7 percent of current drinkers in 1984
and by 8 percent of current drinkers
in 1990; reports of two or more social
consequences increased from 11 percent
to 13 percent during that period.
In sum, data cited in the Ninth Special
Report indicate that although several
indices of alcohol consumption have
evidenced a decline in recent years,
dependence symptoms and social consequences
from drinking have been stable
to increasing.
Data from