Distribution of drinking levels of white non-Hispanics and black non-Hispanics 
by age and sex, NHIS, 1988  (Numbers in thousands).

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                                         Drinking Levels*
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    Sex                            Light          Moderate         Heavier
  and Age       Abstainer         Drinker          Drinker         Drinker
            ----------------  ---------------  ---------------  --------------
                  N      %         N      %         N      %       N      %
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Both Sexes
18-74 Years
 White         56,100  43.34    35,000  27.04    27,420  21.18   10,940   8.45
 Black         10,840  60.13     3,546  19.67     2,604  14.44    1,038   5.75

18-29 Years
 White         11,380  33.12    10,840  31.53     8,961  26.08    3,186   9.27
 Black          3,468  57.72     1,273  21.18       923  15.36      345   5.73
30-44 Years
 White         16,730  38.73    12,770  29.57    10,200  23.62    3,490   8.08
 Black          3,205  53.11     1,350  22.36     1,078  17.87      402   6.66
45-64 Years
 White         18,600  50.42     8,691  23.56     6,323  17.14    3,274   8.88
 Black          2,989  66.39       767  17.03       517  11.49      229   5.09
65-74 Years
 White          9,401  62.56     2,704  17.99     1,935  12.87      987   6.57
 Black          1,180  79.46       157  10.59        86   5.77       62   4.18

Male
18-74 Years
 White         20,650  32.84    16,720  26.58    17,110  27.21    8,410  13.37
 Black          3,784  46.67     1,715  21.15     1,764  21.76      845  10.42

18-29 Years
 White          3,945  23.29     4,952  29.23     5,548  32.74    2,498  14.74
 Black          1,239  44.81       626  22.65       609  22.02      291  10.52
30-44 Years
 White          6,132  28.64     6,044  28.23     6,498  30.36    2,733  12.77
 Black          1,073  39.60       600  22.14       731  26.96      306  11.29
45-64 Years
 White          7,205  40.37     4,297  24.08     3,882  21.75    2,465  13.81
 Black          1,056  52.64       389  19.41       361  18.00      200   9.95
65-74 Years
 White          3,372  50.32     1,427  21.30     1,187  17.71      715  10.67
 Black            415  66.30        99  15.82        63  10.12       49   7.75

Female
18-74 Years
 White         35,450  53.26    18,280  27.46    10,300  15.48    2,527   3.80
 Black          7,057  71.14     1,831  18.46       840   8.47      192   1.94

18-29 Years
 White          7,436  42.69     5,883  33.77     3,413  19.59      688   3.95
 Black          2,229  68.73       646  19.93       314   9.69       53   1.65
30-44 Years
 White         10,590  48.64     6,727  30.88     3,703  17.00      757   3.48
 Black          2,132  64.12       750  22.54       348  10.45       96   2.88
45-64 Years
 White         11,390  59.84     4,394  23.08     2,442  12.83      809   4.25
 Black          1,932  77.44       377  15.12       156   6.26       29   1.18
65-74 Years
 White          6,030  72.41     1,277  15.33       748   8.98      272   3.27
 Black            764  89.06        58   6.77        22   2.59       13   1.57
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Source: Unpublished data from the Alcohol/Health Practices Questionnaire
        of the 1988 National Health Interview Survey, National Center for
        Health Statistics.

* Abstainer defined as a person who drinks less than 12 drinks per year or
  a former drinker who has not had a drink in over a year: light drinker
  drinks up to .21 oz. of ethanol daily (up to 3 drinks per week); moderate
  drinker drinks between .22 and .99 oz. of ethanol daily (4 to 13 drinks
  per week); heavier drinker consumes 1 or more oz. of ethanol daily
  (2 drinks or more a day).