Alcohol Use in the United States: Prevalence of Drinking: According to the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 86.3 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime; 70.0 percent reported that they drank in the past year; 55.3 percent reported that they drank in the past month. 1.
Consequences of Alcohol Use Alcohol is a factor in the deaths of thousands of people ages 18 to 22 every year in the United States. The most recent NIAAA statistics estimate that this includes 1,519 college students ages 18 to 24 who die from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crashes. 31
Among veterans, the death rate for alcoholics was how much higher compared to that of nonalcoholics? 51.8% According to a national survey, what percentage of Americans aged 12 or older are current drinkers? Third In both rural and urban areas, children begin experimenting with drugs as early as which grade? 20.3%
Prevalence of Drinking: According to the 2018 NSDUH, 29.8 percent of 15-year-olds report that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives. 14 About 7.1 million people ages 12–20 15 (18.8 percent of this age group 16) reported drinking alcohol in the past month (18.2 percent of males and 19.5 percent of females 16 ).
Prevalence of Drinking: According to the 2019 NSDUH, 47.1 percent of adults ages 18 to 22 drank alcohol in the past month. Within this age group, 52.5 percent of full-time college students ages 18 to 22 and 44.0 percent of other persons of the same age drank alcohol in the past month. 30
In addition, underage drinking contributes to a range of acute consequences, such as injuries, sexual assaults, alcohol overdoses, and deaths—including those from motor vehicle crashes. 27. Alcohol is a factor in the deaths of thousands of people younger than age 21 in the United States each year. This includes:
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) defines binge drinking as a pattern of drinking that brings BAC levels to 0.08 g/dL or higher. This typically occurs after a woman consumes 4 or more drinks or a man consumes 5 or more drinks—in about 2 hours. 55
Consumption of 2 or more times the gender-specific thresholds for binge drinking, which is to say 10 or more standard drinks (or alcoholic drink-equivalents) for males and 8 or more for females. High-intensity drinking is consistent with drinking at binge levels II and III. The levels correspond to one to two times (I), two to three times (II), and three or more times (III) the standard gender-specific binge thresholds. 6
Alcohol-impaired driving fatality: A fatality in a crash involving a driver or motorcycle rider (operator) with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 g/dL or more (*A BAC of 0.08 percent corresponds to 0.08 grams per deciliter, or 0.08 grams per 100 milliliters).
Prevalence of Drinking: According to the 2019 NSDUH, 39.7 percent of 12- to 20-year-olds reported that they have had at least 1 drink in their lives. 25 About 7.0 million people ages 12 to 20 24 (18.5 percent of this age group 25) reported drinking alcohol in the past month (17.2 percent of males and 19.9 percent of females 25 ).
Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) in the United States. Image. People Ages 12 and Older: According to the 2019 NSDUH, 14.5 million (nearly 15 million) people ages 12 and older 7 (5.3 percent of this age group 8) had AUD.