Table 2.

Alcohol outcomes by race/ethnicity and sex

Variable	White men	African American men	Hispanic men	White women	African American women	Hispanic women	Design- based χ2
Full sample
n	4,229	1,074	1,335	4,642	1,341	1,269
Current drinker	70.9%	55.8%	66.7%	65.2%	44.6%	43.9%	76.30**
Mean volume from heavy drinkingab	240 drinks	237 drinks	282 drinks	55 drinks	60 drinks	78 drinks	–c
≥2 consequencesa	6.5%	10.8%	8.6%	2.7%	2.7%	3.2%	15.75**
Dependencea	4.1%	9.2%	10.1%	2.1%	3.1%	4.8%	18.68**
Sample in most
disadvantaged neighborhoodsd
n	558	496	552	630	696	535
Current drinker	60.7%	51.7%	64.5%	53.3%	40.8%	39.8%	17.08**
Mean volume from heavy drinkingab	279 drinks	321 drinks	284 drinks	94 drinks	84 drinks	126 drinks	–c
≥2 consequencesa	8.6%	14.6%	9.3%	6.3%	3.4%	2.7%	5.25**
Dependencea	5.0%	10.2%	12.0%	5.7%	3.7%	4.1%	4.16**

Notes: n = weighted sample size.

^aDrinkers only;

^bheavy drinking volume calculated from days in past year consuming five or more drinks;

^csee text for tests of group differences;

^dtop quartile on neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage measure.

^**p <.01.