Table 1.
Percentage of Drinkers Reporting Drinking-Related Problems in the Previous Year, by Drinking Level1
| Percentage of Drinkers Reporting Drinking-Related Problems | |||
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| Number of Heavy-Drinking Occasions2 in Previous Year | Light Drinkers (< 1 drink per week) | Moderate Drinkers (1–7 drinks per week) | Heavy Drinkers (> 7 drinks per week) |
| 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 2–6 | 7 | 10 | 14 |
| 7 or more | 17 | 21 | 35 |
1
Respondents to the 1993 General Social Survey (in Canada) who consumed alcohol were asked whether their drinking had adversely affected their social life, physical health, happiness, home life or marriage, work, or finances in the previous 12 months.
2
Heavy-drinking occasions were defined as consumption of five or more drinks on one occasion.
SOURCE: Single et al. 1995.