Alcohol drinking rate at record low: Gallup
Gallup found 54% of U.S. adults drink alcohol, the lowest in 90 years, driven by rising health concerns linking moderate drinking to cancer and other risks.
- Alcohol consumption among U.S. adults has fallen to its lowest recorded level in nearly 90 years, with 54 percent saying they drink, down from 58 percent a year ago, according to Gallup's latest annual survey.
- A record high percentage of U.S. adults, 53 percent, say moderate drinking is bad for their health, up from 28 percent in 2015.
- The percentage of U.S. adults who believe moderate drinking is harmful has increased significantly in recent years.
- Young Americans' alcohol consumption has been trending downward for years, which has accelerated the overall decline in alcohol consumption.
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More and More Americans Are Forgoing Alcohol. Why?
The percentage of adults in the U.S. who report drinking alcohol is at a record low, according to a Gallup poll released on Wednesday. Only 54% of adults said they consume alcohol—the smallest share since Gallup started tracking Americans’ drinking behavior in 1939. And a majority of Americans (about 53%) said they believe that even just “one or two drinks a day” is bad for their health. That’s a leap from the roughly 25% of Americans who held t…
Percentage of Americans who say they drink alcohol hits record low, Gallup says
Gallup, which started tracking Americans' alcohol habits more than 80 years ago, says the drop in drinking rates coincides with Americans' growing concerns that even moderate drinking is unhealthy.
Americans Drinking at Record Low Rates
Fewer Americans are reaching for a drink than ever before, a new survey from Gallup suggests. The percentage of Americans who say they drink has fallen to 54%, a record low since Gallup started tracking the statistic nearly 90 years ago, reports the Guardian . That's down from 58% last year...
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