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Prevalence of binge drinking and heavy drinking among adults in the
United States, 1992–2006.
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Median Prevalence% |
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1992 |
1993 |
1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
Binge
Drinking
| 14.3 |
14.2 |
14.1 |
14.5 |
14.9 |
14.8 |
16.3 |
16.5 |
15.1 |
14.4 |
15.4 |
Heavy
Drinking
| 2.9 |
3.0 |
2.9 |
3.0 |
3.7 |
5.1 |
5.9 |
5.8 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
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 for 1992 were obtained from
Frazier EL, Okoro CA, Smith C, McQueen DV. State- and sex-specific
prevalence of selected characteristics—Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
System, 1992 and 1993. CDC Morb Mort Surveill Summ. 1997; 45(No. SS-6): 1-36.
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.
Binge drinking data represent all respondents who report consuming
5 or more drinks on an
occasion through 2004. Data from 2006 represent men who report consuming
5 or more drinks on an
occasion, and women who report
consuming 4 or more drinks on an occasion, during the past 30 days.
The 1992–2000 data
represent all respondents
aged 18 years and older who report an average of two or more drinks per day
(i.e., 60 or more alcoholic drinks a month).
The 2001–2006 data
represent all male respondents aged 18 years and older who report an average
of more than two drinks per day and female respondents aged 18 years and older who
report an average of more than one drink per day.
Data are not available for the following years: 1994, 1996, 1998,
and 2000.
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