Band 6+: The graph gives information about drinking habits of the US population by age. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The scheme depicts the data on alcohol consumption amongst Americans, sorted by age.

Overall, according to the bar chart, the highest proportion of the US citizens of all age have never drunk alcohol, meanwhile, middle-aged people were consuming the most amount of heavy drinks, and the youngest and the oldest generation had the lowest prevalence of heavy alcohol use.

Hefty 60% of young people in the age of 16-24 were teetotalers, mere 5% of such ones were heavy drinkers and around one-quarter consumed light alcohol drinks. For citizens in the age of 25-34, the pattern appeared to be quite similar, one-fifth of them never drank and 30% were light-drinkers, which 5% less than people in the previous category.

Residents who reached the age of 45, accounted for the largest number of alcoholics, impressive 13%, which was approximately 6,5 times as much as the oldest citizens and 2,6 times as much as the youngest one. However, elderly people, in the age of 65-74, had the biggest share of ex-drinkers, namely, 37%, which was around 12 times as much as the young people had.