OBJECTIVES. Since 1981, per capita consumption of alcohol (based on sales figures) has
decreased in the United States. This study describes drinking patterns in the 1990 national …

OBJECTIVES: Data from the 1984, 1990, and 1995 National Alcohol Surveys were used to
investigate whether declines shown previously in drinking and heavy drinking across many …

Data from the 1992 National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiologic Study (NLAES) revealed
that 44% of US adults 18 years of age and older were current drinkers who had consumed at …

Objective: The concentration of alcohol consumption in the US among the heaviest drinkers
is analyzed with data from two recent probability samples of the adult population. Method …

Objective: This study uses two national alcohol surveys to assess rates of drinking problems
from 1984 to 1990, to examine any changes in reports of drinking problems within …

GERALD D. WILLIAMS, D. ED. FREDERICK S. STINSON, PD DOUGLAS A. PARKER, PH.
D. THOMAS C. HARFORD, PH. D. JOHN NOBLE, BA falcohol abuse and alcoholism preva …

Objective: To report national trends in alcohol consumption patterns among whites, blacks
and Hispanics between 1984 and 1995, in relation to the recent decline in per capita …

Abstract" The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), a part of the
National Institutes of Health, is the primary Federal agency that conducts research on …

This chapter lays out the methods of measuring alcohol consumption that have been used in
survey studies of the general population of the United States and discusses their …

Findings on alcohol consumption and alcohol problems from a 1984 general population
survey are presented and compared to previous survey findings. Eighteen percent of all men …