A Cross-Sectional Study of Self-Rated Health among Older Adults: Association with Drinking Profiles and Other Determinants of Health

Table 1

Drinking characteristics of men and women, 55–74 years of age ( = 3,613).

Drinking variables	Men	Women
	= 1,473	= 2,140
	(%)	(%)
Current drinkers	73.9	65.4
Frequency of drinking	n = 1,082	n = 1,389
Less than once a month	16.5	32.0
1–3 days per month	21.9	28.1
1-2 days per week	27.7	21.2
3+ days per week	33.9	18.6
Frequency of binge drinking	n = 1,072	n = 1,395
Never	55.8	84.2
Less than once a month	22.0	10.5
1–3 days per month	13.1	3.6
1-2 days per week	6.0	1.1
3+ days per week	3.2	0.6
Quantity of drinking	= 1,063	= 1,385
1-2 drinks per drinking day	72.2	90.9
3-4 drinks per drinking day	19.5	8.3
5+ drinks per drinking day	8.3	0.8
Drinking profiles	= 1,443	= 2,121
Lifetime abstainers	6.0	14.6
Former drinkers	20.7	20.3
Frequent/moderate drinkers	25.1	21.5
Frequent/nonmoderate drinkers	19.5	4.2
Infrequent drinkers	28.8	39.4

Note. The numbers () vary slightly because of missing responses.