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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2010 May;36(3):168–174. doi: 10.3109/00952991003793851
Volume
(average # of drinks/month)
(Level 1)
Heavy drinking
Threshold Measure
(Level 2)
Heavy drinking
Threshold Measure
(Level 3)
N Alcohol-related
injury last year (%)
Average volume
(# drinks/month)
≤15 per month*** Never 5+ - 4258 0.2 4
5+ once last year - 269 2.9 6
5+ > once last year - 587 0.6 8

(15 – 60]a per month*** 5+ ≤ once last year - 1294 0.8 31
5+ > once last year - 1013 3.7 35

(60–70] a per month - - 235 0.6 65

(70–180] a per month - - 758 3.0 107

>180 per month - - 275 9.7 350
a

(a–b] means the volume >a, but ≤ b

p<0.10,

*

p<0.05,

**

p<0.01,

***

p<0.001