This statistic displays the percentage of persons in the U.S. aged 12 or older who had current, binge, and heavy alcohol use in the past month, by ethnicity, in 2018. In that year, 6.2 percent of persons with a Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander ethnicity claimed to have heavy alcohol use. Heavy use refers to five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of five or more days in the last 30 days.
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Current, binge, and heavy alcohol use in the United States in 2018, by ethnicity*
Alcohol use among U.S. persons aged 12 or older by ethnicity 2018
Published by John Elflein,
Aug 30, 2019
Current, binge, and heavy alcohol use in the United States in 2018, by ethnicity*
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2018
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base: around 70,000 persons
Age group
12 years and older
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* Alcohol use in the past month among persons aged 12 years and older.
This statistic was assembled from several editions of the same national survey.
Alcohol use among U.S. persons aged 12 or older by ethnicity 2018
Published by John Elflein,
Aug 30, 2019
This statistic displays the percentage of persons in the U.S. aged 12 or older who had current, binge, and heavy alcohol use in the past month, by ethnicity, in 2018. In that year, 6.2 percent of persons with a Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander ethnicity claimed to have heavy alcohol use. Heavy use refers to five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of five or more days in the last 30 days.
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SAMHSA. (August 6, 2019). Current, binge, and heavy alcohol use in the United States in 2018, by ethnicity* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 15, 2019, from https://cdn1.statista.com/statistics/354291/current-binge-heavy-alcohol-use-in-persons-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
SAMHSA. "Current, binge, and heavy alcohol use in the United States in 2018, by ethnicity*." Chart. August 6, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 15, 2019. https://cdn1.statista.com/statistics/354291/current-binge-heavy-alcohol-use-in-persons-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
SAMHSA. (2019). Current, binge, and heavy alcohol use in the United States in 2018, by ethnicity*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 15, 2019. https://cdn1.statista.com/statistics/354291/current-binge-heavy-alcohol-use-in-persons-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
SAMHSA. "Current, Binge, and Heavy Alcohol Use in The United States in 2018, by Ethnicity*." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Aug 2019, https://cdn1.statista.com/statistics/354291/current-binge-heavy-alcohol-use-in-persons-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
SAMHSA, Current, binge, and heavy alcohol use in the United States in 2018, by ethnicity* Statista, https://cdn1.statista.com/statistics/354291/current-binge-heavy-alcohol-use-in-persons-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/ (last visited December 15, 2019)
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