1998 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse:  Population Estimates

Alcohol - Region

Table 13E. Alcohol Use by Age Group and Gender for Northeast Region in 1998

AGE/ /GENDER	Ever Used					Used Past Year					Used Past Month
	Observed Estimate	95% C.I.				Observed Estimate	95% C.I.				Observed Estimate	95% C.I.
RATE ESTIMATES (Percent)
AGE
12-17	39.4	(34.1	-	44.9)		33.8	(29.0	-	38.9)		22.1	(17.7	-	27.3)
18-25	84.4	(80.1	-	87.9)		78.0	(72.9	-	82.4)		64.3	(58.0	-	70.1)
26-34	89.5	(85.0	-	92.8)		77.1	(72.2	-	81.3)		62.4	(56.8	-	67.7)
$35	91.2	(88.7	-	93.3)		71.9	(68.1	-	75.4)		57.7	(53.7	-	61.6)
GENDER
Male	86.1	(83.0	-	88.7)		72.1	(68.0	-	75.8)		62.3	(57.9	-	66.5)
Female	84.4	(81.7	-	86.7)		67.7	(64.2	-	71.1)		49.9	(46.0	-	53.9)
TOTAL	85.2	(83.2	-	87.0)		69.8	(67.3	-	72.2)		55.8	(53.1	-	58.5)

POPULATION ESTIMATES (In Thousands)

AGE
12-17	1,598	(1,385	-	1,822)		1,373	(1,180	-	1,581)		899	(719	-	1,110)
18-25	4,170	(3,957	-	4,344)		3,854	(3,602	-	4,070)		3,178	(2,869	-	3,465)
26-34	6,026	(5,720	-	6,248)		5,190	(4,861	-	5,476)		4,201	(3,822	-	4,558)
$35	24,288	(23,614	-	24,823)		19,139	(18,137	-	20,065)		15,355	(14,282	-	16,401)
GENDER
Male	17,323	(16,701	-	17,847)		14,500	(13,682	-	15,251)		12,526	(11,645	-	13,369)
Female	18,760	(18,172	-	19,277)		15,056	(14,266	-	15,803)		11,106	(10,224	-	11,988)
TOTAL	36,083	(35,241	-	36,840)		29,556	(28,485	-	30,579)		23,633	(22,474	-	24,777)

Table 13F. Alcohol Use by Age Group and Gender for North Central Region in 1998

AGE/ /GENDER	Ever Used					Used Past Year					Used Past Month
	Observed Estimate	95% C.I.				Observed Estimate	95% C.I.				Observed Estimate	95% C.I.
RATE ESTIMATES (Percent)
AGE
12-17	41.4	(37.6	-	45.3)		35.7	(32.0	-	39.6)		20.6	(17.6	-	24.1)
18-25	91.2	(87.6	-	93.9)		84.5	(80.3	-	87.9)		72.1	(66.3	-	77.1)
26-34	92.2	(89.2	-	94.5)		82.1	(78.5	-	85.3)		67.9	(63.7	-	71.9)
$35	89.8	(86.2	-	92.5)		70.5	(66.2	-	74.5)		58.7	(53.5	-	63.6)
GENDER
Male	87.3	(84.8	-	89.4)		74.6	(71.5	-	77.4)		65.4	(61.0	-	69.6)
Female	83.3	(79.9	-	86.2)		66.6	(62.5	-	70.4)		50.7	(46.3	-	55.2)
TOTAL	85.2	(82.6	-	87.5)		70.4	(67.3	-	73.3)		57.8	(53.8	-	61.7)

POPULATION ESTIMATES (In Thousands)

AGE
12-17	2,246	(2,038	-	2,459)		1,938	(1,738	-	2,148)		1,121	(954	-	1,308)
18-25	6,048	(5,811	-	6,222)		5,603	(5,324	-	5,831)		4,777	(4,398	-	5,114)
26-34	7,228	(6,989	-	7,405)		6,437	(6,152	-	6,683)		5,324	(4,989	-	5,637)
$35	28,051	(26,939	-	28,901)		22,033	(20,688	-	23,274)		18,330	(16,720	-	19,883)
GENDER
Male	21,460	(20,859	-	21,976)		18,328	(17,566	-	19,034)		16,078	(14,992	-	17,103)
Female	22,114	(21,217	-	22,887)		17,683	(16,610	-	18,694)		13,474	(12,297	-	14,647)
TOTAL	43,574	(42,248	-	44,732)		36,011	(34,420	-	37,511)		29,552	(27,521	-	31,532)

* Low precision; no estimate reported.

Source: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1998

Alcohol - Region

Table 13G. Alcohol Use by Age Group and Gender for South Region in 1998

AGE/ /GENDER	Ever Used					Used Past Year					Used Past Month
	Observed Estimate	95% C.I.				Observed Estimate	95% C.I.				Observed Estimate	95% C.I.
RATE ESTIMATES (Percent)
AGE
12-17	34.5	(31.8	-	37.4)		29.5	(26.6	-	32.6)		17.5	(15.3	-	20.0)
18-25	80.9	(78.4	-	83.1)		69.3	(65.2	-	73.0)		54.4	(49.9	-	58.8)
26-34	87.1	(84.5	-	89.3)		70.9	(67.7	-	73.8)		58.3	(54.8	-	61.8)
$35	81.7	(78.8	-	84.3)		56.0	(51.8	-	60.0)		45.6	(42.0	-	49.2)
GENDER
Male	83.8	(81.7	-	85.7)		62.6	(59.7	-	65.4)		53.1	(50.1	-	56.1)
Female	71.8	(68.2	-	75.2)		52.4	(48.0	-	56.8)		39.1	(35.5	-	42.9)
TOTAL	77.6	(75.3	-	79.6)		57.3	(54.1	-	60.4)		45.8	(43.0	-	48.6)

POPULATION ESTIMATES (In Thousands)

AGE
12-17	2,777	(2,554	-	3,009)		2,374	(2,141	-	2,620)		1,411	(1,232	-	1,609)
18-25	8,128	(7,882	-	8,351)		6,961	(6,557	-	7,337)		5,467	(5,017	-	5,910)
26-34	10,573	(10,261	-	10,840)		8,605	(8,227	-	8,961)		7,085	(6,651	-	7,509)
$35	38,494	(37,118	-	39,719)		26,355	(24,393	-	28,278)		21,469	(19,785	-	23,174)
GENDER
Male	30,986	(30,225	-	31,677)		23,148	(22,082	-	24,183)		19,650	(18,540	-	20,752)
Female	28,986	(27,519	-	30,347)		21,146	(19,370	-	22,907)		15,781	(14,316	-	17,297)
TOTAL	59,973	(58,239	-	61,591)		44,294	(41,821	-	46,722)		35,431	(33,280	-	37,603)

Table 13H. Alcohol Use by Age Group and Gender for West Region in 1998

AGE/ /GENDER	Ever Used					Used Past Year					Used Past Month
	Observed Estimate	95% C.I.				Observed Estimate	95% C.I.				Observed Estimate	95% C.I.
RATE ESTIMATES (Percent)
AGE
12-17	35.9	(32.0	-	39.9)		29.7	(26.0	-	33.8)		17.4	(14.6	-	20.6)
18-25	77.6	(73.6	-	81.1)		68.1	(62.5	-	73.3)		53.0	(48.0	-	58.0)
26-34	84.6	(81.7	-	87.2)		70.5	(65.6	-	75.0)		56.5	(51.7	-	61.2)
$35	86.6	(84.3	-	88.7)		65.7	(62.4	-	68.8)		55.0	(51.4	-	58.6)
GENDER
Male	84.3	(80.8	-	87.2)		67.7	(62.9	-	72.1)		57.4	(52.9	-	61.7)
Female	75.0	(72.0	-	77.7)		58.2	(54.8	-	61.6)		44.6	(41.2	-	48.0)
TOTAL	79.6	(76.8	-	82.0)		62.9	(59.5	-	66.2)		50.9	(47.4	-	54.3)

POPULATION ESTIMATES (In Thousands)

AGE
12-17	1,870	(1,669	-	2,081)		1,548	(1,354	-	1,758)		908	(762	-	1,074)
18-25	4,922	(4,670	-	5,145)		4,321	(3,965	-	4,647)		3,364	(3,044	-	3,680)
26-34	6,678	(6,443	-	6,880)		5,562	(5,175	-	5,915)		4,459	(4,078	-	4,830)
$35	24,413	(23,744	-	24,995)		18,514	(17,588	-	19,399)		15,504	(14,481	-	16,512)
GENDER
Male	19,816	(19,007	-	20,502)		15,915	(14,790	-	16,958)		13,488	(12,434	-	14,515)
Female	18,067	(17,361	-	18,722)		14,031	(13,200	-	14,842)		10,746	(9,939	-	11,564)
TOTAL	37,882	(36,588	-	39,060)		29,945	(28,311	-	31,520)		24,234	(22,588	-	25,876)

* Low precision; no estimate reported.

Source: Office of Applied Studies, SAMHSA, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 1998