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Prevalence of binge drinking and heavy drinking among adults in the United States, 1993–2009.
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Median Prevalence % | ||||||||||||
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1993 |
1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
Binge |
14.2 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 16.3 | 16.5 | 15.1 | 14.4 | 15.4 | 15.8 | 15.6 | 15.7 |
Heavy |
3.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.1 |
Notes:
The source for these data is CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Information about the BRFSS is available at http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.htm.
Data included are those from states (including the District of Columbia) in applicable years. Data points represent the median prevalence of states participating in any year.
Data are not available for the following years: 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2000.
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Age-adjusted1 prevalence of binge drinking among adults aged 18 years and older, by state, United States, 2010.
State | % |
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First Tertile (Light Red) | |
Utah | 10.9 |
West Virginia | 10.9 |
Arkansas | 11.8 |
Mississippi | 12.1 |
Alabama | 13.3 |
New Mexico | 14.2 |
North Carolina | 14.7 |
Oklahoma | 14.9 |
Kentucky | 15.0 |
Idaho | 15.2 |
Georgia | 15.4 |
New Jersey | 15.7 |
South Carolina | 15.7 |
Louisiana | 16.4 |
California | 16.5 |
Indiana | 16.5 |
Florida | 16.7 |
Second Tertile: (Medium Red) | |
Wyoming | 16.9 |
Maryland | 17.1 |
Texas | 17.3 |
Missouri | 17.4 |
Nevada | 17.4 |
Kansas | 17.6 |
Michigan | 17.7 |
Virginia | 17.7 |
Colorado | 17.9 |
Oregon | 17.9 |
Connecticut | 18.1 |
New Hampshire | 18.2 |
Rhode Island | 18.2 |
Washington | 18.2 |
New York | 18.3 |
Arizona | 18.6 |
Third Tertile: (Dark Red) | |
Hawaii | 19.1 |
Pennsylvania | 19.3 |
Delaware | 19.5 |
Maine | 19.7 |
Ohio | 19.8 |
Minnesota | 20.1 |
Vermont | 20.2 |
Alaska | 21.2 |
Illinois | 21.4 |
Iowa | 21.5 |
Montana | 21.5 |
Massachusetts | 21.7 |
District of Columbia | 21.9 |
North Dakota | 21.9 |
Nebraska | 22.3 |
Wisconsin | 25.6 |
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Combined Landline and Cellular Telephone Developmental Dataset, Adults Aged 18 Years and Older.
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Age-adjusted1 intensity* of binge drinking among adults aged 18 years and older, by state, United States, 2010.
State | % |
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First Tertile (Light Red) | |
District of Columbia | 6.0 |
Alaska | 6.8 |
Maryland | 6.8 |
New Jersey | 6.8 |
Oregon | 6.8 |
Alabama | 6.9 |
Illinois | 6.9 |
Washington | 6.9 |
California | 7.0 |
Colorado | 7.0 |
Kansas | 7.0 |
Michigan | 7.0 |
New York | 7.0 |
Connecticut | 7.1 |
Vermont | 7.1 |
Second Tertile: (Medium Red) | |
Rhode Island | 7.2 |
Virginia | 7.2 |
Florida | 7.3 |
Georgia | 7.3 |
Delaware | 7.4 |
Minnesota | 7.4 |
New Hampshire | 7.4 |
North Carolina | 7.4 |
Pennsylvania | 7.4 |
Idaho | 7.6 |
Massachusetts | 7.6 |
Arkansas | 7.7 |
Montana | 7.7 |
Texas | 7.7 |
Wyoming | 7.7 |
Third Tertile: (Dark Red) | |
Arizona | 7.8 |
Nebraska | 7.8 |
Nevada | 7.8 |
Ohio | 7.8 |
Oklahoma | 7.8 |
Maine | 7.9 |
New Mexico | 7.9 |
South Carolina | 7.9 |
Utah | 7.9 |
Iowa | 8.0 |
Indiana | 8.1 |
Mississippi | 8.1 |
Missouri | 8.1 |
North Dakota | 8.3 |
Kentucky | 8.4 |
Louisiana | 8.5 |
Hawaii | 8.7 |
West Virginia | 8.7 |
Wisconsin | 9.0 |
*Intensity is defined as the average largest number of drinks consumed by binge drinkers on any occasion in the past month.
Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Combined Landline and Cellular Telephone Developmental Dataset, Adults Aged 18 Years and Older.
1Prevalence and intensity data were age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Census standard population. Respondents were from 48 states (excluding South Dakota and Tennessee) and the District of Columbia.
The source for these data is CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Information about the BRFSS is available at http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.htm.
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