Alcohol Use, Binge Drinking, and Dependence

This website contains OAS alcohol related reports for 2001 or earlier.  For later reports on alcohol click here.

National Data on Alcohol Use in the U.S.

• 2001 Alcohol Use in the U.S.

• 2000 Alcohol Use in the U.S.

• 1999 Alcohol Use in the U.S.

Data on Alcohol Use by Youth

1999- 2001 Sub State Data on Alcohol Use

Patterns of Alcohol Use Among Adolescents and Associations with Emotional and Behavioral Problems (PDF Format)

Driving After Drug or Alcohol Use: Findings from the 1996 NHSDA

 

For the first time, by combining data from several years of SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health, SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies is able to estimate alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug use in smaller areas than the State level. These subState areas within each State were determined by the States themselves. Tables provide the data by the State assigned names of their subState areas. Maps show prevalence of the variable by the subState areas.

• Alcohol use by smaller areas within States: detailed table
• Alcohol use in past month by smaller areas within States: national map
• Binge drinking by smaller areas within States: national map
• Perceived risk of drinking 5 or more drinks 1 to 2 times a week by smaller areas within States: national map
• Alcohol use, binge drinking, and risk of drinking by sub State areas and age group: detailed tables
  1. Alcohol Use in Past Month
  2. Binge Alcohol Use in Past Month
  3. Perceptions of Great Risk of Having Five or More Drinks of an Alcoholic Beverage Once or Twice a Week

Results from 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

Discussion:  Alcohol Use

Alcohol Use by Gender, Race & Hispanic Origin by Under-age and Legal Age for drinking (PDF format)

Also see Short Reports on Alcohol

Data Tables

• Trend Tables:  Alcohol Use, Abuse, & Dependence (1999-2001) 

• Tables:  Treatment

• Tables:  Alcohol Use, Abuse, & Dependence

• Alcohol Use by Gender, Race & Hispanic Origin by Under-age and Legal Age for drinking (PDF format)

Graphics

• Graphics:  Past Month Use

• Graphics: Youth Prevention, Heavy Alcohol Use, & Dependence

• Graphics:  Substance Abuse Treatment

National Alcohol Data

Full Report:  Results from the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse  

Chapter:   Alcohol Use   - - Data, Figures, & Discussion  

Figures:  Past Month Alcohol Use for 2001: 

• Fig 3.1:   by Age, 2001

• Fig 3.2:   among Youths Aged 12 to 20 by Race/Ethnicity, 2000-2001 Annual Averages

• Fig3.3:   among Adults Aged 18 or Older, by Educational Attainment, 2001

• Fig 3.4:  among Adults Aged 18 or Older, by Employment Status, 2001

• Fig 3.5:  in Large Metropolitan and Rural Counties, by Age, 2001  

Other Figures on Youth Prevention, Heavy Alcohol Use,  & Dependence:

• Fig 3.6:  Heavy Alcohol Use in Large Metropolitan and Rural Counties, by Age: 2001

• Fig 4.7:  Past Month Any Illicit Drug, Binge Alcohol, and Heavy Alcohol Use among Smokers and Nonsmokers Aged 12 or Older: 2001

• Fig 6.4:   Participation in Drug and Alcohol Prevention Programs among Youths Aged 12 to 17 in the Past Year: 1999, 2000, and 2001

• Fig 7.3:  Past Year Illicit Drug or Alcohol Dependence or Abuse among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Age: 2000 and 2001

• Fig 7.4:  Past Year Illicit Drug or Alcohol Dependence or Abuse, by Age and Gender: 2001

• Fig 7.5:  Past Year Illicit Drug or Alcohol Dependence or Abuse among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by County Type: 2001

Graphics for Treatment:

• Fig 7.6:  Past Year Treatment Received at Specific Locations among Persons Aged 12 or Older Who Received Any Illicit Drug or Alcohol Treatment in the Past Year: 2001

• Fig 7.7:  Substances for Which Persons Received Treatment among Persons Aged 12 or Older Who Received Any Illicit Drug or Alcohol Treatment in the Past Year: 2001

Data Tables for Alcohol Use, Abuse, & Dependence: 

Alcohol Use by Gender, Race & Hispanic Origin by Under-age and Legal Age for drinking (PDF format)

Table E.8:   Past Year Alcohol Use among Adults Aged 18 Years or Older, by Gender and Age Group: United States, 1999 to 2001, NHIS and NHSDA

Table E.10:   Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Alcohol among 8^th, 10^th, and 12^th Graders in the NHSDA and MTF: 1999 through 2001

Table E.11:   NSPY Youth Alcohol and Cigarette Use, 2000 and 2001

Table H.21:   Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Users of Tobacco and Alcohol among Persons Aged 12 or Older: 2000 and 2001

Table H.22:   Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Tobacco and Alcohol among Persons Aged 12 or Older: 2000 and 2001

Table H.23:   Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Tobacco and Alcohol among Youths Aged 12 to 17: 2000 and 2001

Table H.24:   Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Tobacco and Alcohol among Persons Aged 18 to 25: 2000 and 2001

Table H.25:   Percentages Reporting Lifetime, Past Year, and Past Month Use of Tobacco and Alcohol among Persons Aged 26 or Older: 2000 and 2001

Table H.34:   Percentages Reporting Past Month Alcohol Use, Past Month Binge Alcohol Use, and Past Month Heavy Alcohol Use, by Detailed Age Categories: 2000 and 2001

Table H.35:   Percentages Reporting Past Month Alcohol Use, Past Month Binge Alcohol Use, and Past Month Heavy Alcohol Use among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

Table H.36:   Percentages Reporting Past Month Alcohol Use, Past Month Binge Alcohol Use, and Past Month Heavy Alcohol Use among Youths Aged 12 to 17, by Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

Table H.37:   Percentages Reporting Past Month Alcohol Use, Past Month Binge Alcohol Use, and Past Month Heavy Alcohol Use among Persons Aged 18 to 25, by Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

Table H.38:   Percentages Reporting Past Month Alcohol Use, Past Month Binge Alcohol Use, and Past Month Heavy Alcohol Use among Persons Aged 26 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

Table H.39:   Percentages Reporting Past Month Alcohol Use, Past Month Binge Alcohol Use, and Past Month Heavy Alcohol Use among Persons Aged 18 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

Table H.40:   Percentages Reporting Past Month Alcohol Use, Past Month Binge Alcohol Use, and Past Month Heavy Alcohol Use among Persons Aged 12 to 20, by Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

Table H.41:   Percentages Reporting Past Month Alcohol Use, Past Month Binge Alcohol Use, and Past Month Heavy Alcohol Use among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

Table H.51:   Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Persons Who First Used Alcohol During the Years 1965 to 2000, Their Mean Age at First Use, and Annual Age-Specific Rates of First Use (Per 1,000 Person-Years of Exposure): Based on 1999-2001 NHSDAs

Table H.57:   Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Persons Reporting Past Year Substance Dependence or Abuse, by Age Group: 2000 and 2001

Table H.58:   Percentages Reporting Past Year Substance Dependence or Abuse, by Age Group: 2000 and 2001

Table H.59:   Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Persons Reporting Past Year Substance Dependence, by Age Group: 2000 and 2001

Table H.60:   Percentages Reporting Past Year Substance Dependence, by Age Group: 2000 and 2001

Table H.61:   Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Persons Aged 12 or Older Reporting Past Year Dependence or Abuse for Any Illicit Drug or Alcohol, by Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

Table H.62:   Percentages of Persons Aged 12 or Older Reporting Past Year Dependence or Abuse for Any Illicit Drug or Alcohol, by Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

Table H.63:   Percentages of Persons Aged 12 or Older Reporting Past Year Dependence or Abuse for Any Illicit Drug or Alcohol, by Geographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

Data for Substance Abuse Treatment:

H.64:  Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Persons Aged 12 or Older Who Received Substance Abuse Treatment in the Past Year, by Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

H.65:  Percentages of Persons Aged 12 or Older Who Received Substance Abuse Treatment in the Past Year, by Demographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

H.66:  Percentages of Persons Aged 12 or Older Who Received Substance Abuse Treatment in the Past Year, by Geographic Characteristics: 2000 and 2001

Full Report:  Driving After Drug or Alcohol Use: Findings from the 1996 NHSDA

Full Report:  Patterns of Alcohol Use Among Adolescents and Associations with Emotional and Behavioral Problems (PDF Format)

Full Report:  Summary of Findings from the 2000 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse

Chapter:   Alcohol Use

Figures:  Past Month Alcohol Use for 2000: 

• Figure 3.1:    By Age
• Figure 3.2:    Among Youths Aged 12 to 20, by Race/Ethnicity: 1999-2000 Annual Averages
• Figure 3.3:    Among Adults, by Educational Attainment
• Figure 3.4:    In Large Metropolitan and Rural Counties, by Age
• Figure 3.5:    Heavy Alcohol Use in Large Metropolitan and Rural Counties, by Age

Alcohol Data Tables for 1999 and 2000:

Table F.27:   Percentages Reporting Past Month Use of Illicit Drugs Among Persons Aged 12 to 17, by Levels of Past Month Alcohol Use

Table F.28:   Percentages Reporting Driving Under the Influence of Any Illicit Drug or Alcohol in the Past Year Among Persons Aged 12 or Older, by Demographic Characteristics

Lifetime, Past Year and Past Month Users of Tobacco and Alcohol:

• Table F.29:   Estimated Numbers (in Thousands)  Aged 12 or Older
• Table F.30:   Percentages  Aged 12 or Older
• Table F.31:   Percentages  Aged 12 to 17
• Table F.32:   Percentages  Aged 18 to 25
• Table F.33:   Percentages  Aged 26 or Older

Past Month Alcohol Use, Past Month "Binge" Alcohol Use, and Past Month Heavy Alcohol Use by Demographic Characteristics:

• Table F.42:   Percentages by Detailed Age Categories
• Table F.43:   Percentages Aged 12 or Older
• Table F.44:   Percentages Aged 12 to 17
• Table F.45:   Percentages Aged 18 to 25
• Table F.46:   Percentages Aged 26 or Older
• Table F.47:   Percentages Aged 18 or Older
• Table F.48:   Percentages Aged 12 to 20
• Table F.49:   Percentages Aged 12 or Older, by Geographic Characteristics

Table F.50:   Percentages Reporting Past Month Use of Tobacco and Alcohol Among Females Aged 15 to 44, by Pregnancy Status: Annual Averages Based on 1999 and 2000 Samples

Table F.51:   Percentages Reporting Past Month Use of Tobacco and Alcohol Among Persons Aged 18 to 22, by College Enrollment Status: 1999 and 2000

National Alcohol-Related Variables for Youth (in  Youth Substance Use: State Estimates From the 1999 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse)

Table F.63:   Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Persons Who First Used Alcohol During the Years 1965 to 1999, Their Mean Age at First Use, and Annual Age-Specific Rates of First Use (per 1,000 Person-Years of Exposure):  Based on 1999 and 2000 NHSDAs

Table F.71:   Percentages of Persons Aged 12 to 17 Reporting (I) They Think Their Parents Would Strongly Disapprove of Their Having One or Two Drinks of an Alcoholic Beverage Nearly Every Day, by Demographic Characteristics, and (II) Selected Drug Use, by Parents' Feelings About Youth Having One or Two Drinks of an Alcoholic Beverage Nearly Every Day: 1999 and 2000

Table F.77:   Percentages of Persons Aged 12 to 17 Reporting (I) They Strongly or Somewhat Disapprove of Someone Their Own Age Having One or Two Drinks of an Alcoholic Beverage Nearly Every Day, by Demographic Characteristics, and (II) Selected Drug Use, by Youths' Feelings About Peers Drinking Alcoholic Beverage: 1999 and 2000

Table F.78:   Percentages of Persons Aged 12 to 17 Reporting (I) That They Had Talked with at Least One of Their Parents in the Past Year About the Dangers of Tobacco, Alcohol, or Drug Use, by Demographic Characteristics, and (II) Selected Drug Use, by Whether They Talked with Their Parents About the Dangers of Drug Use: 1999 and 2000

Table F.79:   Percentages of Persons Aged 12 to 17 Reporting (I) That They Had Seen or Heard Drug or Alcohol Prevention Messages From Sources Outside School in the Past Year, by Demographic Characteristics, and (II) Selected Drug Use, by Whether They Saw or Heard Drug Prevention Messages From Sources Outside School: 1999 and 2000

Alcohol-Related Variables (Not by State):

Table F.63:   Estimated Numbers (in Thousands) of Persons Who First Used Alcohol During the Years 1965 to 1999, Their Mean Age at First Use, and Annual Age-Specific Rates of First Use (per 1,000 Person-Years of Exposure):  Based on 1999 and 2000 NHSDAs

Table F.71:   Percentages of Persons Aged 12 to 17 Reporting (I) They Think Their Parents Would Strongly Disapprove of Their Having One or Two Drinks of an Alcoholic Beverage Nearly Every Day, by Demographic Characteristics, and (II) Selected Drug Use, by Parents' Feelings About Youth Having One or Two Drinks of an Alcoholic Beverage Nearly Every Day: 1999 and 2000

Table F.77:   Percentages of Persons Aged 12 to 17 Reporting (I) They Strongly or Somewhat Disapprove of Someone Their Own Age Having One or Two Drinks of an Alcoholic Beverage Nearly Every Day, by Demographic Characteristics, and (II) Selected Drug Use, by Youths' Feelings About Peers Drinking Alcoholic Beverage: 1999 and 2000

Table F.78:   Percentages of Persons Aged 12 to 17 Reporting (I) That They Had Talked with at Least One of Their Parents in the Past Year About the Dangers of Tobacco, Alcohol, or Drug Use, by Demographic Characteristics, and (II) Selected Drug Use, by Whether They Talked with Their Parents About the Dangers of Drug Use: 1999 and 2000

Table F.79:   Percentages of Persons Aged 12 to 17 Reporting (I) That They Had Seen or Heard Drug or Alcohol Prevention Messages From Sources Outside School in the Past Year, by Demographic Characteristics, and (II) Selected Drug Use, by Whether They Saw or Heard Drug Prevention Messages From Sources Outside School: 1999 and 2000

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