Table 2. The 30-day prevalence of alcohol use, as well as projections to the 18- to 64-year-old population.

Alcohol	Men*3			Women*3			Total*3			Projection*4. *5
	n	%	[95% CI]	n	%	[95% CI]	n	%	[95% CI]	N	[95% CI]
Prevalence of use	3296	76.5	[74.6; 78.4]	3563	66.5	[64.7; 68.2]	6859	71.6	[70.2; 72.9]	36.9 Million	[36.2; 37.6]
Episodic heavy drinking*1, consumers	1512	42.8	[40.2; 45.3]	976	24.6	[22.8; 26.6]	2488	34.5	[32.8; 36.3]	12.7 Million	[11.9; 13.6]
Consumption of hazardous quantities*2, consumers	598	16.7	[15.1; 18.4]	718	19.7	[18.2; 21.3]	1316	18.1	[16.9; 19.3]	6.7 Million	[6.1; 7.3]

*¹Episodic heavy drinking: consumption of five or more alcoholic beverages on at least one of the preceding 30 days; *²hazardous consumption: average consumption of more than 12 g (women) or 24 g (men) of pure alcohol per day; *³n, unweighted number; % = weighted prevalence [95% confidence interval]; *⁴mean based on 51 544 494 individuals aged between 18 and 64 years (as of 31 December 2017, German Federal Statistical Office); *⁵ in millions95% CI, 95% confidence interval