Table 3.
Prevalence and trends in co-use, drinking, and alcohol-related harms by gender
| WOMEN (n = 3,067) | MEN (n = 2,425) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Trend P* | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Trend P | |
| Any cannabis use, past 12 months (%) | 20.9 | 23.4 | 26.3 | 0.040 | 29.3 | 29.1 | 37.2 | 0.040 |
| Non-cannabis user/non-drinker (%) | 30.1 | 28.6 | 27.8 | (ref) | 25.0 | 21.8 | 22.2 | (ref) |
| Non-cannabis user/drinker (%) | 49.1 | 48.1 | 45.9 | ns | 45.9 | 49.3 | 40.9 | ns |
| Cannabis user/non-drinker (%) | 2.9 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 0.048 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.8 | ns |
| Concurrent cannabis/alcohol user (%) | 8.4 | 11.2 | 9.5 | ns | 9.5 | 7.0 | 11.7 | ns |
| Simultaneous cannabis/alcohol user (%) | 9.5 | 9.3 | 12.0 | ns | 15.1 | 17.0 | 19.4 | ns |
| Current drinker (%) | 67.1 | 68.8 | 67.4 | ns | 70.7 | 73.2 | 72.1 | ns |
| Average # drinking days, past 30 days | 7.6 (0.4) | 6.9 (0.4) | 7.7 (0.5) | ns | 9.5 (0.5) | 10.3 (0.6) | 9.5 (0.6) | ns |
| Average # drinks/drinking day, past 30 days | 1.8 (0.1) | 1.7 (0.1) | 1.9 (0.1) | ns | 2.5 (0.1) | 2.5 (0.2) | 2.2 (0.1) | 0.037 |
| Average volume, past 30 days | 15.4 (1.9) | 13.2 (1.3) | 16.6 (2.3) | ns | 27.4 (3.7) | 28.0 (4.4) | 23.7 (0.1) | ns |
| Frequency 5+, past 30 days | 0.4 (0.1) | 0.4 (0.1) | 0.5 (0.1) | ns | 1.4 (0.3) | 1.1 (0.2) | 1.1 (0.2) | ns |
| Alcohol-related harms at home, past 12 months (%) | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.021 | 2.3 | 5.0 | 1.6 | ns |
| Health harms (%) | 3.4 | 3.8 | 5.1 | ns | 3.5 | 7.3 | 4.8 | ns |
| Work harms (%) | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.2 | ns | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.9 | ns |
| Financial harms (%) | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.027 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 1.3 | ns |
*
From multivariable regression models adjusting for age, race/ethnicity, education, employment, marital status, and cannabis use