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[–] Its_over_9000 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

What if:

  • The 30% includes children

  • The 60% includes the 30% (Looks like it does sorry if that is obvious)

I can easily believe the 10% number though.

I found this article on slate that seems to back up OP's infographic. But it supposedly comes from a 2001 book and I couldn't find anything in the article about what age range was sampled.

Edit: The data came from a National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism paper. I'm not sure what they mean by this "oversampling at the household level," stuff, but it seems like they're only looking at people who are 18 and up. It does say they oversampled the 18-24 range... but are they doing that to account for non-participation or what?

NESARC oversampled Blacks and Hispanics at the design phase of the survey, increasing the representation of Black households from 12.3 percent to 19.1 percent and the representation of Hispanic households from 12.5 percent to 19.3 percent. In addition, NESARC oversampled young adults ages 18–24 at the household level at a rate of 2.25 to 1. Again, one sample adult was randomly selected for interview in each household.

The NESARC sample was weighted to adjust for nonresponse at the household and person levels, the selection of one person per household, and oversampling of young adults, Hispanics, and Blacks. Once weighted, the data were adjusted to be representative of the U.S. population for various sociodemographic variables, including region, age, sex, race, and ethnicity, based on the 2000 Decennial Census.

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[–] ScientiaPotentia 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Alcohol is promoted in many films/tv and even on the news. It is more than just for the business. The Ranch promotes alcoholism and subtle Liberalism to Middle America. In every single scene the characters are drinking non-stop yet they don't promote any brands specifically, just drinking in general. Even in the morning, while working, sitting on the porch, everywhere. The show is a psy-op for sure and I don't trust any of the creators or actors involved.

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[–] ExpertShitposter [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Watched a video of an old Russian professor saying the same thing about soviet films.

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[–] ScientiaPotentia 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

They want to create a culture of easily controllable addicts.

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[–] Whitemail 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I only drink alcohol at weddings. I don't know that many people getting married.

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[–] Pylote 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Where I live <10% don't drink, 0% drink once a week, 70% >14 times a week and 20% are the hardcore ones

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[–] 9759278? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Wow I guess I drink too much. I'm top 10%

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[–] Galvanized_Dreamer 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

How much is a drink tho? One shot or two fingers? A pint or a bottle?

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[–] MrPim 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I have to assume theyre using the 1 drink = 1 shot, 1Beer, or 1 glass of wine. Thats honestly not a very good gauge, but its what I usually see with these kind of stats.

1 beer can vary wildly in ABV.

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[–] everysomething 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

That's why you use standard drinks. Except the standard differs between countries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_drink

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[–] ExpertShitposter [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I dont know, but the ratio still tells a tale.

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[–] collegetoker 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I occasionally do drugs and drink seldomly. I feel extenuating factors like this call into question what exactly the data is telling us.

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[–] ExpertShitposter [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

That most substances are consumed by a small portion of the population that is wasted all day long every day.

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[–] collegetoker 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Bet you a significant portion of that is single white women, likely former feminists. I actually read an article to that effect

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2016/12/23/nine-charts-that-show-how-white-women-are-drinking-themselves-to-death/

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[–] GnosticPizza 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

74 seems high, that's ten+ drinks a day. Or are these benders of slamming two thirty packs and a bottle in a weekend?

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[–] killercanuck ago  (edited ago)

Probably a weekend combined with the rest of the week. Also when you count someone's number of drinks you account for each ounce of 40%, half ounce of 75%, and alcohol volume of other drinks. There's also some beastly people out there who can go through a couple 40 oz bottles in a week.

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[–] odinist ago 

A shot of liquor is consider "a drink." A pint of liquor is 10 shots. If you're a drinker, drinking a pint of day is nothing.

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[–] 9758436? ago 

The ~ means approximately... and given the spectrum of the other two should be considered quite a wide band.

That said, during my worst periods I would put two 750ml bottles at 15% down a night as a baseline, but sometimes more, especially over weekends and even worse on long weekends. Not good at all, though does give some occasional insight into realizing how you really feel when you think you're on the verge of dying.

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[–] ExpertShitposter [S] ago 

Seems high, then again i did have a distant relative that drank a 1L bottle of vodka per day. Was a woman too.

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[–] 9758416? ago 

also weight affects how much you can drink, if you are fit you will get drunk much faster than someone who is fat

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