Got to give it up(三)

[4] Not obviously. Opioid overdoses are killing more white males than any other group. But heavy drinking seems to be increasing most not among
middle-aged whites, but the elderly and certain minority groups. Over the period measured by the JAMA study, the prevalence of alcoholism among Americans over 65 jumped 107%, though from a low base. Among black Americans it rose 93%: a larger share of blacks than whites are now considered to suffer from alcoholism. Women are also hitting the bottle harder. Whereas 5% of women were found to meet the criteria for alcoholism in 2001-02, in 2012-13 that number rose to 9%.
[5] Previous studies suggest that Americans who drink heavily tend to drink very heavily indeed. Analysis by Phillip Cook, a professor at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, published in 2007 suggested that whereas 30% of Americans did not drink at all in 2001-02, 10% of Americans—orabout24m—had an average often drinks a day. He believes such habits would not look different today.

单词注解

prevalence n. 流行；普遍；广泛

hit the bottle 酗酒

After she died ,he started to hit the bottle.
He began to hit the bottle soon after her divorce.

翻译

不是很明显。阿片类药物过量杀死的男性白人比其他群体要多。然而，重度饮酒似乎在中年白人当中不是增加最多的，反而是老年人和某些少数名族。在JAMA的研究中，尽管65岁以上的美国人基数小，但是在这个年龄段的酗酒率增长了107%。对于美国黑人来说，酗酒率增长了93%。现在，黑人的酗酒比例超过了白人。女人也酗酒严重。在2001年至2002年，有5%的女性被发现符合酒精中毒的标准，但在2012 - 13年，这一数字上升到9%。
以前的研究表明，酗酒的美国人往往喝得很厉害。菲利普·库克是杜克大学桑福德公共政策学院的一名教授，他在2007年发表的一份研究报告中指出，在2001 - 2002年，30%的美国人不喝酒，10%（大约2400万）的美国人平均每天喝一杯。他相信这样的习惯与今天的没有什么不同。