At 9.5 drinks a week, they consume more than three times as much alcohol as Mexican-American women.Īmong Hispanics who drink, Mexican-American men and women and South/Central American men are most likely to receive a DUI citation - Puerto Ricans and Cubans are less likely.Īre American Indians and Hispanics more susceptible than other groups to alcohol? The NIH reports on genetic predisposition to alcoholism and the genetics of alcohol metabolism:Īlcohol is metabolized by several pathways, the most common of which involves two key enzymes - alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) and aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH). Curiously, Puerto Rican women are much heavier drinkers than other Hispanics.
The average Mexican-American man has 15.9 alcoholic drinks per week, put Puerto Ricans are the heaviest Hispanic drinkers at an average of 16.9 drinks a week. Hispanic men have a higher rate of alcohol-related cirrhosis of liver than any other demographic group. Hispanics also are less likely to join Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), even though Spanish-language AA groups are available for no charge. Hispanics with severe alcohol problems are less likely than whites to seek treatment. One third of Hispanics who become alcohol dependent have recurrent or persistent problems, compared to 22.8 percent of whites. They are also more likely to “binge drink,” defined as five or more drinks at a time. Forty-two point four percent of Hispanics who drink regularly consume three or more drinks “per drinking day.” The figure for whites is 31.6 percent. Hispanics who do drink are likely to drink more than whites. Credit Image: © Image Source/Ī 2015 National Institutes of Health (NIH) study reports that Hispanics are less likely than whites to say that they drink: 54.5 percent of Hispanics and 70.3 percent of whites say they have had at least one drink in the past year.
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