Alcohol Use

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Prevalence

• Percent of adults who drank alcohol in the past year: 61% (2007)
• Percent of current drinkers who had five or more drinks on at least one day in the past year: 21% (2007)

Source: Health, United States, 2008, tables 68, 69

 

Mortality

• Number of alcohol-induced deaths, excluding accidents and homicides: 22,073
• Number of alcoholic liver disease deaths: 13,050

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2006, tables 10, 23

 

More data

• Early release of selected estimates from the National Health Interview Survey
• Health Behaviors of Adults, United States, 2002-04, Chapter 3
• Health Data Interactive
• Health, United States trend tables with data on health risk factors
• Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2008, tables 26, 27, Appendix III, table XVI
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System