Alcohol Consumption binge drinkers by state. Definition, graph and map.

SOURCE
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.

DEFINITION
Adults having five or more drinks on one occasion. Percent of respondents who answered yes.

Health Statistics > Alcohol consumption > Binge drinkers (most recent) by state

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Rank

States

Amount

# 1

Wisconsin:

21.8%

# 2

North Dakota:

20.4%

# 3

Minnesota:

19.8%

# 4

Iowa:

18.9%

# 5

Rhode Island:

18.2%

# 6

Nevada:

18%

= 7

Pennsylvania:

17.6%

= 7

Nebraska:

17.6%

# 9

Illinois:

17.5%

# 10

Delaware:

17.4%

# 11

Colorado:

17.2%

# 12

Montana:

17%

= 13

South Dakota:

16.9%

= 13

Ohio:

16.9%

= 13

Massachusetts:

16.9%

# 16

District of Columbia:

16.6%

# 17

Alaska:

16.3%

# 18

Missouri:

16.2%

= 19

Michigan:

16.1%

= 19

Wyoming:

16.1%

= 19

Vermont:

16.1%

# 22

New Hampshire:

16%

# 23

Texas:

15.6%

# 24

Arizona:

15.5%

# 25

New York:

15.2%

# 26

Maine:

14.9%

# 27

Connecticut:

14.8%

# 28

California:

14.7%

= 29

New Jersey:

14.4%

= 29

Indiana:

14.4%

= 31

Louisiana:

14.2%

= 31

Washington:

14.2%

# 33

Virginia:

13.7%

# 34

US Virgin Islands:

13.6%

# 35

South Carolina:

13.5%

# 36

Oregon:

13.1%

= 37

New Mexico:

13%

= 37

Oklahoma:

13%

= 39

Maryland:

12.8%

= 39

Kansas:

12.8%

# 41

Alabama:

12.7%

# 42

Idaho:

12.6%

# 43

Florida:

12.4%

# 44

Puerto Rico:

12.2%

# 45

Georgia:

12.1%

# 46

Arkansas:

11.2%

# 47

Mississippi:

10.4%

# 48

West Virginia:

9.7%

# 49

Kentucky:

9.6%

# 50

North Carolina:

9.5%

# 51

Utah:

9.2%

# 52

Tennessee:

8.2%

Weighted average:

14.8%

DEFINITION: Adults having five or more drinks on one occasion. Percent of respondents who answered yes.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.

Health Statistics > Alcohol consumption > Binge drinkers (most recent) by state

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