Metropolitan-area estimates of binge drinking in the United States.

Prevalence of population: An age-decomposition of binge drinking in the United States, 1991-2006

Binge drinking among youths and young adults in the United States: 1979-2006.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate trends in the past 30-day prevalence of binge drinking by age, sex, and student status, among youths and young adults in the United States between 1979 and 2006, a period that encompasses the federally mandated transition to a uniform legal drinking age of 21 years, and other policy changes aimed at curbing underage drinking. METHOD Data were analyzed from 20 administrat...

Current and Binge Drinking Among High School Students — United States, 1991–2015

Excessive drinking accounted for approximately 4,300 deaths each year among persons aged <21 years during 2006-2010,* and underage drinking cost the United States $24.3 billion in 2010 (1). CDC analyzed data from the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) for the years 1991-2015 to examine trends in drinking by U.S. high school students, and from the 2015 YRBS to assess the usual source of ...

Prevalence of Alcohol Dependence Among US Adult Drinkers, 2009–2011

INTRODUCTION Excessive alcohol consumption is responsible for 88,000 deaths annually and cost the United States $223.5 billion in 2006. It is often assumed that most excessive drinkers are alcohol dependent. However, few studies have examined the prevalence of alcohol dependence among excessive drinkers. The objective of this study was to update prior estimates of the prevalence of alcohol depe...

Vital Signs: Alcohol Poisoning Deaths — United States, 2010–2012

BACKGROUND Alcohol poisoning is typically caused by binge drinking at high intensity (i.e., consuming a very large amount of alcohol during an episode of binge drinking). Approximately 38 million U.S. adults report binge drinking an average of four times per month and consuming an average of eight drinks per episode. METHODS CDC analyzed data for 2010–2012 from the National Vital Statistics S...