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Heavy Drinking Among 18-22 Year-old Full-time Undergraduates

Heavy Drinking Among 18-22 Year-old Full-time Undergraduates. 84% of 18-22 year-old undergraduates are NOT heavy drinkers.

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Heavy Drinking Among 18-22 Year-old Full-time Undergraduates

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  1. Heavy Drinking Among 18-22 Year-old Full-time Undergraduates 84% of 18-22 year-old undergraduates are NOT heavy drinkers Source: 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, an annual survey representative of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the U.S. aged 12 years old or older conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, 2010: http://oas.samhsa.gov/NSDUH/2k9NSDUH/2k9ResultsP.pdf The 2009 survey is based on interviews with approximately 67,500 respondents ages 12 and older. The survey covers residents of households (living in houses/townhouses, apartments, condominiums, etc.), persons in noninstitutional group quarters (e.g., shelters, rooming/boarding houses, college dormitories, migratory workers' camps, halfwayhouses), and civilians living on military bases. Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days. Question: During the past 30 days, on how many days did you drink 5 or more drinks on the same occasion? By ‘occasion’ we mean at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other.

  2. Heavy Drinking Among 18-22 Year-old Full-time Undergraduates Record-Low Level 18 percent decline since 2005 Source: SAMHSA, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health. 2002-2005 data: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh/2k5nsduh/2k5results.pdf 2005-2006 data: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh/2k6nsduh/2k6Results.cfm#Ch3: Figure 3.4 2007 data: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/NSDUH/2k7NSDUH/tabs/Sect7peTabs59to115.htm#Tab7.82BTable 7.82B 2008 data: http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/NSDUH/2K8NSDUH/tabs/Sect7peTabs79to95.pdf Table 7.84B 2009 data: http://oas.samhsa.gov/NSDUH/2k9NSDUH/2k9ResultsP.pdf Heavy Alcohol Use is defined as drinking five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days. No year-to-year differences are statistically significant. Question: During the past 30 days, on how many days did you drink 5 or more drinks on the same occasion? By ‘occasion’ we mean at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other.

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