Table 1.

Distributions of alcohol drinking status (non-drinker, current drinker) among men and women by selected characteristics, adults aged 20 years and older, United States, 1999–2010¹

	Men (n=13,557)2				Women (n=13,100)2
	Non-drinker		Current drinker		Non-drinker		Current drinker
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Total analytic sample	3829	23.3	9728	76.7	5404	34.3	7696	65.7
Age, years
20–39	730	26.6	3710	43.2	1054	23.4	2863	39.1
40–64	1468	46.0	4024	44.9	2206	44.2	3419	47.8
65+	1631	27.3	1994	11.9	2144	32.4	1414	13.1
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic white	1941	70.5	4941	72.3	2300	64.9	4204	75.7
Non-Hispanic black	852	12.4	1772	9.2	1251	14.7	1369	9.6
Hispanic	887	11.3	2664	13.8	1614	13.4	1867	10.6
Non-Hispanic other	149	5.7	351	4.7	239	7.0	256	4.0
Education
Less than high school	1528	26.9	2704	17.4	2238	29.4	1624	13.5
High school	928	27.6	2328	24.9	1322	28.1	1808	23.5
Some college	800	25.0	2543	29.5	1228	27.0	2499	33.9
College graduate or beyond	566	20.2	2144	28.1	603	15.3	1759	29.0
Marital status
Married/cohabiting	2658	71.8	6337	65.9	2691	56.2	4193	59.9
Widowed/divorced/separated	654	12.6	1436	12.3	2030	30.7	2017	21.9
Never married	465	13.4	1800	19.8	594	11.5	1359	16.4
Smoking
Current	624	16.7	2864	29.3	664	14.4	1832	24.4
Former	1473	34.1	2881	27.7	988	18.3	1720	23.1
Never	1728	49.1	3975	42.9	3746	67.1	4140	52.4

¹Data source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2010. Sample size (N) is unweighted; percentage estimates are weighted. N and percent may not add to full sample due to missing data.

²All p values are <0.0001 for chi square tests of drinking status by all characteristics in both men and women.