Table 5

Alcohol consumption in grams per day in 2120 German adults by gender and age

Females

Age class (years)
Ex-drinkers
Non-drinkers
>0–20 grams alcohol/day
>20–40 grams alcohol/day
>40–80 grams alcohol/day
>80 grams alcohol/day
Total

18 – 30
5 (2.5%)
103 (51.0%)
84 (41.6%)
8 (4.0%)
1 (0.5%)
1 (0.5%)
202 (18.1%)
31 – 40
6 (2.1%)
128 (44.0%)
133 (45.7%)
21 (7.2%)
3 (1.0%)
0 (0.0%)
291 (26.1%)
41 – 50
10 (3.7%)
104 (38.2%)
126 (46.3%)
27 (9.9%)
5 (1.8%)
0 (0.0%)
272 (24.4%)
51 – 65
21 (6.0%)
141 (40.2%)
151 (43.0%)
32 (9.1%)
6 (1.7%)
0 (0.0%)
351 (31.5%)
Total
42 (3.8%)
476 (42.7%)
494 (44.3%)
88 (7.9%)
15 (1.3%)
1 (0.1%)
1116 (100.0%)

Males

Age class (years)
Ex-drinkers
Non-drinkers
>0–20 grams alcohol/day
>20–40 grams alcohol/day
>40–80 grams alcohol/day
>80 grams alcohol/day
Total

18 – 30
9 (4.5%)
62 (31.0%)
80 (40.0%)
26 (13.0%)
14 (7.0%)
9 (4.5%)
200 (19.9%)
31 – 40
7 (2.6%)
75 (27.8%)
102 (37.8%)
49 (18.2%)
28 (10.4%)
9 (3.3%)
270 (26.7%)
41 – 50
9 (4.2%)
37 (17.1%)
99 (45.6%)
44 (20.3%)
25 (11.5%)
3 (1.4%)
217 (21.6%)
51 – 65
22 (6.9%)
57 (18.0%)
126 (39.8%)
67 (21.1%)
38 (12.0%)
7 (2.2%)
317 (31.6%)
Total
47 (4.7%)
231 (23.0%)
407 (40.5%)
186 (18.5%)
105 (10.5%)
28 (2.8%)
1004 (100.0%)

Haenle et al. BMC Public Health 2006 6:233   doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-233