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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Risk Uncertain. 2013 Jun;46(3):10.1007/s11166-013-9167-7. doi: 10.1007/s11166-013-9167-7

Table 1.

Estimated blood alcohol concentrations (Male/Female;%)

Standard drinks Body weight in pounds
100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240
1 .04/.05 .03/04 .02/.03 .02/.03 .02/.03 .02/.02 .02/.02 .02/.02
2 .08/.09 .06/.08 .05/.07 .05/.06 .04/.05 .04/.05 .03/.04 .03/.04
3 .11/.14 .09/.11 .08/.10 .07/.09 .06/.08 .06/.07 .05/.06 .05/.06
4 .15/.18 .12/.15 .11/.13 .09/.11 .08/.10 .08/.09 .07/.08 .06/.08
5 .19/.23 .16/.19 .13/.16 .12/.14 .11/.13 .09/.11 .09/.10 .08/.09
6 .23/.27 .19/.23 .16/.19 .14/.17 .13/.15 .11/.14 .10/.12 .09/.11
7 .26/.32 .22/.27 .19/.23 .16/.20 .15/.18 .13/.16 .12/.14 .11/.13
8 .30/.36 .25/.30 .21/.26 .19/.23 .17/.20 .15/.18 .14/.17 .13/.15
9 .34/.41 .28/.34 .24/.29 .21/.26 .19/.23 .17/.20 .15/.19 .14/.17
10 .38/.45 .31/.38 .27/.32 .23/.28 .21/.25 .19/.23 .17/.21 .16/.19

One standard drink is 1.25 oz. of 80 proof liquor, 12 oz. beer, or 5 oz. wine

This is a reproduction of Table 9.1 in Meyer and Quenzer (2005)