Table 2.

Number of Events for Incident Ischemic Heart Disease and Stroke According to Binge-Drinking Frequency and Average Drinking Quantity Among 44,476 Norwegian Adult Men and Women Who Participated in a Cardiovascular Health Examination Survey in Midlife and Reported to be Currently Drinking Alcohol, 1987–2003

	Average Quantity of Alcohol Consumed, g/day
	<2.00		2.00–11.99		12.00–23.99		24.00–59.99		2.00–59.99
Binge-Drinking Frequency	No. of Events	Total No.	No. of Events	Total No.	No. of Events	Total No.	No. of Events	Total No.	No. of Events	Total No.
Incident Ischemic Heart Disease
All	706	15,626	649	22,050	144	4,223	36	1,042	829	27,315
Never/infrequent			544	16,386	75	1,522	14	202	633	18,110
Frequent			105	5,664	69	2,701	22	840	196	9,205
Incident Stroke
All	547	15,785	598	22,101	132	4,235	57	1,021	787	27,357
Never/infrequent			507	16,423	80	1,517	25	191	612	18,131
Frequent			91	5,678	52	2,718	32	830	175	9,226