Fig. 1

Percentages of men and women categorized according to risk levels as proposed by the AUDIT manual and drinking typology. Drinking Typologies [103] (adapted): abstainer: never had a drink or had none in the past year; infrequent light drinker: drinking up to four times a month, always less than 5 standard drinks per occasion; frequent light drinker: drinking two or more times weekly and less than 5 standard drinks per occasion. Infrequent heavy drinker: drinking up to four times a month, sometimes 6 or more standard drinks per occasion. Frequent heavy drinker: drinking two or more times weekly and 5 or more standard drinks per occasion. We were not able to categorize 2 % (n = 7) of the males since they did not fit in any category. Six men were frequent light drinkers, but had binges of 6 or more standard drinks less than monthly or monthly. One male drank infrequently, but always 5 standard drinks per occasion, he never had binges of 6 or more standard drinks