The percentage of women who reported drinking alcohol in the past 30 days increased from 45 percent to 48 percent over the study period. Among men, however, the percentage decreased slightly, from 57 percent to 56 percent, according to the findings published today (Nov. 23) in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.
The average number of days that women reported drinking in the past month increased from 6.8 to 7.3 days, whereas in men, there was a slight decrease, from 9.9 to 9.5 days, the researchers discovered.
"We found that over [the study period], differences in measures such as current drinking, number of drinking days per month, reaching criteria for an and driving under the influence of alcohol all narrowed for females and males," Aaron White, the senior scientific advisor to the NIAAA director and lead author on the study, said in a statement.
"Males still consume more alcohol, but the differences between men and women are diminishing," White said.
The evidence of increasing alcohol use is particularly concerning given that than men for a variety of alcohol-related health effects, including liver inflammation, heart disease, neurotoxicity and cancer, George Koob, the director of the NIAAA, said in a statement.
The researchers noted that the rates of alcohol use disorder and did not increase for women.
In fact, the percentage of women who met the criteria for an alcohol use disorder decreased slightly, and the percentage of men who met the criteria decreased significantly, from 10.7 percent to 9 percent, according to the report.
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