Table 3. 30-Day prevalence of alcohol use; extrapolation to the 18- to 64-year-old population.

Alcohol	Men			Women			Total *3			Extrapolation *4
	n	%	[95% CI]	n	%	[95% CI]	n	%	[95% CI]	N	[95% CI]
Prevalence of use	2987	74.8	[72.6; 76.8]	3561	66.0	[64.0; 68.0]	6557	70.5	[68.9; 72.0]	36.1 M	[35.2; 36.8]
Episodic heavy drinking *1 (among consumers)	1319	41.9	[39.5; 44.3]	919	23.3	[21.5; 25.3]	2239	33.3	[31.6; 35.0]	12.0 M	[11.1; 12.9]
Consumption of hazardous quantities *2 (among consumers)	595	21.1	[19.3; 23.1]	815	22.9	[20.8; 25.0]	1410	21.9	[20.5; 23.4]	7.9 M	[7.2; 8.6]

*¹ Episodic heavy drinking: consumption of five or more alcoholic beverages on at least one of the preceding 30 days

*² Hazardous consumption: average consumption of more than 12 g (women) and 24 g (men) pure alcohol per day

*³ Includes men, women, and diverse

*⁴ Mean based on 51,139,451 individuals aged 18–64 years (as of 31.12.2020, German Federal Statistical Office)

n = Unweighted number; % = weighted prevalence; 95% CI = 95% confidence interval; N = extrapolation in thousands except where millions indicated; M, million