TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Percentage* of Adults Aged ≥65 Years Who Drank Four or More Alcoholic Drinks Per Week,(†) by Sex and Age - National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2020(§)
JO  - MMWR: Morbidity and mortality weekly report
A1  - Cohen, Robin A.
A1  - Martinez, Michael E.
SP  - 1069
EP  - 1069
VL  - 71
IS  - 33
N2  - * With 95% CIs indicated by error bars.     † Based on responses to a series of questions about consumption of alcoholic beverages for adults who had at least one drink in their lifetime.     § Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the civilian, noninstitutionali    In 2020, 18.3% of adults aged ≥65 years reported drinking four or more alcoholic drinks per week. Among adults aged ≥65 years, men were more likely (25.6%) than women (12.4%) to have four or more drinks. Percentages of those having four or more drinks were higher among men than women for the following age groups: 65-74 years (27.7% versus 13.4%), 75-84 years (23.6% versus 12.1%) and ≥85 years (17.6% versus 8.1%). Among both men and women, the percentage of adults aged ≥65 years who drank four or more alcoholic drinks per week decreased as age increased, from 20.0% for those aged 65-74 years to 11.8% for those aged ≥85 years.     Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0149-2195
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7133a5
ID  - ref1
ER  -