0.09	3.75	0.21	5.58	0.12	7.68	0.12
1999–2001	6.73	0.09	3.76	0.18	5.46	0.12	7.68	0.13
1998–2000	6.54	0.14	4.18	0.26	5.37	0.16	7.37	0.19
1997–1999	6.58	0.19	4.82	0.45	5.31	0.20	7.42	0.26
1996–1998	6.53	0.22	5.20	0.55	5.27	0.25	7.33	0.31
1995–1997	6.46	0.18	5.35	0.59	5.14	0.21	7.33	0.26
1994–1996	6.08	0.19	4.65	0.47	4.77	0.22	6.87	0.28
1993–1995	5.97	0.20	4.57	0.53	4.76	0.25	6.68	0.27
1992–1994	5.75	0.20	3.93	0.54	4.47	0.24	6.46	0.27
1991–1993	5.86	0.19	3.77	0.52	4.77	0.26	6.55	0.27
Non-Hispanic White
2005–2007	6.84	0.11	4.06	0.33	5.27	0.16	7.77	0.14
2004–2006	6.86	0.11	4.17	0.33	5.26	0.14	7.87	0.14
2003–2005	6.85	0.10	3.84	0.26	5.31	0.14	7.88	0.15
2002–2004	6.86	0.10	3.90	0.28	5.39	0.13	7.91	0.14
2001–2003	7.04	0.10	3.76	0.25	5.54	0.13	8.15	0.14
2000–2002	6.98	0.11	3.80	0.26	5.59	0.13	8.02	0.14
1999–2001	6.93	0.11	3.80	0.22	5.43	0.13	8.03	0.15
1998–2000	6.63	0.16	4.15	0.28	5.36	0.19	7.55	0.23
1997–1999	6.55	0.23	4.59	0.57	5.16	0.22	7.49	0.32
1996–1998	6.51	0.27	4.94	0.68	5.01	0.27	7.47	0.38
1995–1997	6.45	0.23	5.15	0.68	4.75	0.25	7.57	0.35
1994–1996	6.17	0.25	4.60	0.57	4.51	0.25	7.17	0.35
1993–1995	6.05	0.25	4.59	0.67	4.62	0.30	6.89	0.34
1992–1994	5.86	0.25	3.99#	0.72	4.44	0.30	6.64	0.33
1991–1993	5.97	0.24	3.93#	0.74	4.73	0.34	6.70	0.33
Non-Hispanic Black
2005–2007	5.30	0.27	2.94	0.40	4.33	0.41	5.98	0.37
2004–2006	5.47	0.29	3.57	0.56	4.38	0.41	6.14	0.41
2003–2005	5.69	0.31	3.45	0.59	4.21	0.40	6.55	0.43
2002–2004	5.73	0.28	3.92#	0.78	4.53	0.41	6.39	0.39
2001–2003	5.85	0.28	3.46#	0.70	4.84	0.43	6.49	0.35
2000–2002	6.17	0.29	3.55#	0.65	5.74	0.50	6.58	0.36
1999–2001	6.26	0.31	3.07#	0.58	5.28	0.52	6.88	0.36
1998–2000	6.34	0.32	4.98#	1.40	5.17	0.54	6.85	0.37
1997–1999	6.76	0.52	6.26	0.95	4.75	0.47	7.64	0.69
1996–1998	6.89	0.56	6.94	0.95	5.26	0.50	7.64	0.79
1995–1997	6.56	0.55	6.70#	1.42	5.22	0.52	7.34	0.85
1994–1996	6.22	0.41	5.77#	1.03	5.13	0.59	6.81	0.60
1993–1995	6.14	0.43	5.38#	1.02	5.10	0.70	6.73	0.66
1992–1994	5.90	0.43	4.65#	0.97	4.72	0.65	6.57	0.63
1991–1993	5.85	0.41	2.88#	0.53	5.32	0.60	6.44	0.56
Hispanic
2005–2007	6.26	0.23	3.70#	0.70	5.26	0.25	6.95	0.35
2004–2006	6.56	0.25	3.89#	0.83	5.75	0.40	7.23	0.37
2003–2005	6.47	0.26	4.66#	0.90	5.73	0.41	7.01	0.35
2002–2004	6.58	0.27	4.40	0.69	5.48	0.42	7.40	0.38
2001–2003	6.39	0.26	4.38	0.55	5.37	0.35	7.09	0.35
2000–2002	6.28	0.25	3.75	0.36	5.64	0.36	6.93	0.36
1999–2001	6.33	0.24	4.05	0.47	5.93	0.35	6.80	0.36
1998–2000	6.66	0.28	3.82	0.52	5.98	0.44	7.36	0.39
1997–1999	6.96	0.32	5.32#	1.11	6.22	0.48	7.57	0.42
1996–1998	6.59	0.35	5.75#	1.23	6.06	0.55	6.98	0.42
1995–1997	6.23	0.36	6.00#	1.35	5.91	0.52	6.43	0.48
1994–1996	5.64	0.33	4.02#	0.81	5.47	0.61	5.81	0.43
1993–1995	5.72	0.31	3.97#	0.92	5.22	0.55	6.04	0.42
1992–1994	5.47	0.30	3.46#	0.79	4.76	0.54	5.90	0.41
1991–1993	5.59	0.28	4.01#	0.76	4.85	0.36	6.17	0.41
Native American/Alaska Native
2005–2007	6.46	0.97	3.79#	2.39	6.08	0.82	7.25	1.25
2004–2006	7.92	1.28	5.24#	3.35	9.55#	2.84	7.76	1.21
2003–2005	8.58	1.25	8.49#	3.54	8.96#	2.60	8.35	1.13
2002–2004	8.08	1.20	10.79#	3.17	8.67#	2.48	7.16	0.79
2001–2003	7.70#	1.38	–	–	9.18#	2.88	6.70	0.66
2000–2002	7.04#	1.51	–	–	9.72#	3.06	5.46	0.81
1999–2001	5.82#	1.65	–	–	8.31#	2.98	3.61	0.54
Asian, Native HI/Other PI
2005–2007	5.50	0.53	2.44#	0.80	4.55	0.68	6.08	0.69
2004–2006	5.14	0.50	4.22#	2.14	3.88	0.56	5.68	0.61
2003–2005	4.89	0.47	–	–	3.55	0.45	5.26	0.59
2002–2004	5.34	0.47	7.16#	2.90	3.28	0.42	5.88	0.59
2001–2003	5.18	0.47	2.00	0.25	3.71	0.51	5.72	0.60
2000–2002	4.92	0.45	3.69#	1.72	3.25	0.40	5.61	0.62
1999–2001	4.63	0.46	3.94#	2.23	3.87	0.61	5.06	0.62
More than one race
2005–2007	6.83	0.47	4.93#	1.48	5.83	0.82	7.49	0.61
2004–2006	6.96	0.66	4.69#	1.65	6.43	0.79	7.54	1.03
2003–2005	6.35	0.61	5.01#	1.18	5.75	0.79	6.99	0.95
2002–2004	6.65	0.63	3.92#	1.01	5.52	0.76	7.78	0.96
2001–2003	6.71	0.67	4.01#	0.96	5.02	0.72	8.13	1.01
2000–2002	7.21	0.80	2.25#	0.55	4.60#	0.82	8.97	1.15
1999–2001	6.95	0.92	–	–	4.51#	1.01	8.58	1.37
Female
All races
2005–2007	5.04	0.08	3.46	0.18	4.27	0.08	5.65	0.11
2004–2006	5.07	0.07	3.43	0.17	4.33	0.08	5.72	0.11
2003–2005	4.99	0.07	3.45	0.19	4.32	0.09	5.60	0.11
2002–2004	4.97	0.07	3.68	0.20	4.44	0.10	5.46	0.10
2001–2003	4.94	0.07	3.76	0.20	4.53	0.10	5.35	0.09
2000–2002	4.98	0.07	3.66	0.18	4.58	0.10	5.39	0.10
1999–2001	5.01	0.07	3.50	0.16	4.48	0.09	5.50	0.10
1998–2000	4.89	0.10	3.27	0.19	4.29	0.12	5.43	0.13
1997–1999	4.57	0.11	3.72	0.31	4.13	0.14	4.94	0.15
1996–1998	4.12	0.13	3.46	0.33	3.77	0.15	4.44	0.18
1995–1997	3.87	0.12	4.31	0.60	3.51	0.14	4.02	0.16
1994–1996	3.85	0.13	3.78	0.45	3.35	0.16	4.15	0.21
1993–1995	3.89	0.13	3.65	0.47	3.37	0.14	4.21	0.22
1992–1994	4.01	0.15	2.85	0.30	3.46	0.15	4.46	0.25
1991–1993	4.36	0.17	2.56	0.27	3.86	0.20	4.80	0.24
Non-Hispanic White
2005–2007	5.39	0.08	3.68	0.19	4.51	0.09	6.06	0.13
2004–2006	5.37	0.08	3.58	0.17	4.58	0.10	6.05	0.13
2003–2005	5.24	0.09	3.42	0.17	4.58	0.12	5.86	0.13
2002–2004	5.18	0.08	3.52	0.18	4.69	0.12	5.71	0.12
2001–2003	5.16	0.08	3.72	0.20	4.74	0.11	5.60	0.11
2000–2002	5.22	0.08	3.72	0.20	4.66	0.12	5.75	0.12
1999–2001	5.26	0.09	3.74	0.20	4.60	0.11	5.82	0.13
1998–2000	5.15	0.12	3.44	0.22	4.38	0.14	5.77	0.16
1997–1999	4.82	0.15	3.96	0.48	4.19	0.17	5.29	0.20
1996–1998	4.23	0.17	3.51	0.49	3.71	0.19	4.66	0.24
1995–1997	3.85	0.13	3.83	0.59	3.45	0.17	4.11	0.20
1994–1996	3.85	0.17	3.08	0.36	3.42	0.17	4.22	0.26
1993–1995	3.94	0.16	2.95	0.37	3.47	0.16	4.33	0.25
1992–1994	4.14	0.19	2.40	0.21	3.53	0.17	4.67	0.29
1991–1993	4.47	0.22	2.67	0.40	3.78	0.25	4.97	0.29
Non-Hispanic Black
2005–2007	3.69	0.17	2.79	0.34	3.10	0.22	4.11	0.24
2004–2006	3.82	0.16	2.51	0.34	3.05	0.22	4.41	0.25
2003–2005	3.81	0.16	2.82	0.45	2.95	0.24	4.38	0.25
2002–2004	3.88	0.17	3.09	0.52	3.39	0.29	4.21	0.23
2001–2003	3.96	0.17	3.36	0.56	3.81	0.31	4.12	0.21
2000–2002	4.20	0.18	3.24	0.50	4.46	0.36	4.20	0.21
1999–2001	4.40	0.21	3.15	0.50	4.32	0.39	4.58	0.28
1998–2000	4.29	0.23	2.89#	0.60	4.49	0.47	4.39	0.27
1997–1999	3.94	0.27	3.46#	0.76	4.65	0.53	3.69	0.28
1996–1998	3.66	0.24	3.19#	0.73	4.62	0.52	3.26	0.22
1995–1997	3.44	0.21	3.20#	0.66	4.17	0.41	3.12	0.24
1994–1996	3.26	0.20	3.82#	0.82	3.06	0.32	3.29	0.28
1993–1995	3.33	0.24	3.77#	0.84	3.04	0.37	3.43	0.36
1992–1994	3.44	0.26	3.85#	1.00	3.06	0.36	3.60	0.38
1991–1993	4.22	0.36	1.61	0.14	4.64	0.81	4.37	0.42
Hispanic
2005–2007	4.40	0.17	3.15	0.50	3.89	0.22	4.97	0.27
2004–2006	4.59	0.20	3.38	0.52	3.91	0.24	5.28	0.30
2003–2005	4.56	0.19	3.29	0.50	3.83	0.23	5.30	0.29
2002–2004	4.58	0.20	3.45	0.46	3.99	0.26	5.22	0.30
2001–2003	4.46	0.18	2.96	0.32	4.26	0.32	4.90	0.26
2000–2002	4.30	0.20	3.04	0.32	4.55	0.35	4.39	0.26
1999–2001	4.23	0.19	2.64	0.28	4.29	0.34	4.51	0.26
1998–2000	4.03	0.19	2.79	0.26	3.94	0.26	4.40	0.32
1997–1999	3.94	0.20	3.19	0.41	3.84	0.23	4.19	0.32
1996–1998	4.11	0.22	3.67	0.53	3.78	0.26	4.45	0.37
1995–1997	4.29	0.22	5.08#	0.94	3.66	0.34	4.51	0.40
1994–1996	4.20	0.26	4.22#	0.75	3.76	0.62	4.50	0.42
1993–1995	4.01	0.27	3.89#	0.73	3.78#	0.70	4.20	0.41
1992–1994	3.80	0.27	3.03	0.53	4.12#	0.72	3.82	0.39
1991–1993	3.95	0.26	2.88	0.47	4.03	0.38	4.16	0.47
Native American/Alaska Native
2005–2007	5.89#	1.59	2.57#	1.00	8.79#	2.25	4.37	0.72
2004–2006	3.96	0.47	2.62#	0.90	4.55	0.74	4.04	0.64
2003–2005	4.05	0.43	4.88#	1.25	4.39#	0.87	3.76	0.57
2002–2004	3.93	0.32	5.85#	1.81	4.08	0.59	3.54	0.49
2001–2003	3.86	0.34	5.50#	1.57	3.94#	0.69	3.49	0.50
2000–2002	4.57	0.56	4.60#	1.16	4.06	0.57	5.04#	1.06
1999–2001	4.95	0.78	3.34#	0.61	4.40#	0.85	6.17#	1.53
Asian, Native HI/Other PI
2005–2007	3.61	0.51	–	–	2.71	0.41	4.00	0.65
2004–2006	3.82	0.54	2.80#	0.61	3.35	0.57	4.03	0.68
2003–2005	4.39	0.52	7.28#	3.96	2.89	0.49	4.64	0.57
2002–2004	4.67	0.53	9.27#	4.55	2.97	0.48	4.92	0.61
2001–2003	4.74	0.54	13.25#	6.98	3.13	0.52	5.12	0.64
2000–2002	3.65	0.38	2.69#	0.91	3.06	0.48	3.96	0.51
1999–2001	3.43	0.31	2.46#	0.86	3.15	0.52	3.60	0.41
More than one race
2005–2007	5.67	0.43	4.23	0.58	4.76#	0.87	6.39	0.66
2004–2006	5.91	0.48	4.21	0.61	5.23	0.81	6.65	0.80
2003–2005	5.65	0.45	4.28	0.68	5.54	0.85	5.94	0.70
2002–2004	5.52	0.71	8.18#	3.94	4.38	0.45	5.58	0.69
2001–2003	5.30	0.70	8.04#	4.36	3.57	0.49	5.66	0.60
2000–2002	5.23	0.75	7.18#	4.08	4.01	0.56	5.49	0.64
1999–2001	4.69	0.42	3.37#	0.71	3.49	0.43	5.62	0.67

– Fewer than 10 respondents in this cell.
^# Estimates are unreliable due to relative standard errors > 17.5%.
¹ Due to survey design modifications, comparison of results from before 1999 to 1999–2001 and 2002–2007 need to be made with caution.

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