Trends in Alcohol-Related Deaths by Sex in the US, 1999-2020 Health Disparities
Women also were more likely to be heavy drinkers, with 6.45% reporting as such, compared with 6.1% of men. White Americans had the highest change in being heavy drinkers, with roughly 7.3% claiming to be heavy drinkers, an increase from about 5.7% in 2018 and 7.1% in 2020. Additionally, the percentage of heavy drinkers rose…