what percentage of young adults ages 18-25 reported heavy alcohol use in the past month?

The percentage of young adults ages 18 to 25 who reported heavy alcohol use in the past month is 6.9%. This data comes from the 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and includes 2.4 million young adults in this age group reporting heavy alcohol use. Among full-time college students ages 18 to 25, the percentage reporting heavy drinking in the past month is 6.8%, and it is slightly higher at 7.5% for other persons of the same age. Heavy alcohol use is defined as consuming five or more drinks on the same occasion for males or four or more drinks on the same occasion for females on each of five or more days in the past 30 days. Thus, the key figure here is that about 6.9% of young adults ages 18 to 25 reported heavy alcohol use in the past month.