Table 5.
Alcohol consumption in grams per day in 2120 German adults by gender and age
| Females | |||||||
| Age class (years) | Ex-drinkers | Non-drinkers | >0–20 grams alcohol/day | >20–40 grams alcohol/day | >40–80 grams alcohol/day | >80 grams alcohol/day | Total |
| 18 – 30 | 5 (2.5%) | 103 (51.0%) | 84 (41.6%) | 8 (4.0%) | 1 (0.5%) | 1 (0.5%) | 202 (18.1%) |
| 31 – 40 | 6 (2.1%) | 128 (44.0%) | 133 (45.7%) | 21 (7.2%) | 3 (1.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 291 (26.1%) |
| 41 – 50 | 10 (3.7%) | 104 (38.2%) | 126 (46.3%) | 27 (9.9%) | 5 (1.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | 272 (24.4%) |
| 51 – 65 | 21 (6.0%) | 141 (40.2%) | 151 (43.0%) | 32 (9.1%) | 6 (1.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | 351 (31.5%) |
| Total | 42 (3.8%) | 476 (42.7%) | 494 (44.3%) | 88 (7.9%) | 15 (1.3%) | 1 (0.1%) | 1116 (100.0%) |
| Males | |||||||
| Age class (years) | Ex-drinkers | Non-drinkers | >0–20 grams alcohol/day | >20–40 grams alcohol/day | >40–80 grams alcohol/day | >80 grams alcohol/day | Total |
| 18 – 30 | 9 (4.5%) | 62 (31.0%) | 80 (40.0%) | 26 (13.0%) | 14 (7.0%) | 9 (4.5%) | 200 (19.9%) |
| 31 – 40 | 7 (2.6%) | 75 (27.8%) | 102 (37.8%) | 49 (18.2%) | 28 (10.4%) | 9 (3.3%) | 270 (26.7%) |
| 41 – 50 | 9 (4.2%) | 37 (17.1%) | 99 (45.6%) | 44 (20.3%) | 25 (11.5%) | 3 (1.4%) | 217 (21.6%) |
| 51 – 65 | 22 (6.9%) | 57 (18.0%) | 126 (39.8%) | 67 (21.1%) | 38 (12.0%) | 7 (2.2%) | 317 (31.6%) |
| Total | 47 (4.7%) | 231 (23.0%) | 407 (40.5%) | 186 (18.5%) | 105 (10.5%) | 28 (2.8%) | 1004 (100.0%) |