TABLE 1-2Prevalence of Any Use, Heavy Use, Frequent Use, and Frequent Heavy Use of Alcohol in the Past 30 Days, by Single Years of Age, 2000

Percentage Reporting Alcohol Use in Past 30 Days
AgeAnyHeavyFrequentFrequent Heavy
122.51.10.20.1
137.13.00.90.3
1411.56.32.01.2
1519.712.13.62.6
1626.317.76.74.7
1731.922.910.57.1
1841.230.114.310.2
1950.035.120.313.5
2056.639.422.314.6

SOURCE: National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (Analysis of Public Use File Data) (2000).

From: 1, The Epidemiology of Underage Drinking in the United States: An Overview

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Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility.
National Research Council (US) and Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Developing a Strategy to Reduce and Prevent Underage Drinking; Bonnie RJ, O'Connell ME, editors.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2004.
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