Binge Drinking Among Adults, by Select Characteristics and State — United States, 2018
Michele K. Bohm, Yong Liu, Marissa B. Esser, Jessica B. Mesnick, Hua Lu, Yi Pan, Kurt J. Greenlund
Abstract
A/PI = Asian/Pacific Islander; AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native; CI = confidence interval. * The study sample included adult respondents aged 18 years from all 50 states and the District of Columbia with complete information on age, sex, and binge drinking and who reported binge drinking. Binge drinking was defined as consuming five or more drinks (men) or four or more drinks (women) on at least one occasion during the past 30 days. Number of binge drinking occasions in the past 30 days among adults who reported binge drinking. Largest number of drinks consumed on any occasion in the past 30 days among adults who reported binge drinking. ** Unadjusted weighted medians and percentiles were derived from SAS-callable SUDAAN "proc descript"; variance estimates were derived using the Taylor series linearization method. Married includes unmarried cohabitating couples. Counties were classified using the 2013 National Center for Health Statistics Urban-Rural Classification Scheme for Counties. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ series/sr_02/sr02_166.pdf Regions were based on U.S. Census Bureau definitions. https://www2.census.gov/geo/pdfs/maps-data/maps/reference/us_regdiv.pdf *** Estimates are unreliable if the relative standard error is >0.3.