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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Vital Signs: Binge Drinking Among High School Students and Adults — United States, 2009



CDC analyzed data from the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) on the prevalence of binge drinking among U.S. adults. 

Data also were analyzed from the 2009 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) on the prevalence of current alcohol use and binge drinking among U.S. high school students. Among U.S. adults, the prevalence of binge drinking was 15.2% among landline respondents. Binge drinking was more common among men (20.7%), persons aged 18–24 years (25.6%) and 25−34 years (22.5%), whites (16.0%), and persons with annual household incomes ≥$75,000 (19.3%).

Prevalence among high school students was 41.8% for current alcohol use, 24.2% for binge drinking, and 60.9% for binge drinking among students who reported current alcohol use.



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