Table 2.

Estimates of alcohol exposure in the USA in the year 2017 (based on [45])

Sex	Age, years	Mean daily alcohol intake among drinkersa	Prevalence of
			Lifetime abstinence	Past-year abstinence	Less than 40 g/day	40–60 g/day	60–100 g/day	At least 100 g/day
Women	15–34	14.3 (13.6–15.1)	14.4% (12.5–17.1)	16.6% (14.7–19.3)	63.2% (62.4–63.8)	3.7% (3.3–4.1)	1.8% (1.6–2.2)	0.3% (0.2–0.5)
	35–49	14.0 (13.4–14.6)	10.3% (9–12)	16.2% (15–17.9)	67.5% (66.9–68.1)	3.8% (3.4–4.2)	1.9% (1.6–2.2)	0.3% (0.2–0.4)
	50–64	13.2 (12.5–13.9)	13.7% (11.9–15.7)	19.6% (17.8–21.6)	61.9% (61.3–62.4)	3.1% (2.8–3.5)	1.4% (1.2–1.7)	0.2% (0.1–0.3)
	65+	12.0 (11.2–13.0)	24.5% (21.5–27.6)	25.1% (22.2–28.3)	47.5% (46.9–48)	2% (1.7–2.4)	0.8% (0.6–1.1)	0.1% (0–0.2)
Men	15–34	32.9 (30.9–34.7)	8.6% (7.1–10.2)	10.8% (9.3–12.4)	57.5% (56.1–59)	9.3% (8.8–9.8)	8.7% (8–9.3)	5.2% (4.3–5.9)
	35–49	40.0 (37.1–42.6)	4.5% (3.8–5.2)	10.2% (9.5–11)	55.8% (54–57.7)	10.3% (9.8–10.9)	10.8% (10–11.5)	8.4% (7.3–9.6)
	50–64	39.1 (36.6–41.7)	5.5% (4.8–6.5)	12.1% (11.4–13.1)	54.4% (52.7–56.1)	9.9% (9.4–10.5)	10.2% (9.5–10.9)	7.8% (6.7–8.8)
	65+	33.4 (31.5–35.5)	8.7% (7.3–10.2)	19% (17.7–20.6)	51.2% (49.9–52.6)	8.4% (7.9–8.8)	7.9% (7.3–8.5)	4.8% (4.1–5.6)

^aIn grams pure alcohol per day. Numbers in parentheses denote 95% uncertainty interval.