
Past-month alcohol use in U.S. residents aged 12-20 years in 2021, by gender
In 2021, around 7.4 percent of males in the United States between 12 to 20 years claimed to have binge drank alcohol within the past month. Heavy use refers to five or more drinks on the same occasion on each of five or more days in the last 30 days. This statistic describes the percentage of those who had current, binge, and heavy alcohol use in the past month among persons aged 12 to 20 in the United States, by gender, in 2021.