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State-Specific Weighted Prevalence Estimates of Alcohol Use Among Women Aged 18–44 Years—BRFSS, 2006
State

Any Use*

Binge†

Alabama

36.2

9.6

Alaska

56.4

20.4

Arizona

42.0

15.5

Arkansas

42.1

12.0

California

50.1

14.6

Colorado

58.8

16.5

Connecticut

59.2

16.5

Delaware

56.6

20.3

DC

60.5

18.0

Florida

50.0

14.3

Georgia

43.8

12.2

Hawaii

45.8

14.7

Idaho

41.9

13.7

Illinois

60.2

21.2

Indiana

48.0

16.5

Iowa

59.6

23.4

Kansas

46.4

13.9

Kentucky

29.3

6.5

Louisiana

45.4

12.2

Maine

60.4

19.0

Maryland

55.3

14.0

Massachusetts

60.8

17.8

Michigan

56.8

17.2

Minnesota

57.7

17.4

Mississippi

37.1

7.5

Missouri

52.0

16.6

Montana

57.6

18.4

Nebraska

57.4

19.0

Nevada

55.3

15.9

New Hampshire

60.6

15.7

New Jersey

51.3

15.5

New Mexico

48.5

13.3

New York

54.2

16.4

North Carolina

40.9

10.0

North Dakota

57.2

22.4

Ohio

55.3

14.5

Oklahoma

41.4

12.2

Oregon

54.5

14.1

Pennsylvania

60.3

19.4

Rhode Island

62.3

20.0

South Carolina

43.0

12.3

South Dakota

56.7

20.8

Tennessee

31.4

8.7

Texas

42.0

10.9

Utah

23.9

8.1

Vermont

66.2

18.7

Virginia

51.3

13.8

Washington

55.3

13.7

West Virginia

34.9

11.6

Wisconsin

66.1

24.0

Wyoming

54.8

17.8

Puerto Rico

32.1

9.4

Virgin Islands

42.7

9.9

Median

54.2

15.5

 
* One or more drinks during the last 30 days

4 or more drinks on any one occasion** during the last 30 days. In 2006, the definition of binge drinking for women was changed to four or more drinks on any one occasion. In 2005, the definition of binge drinking for women was five or more drinks on any one occasion.

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2006 State-Specific Prevalence Rates of Alcohol Use

 

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Date: March 31, 2008
Content source: National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities

 

 

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