While we have focused on overall trends between 1997 and 2014, our methodology enabled examination of in-between trends. However, recent trends are also of considerable interest for public health planning. An example is, among women, the 2.8% per year average increase in prevalence of current drinking between 2006–2014 that narrowed the observed gender gap (but was not statistically tested) between men and women. Another example is the stability of binge drinking among male current drinkers between 2009 and 2014.
