Alcohol Use in the United States: Age Groups and Demographic Characteristics | National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
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Prevalence of Lifetime DrinkingPeople Ages 12 and OlderAccording to the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 228.4 million people ages 12 and older (79.2% in this age group) reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime.1,2 This includes:

NIAAA defines heavy alcohol use as follows:

For men, consuming five or more drinks on any day or 15 or more per week

For women, consuming four or more drinks on any day or eight or more per week

According to the 2024 NSDUH, 14.4 million adults ages 18 and older (5.5% in this age group) reported heavy alcohol use in the past month

Five drinks for me would be a good date night dinner at home (cocktail hour, plus two glasses of wine with dinner). Hardly a bacchanal, but apparently America is slacking as of late.

  • 11111one11111@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Well that confirms everyone of my fellow Buffalo Bills fans are raging alcoholics 8 weeks of every year but noone really needed a study to come to that conclusion 🤣🤣🤣. Buffalo, NY: a drinking town with a football problem lol.

    • Tujio@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago

      Listen. Each and every one of you has a contractual (and moral) obligation to jump through a fucking table. If you need a couple 12-packs for confidence, I’m not one to judge.