Table 1.
Maximum-drinks among adult binge drinkers and drinks-per-binge by sociodemographic characteristics and binge drinking episode frequencya
| Characteristics | n | Maximum-drinksb |
Drinks-per-bingec |
Pearson
correlation coefficientd |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (95% CI) | Median | M (95% CI) | Median | |||
| Overall | 7909 | 8.2 (7.9, 8.4) | 5.9 | 7.4 (7.1, 7.6) | 5.4 | 0.57 |
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| Gender | ||||||
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| Male | 4588 | 9.2 (8.9, 9.6) | 7.1 | 8.2 (7.9, 8.6) | 5.9 | 0.53 |
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| Female | 3321 | 5.9 (5.7, 6.0) | 4.7 | 5.6 (5.5, 5.8) | 4.2 | 0.53 |
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| Age group (years) | ||||||
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| 18–34 | 2107 | 9.1 (8.6, 9.6) | 6.9 | 8.1 (7.6, 8.6) | 5.8 | 0.52 |
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| 35–54 | 3971 | 7.5 (7.2, 7.8) | 5.6 | 6.9 (6.7, 7.2) | 5.3 | 0.64 |
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| ≥55 | 1816 | 6.6 (6.3, 6.9) | 5.1 | 6.1 (5.9, 6.4) | 4.8 | 0.52 |
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| Race/ethnicity | ||||||
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| Non-Hispanic white | 6589 | 7.7 (7.5, 8.0) | 5.8 | 7.1 (6.7, 7.2) | 5.2 | 0.69 |
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| Hispanic | 653 | 9.2 (8.5, 9.9) | 7.2 | 8.6 (7.8, 9.5) | 6.0 | 0.38 |
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| Othere | 630 | 9.0 (7.6, 10.5) | 5.8 | 7.8 (7.1, 8.5) | 5.7 | 0.50 |
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| Education | ||||||
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| <high school graduate | 488 | 9.9 (8.6, 11.2) | 7.5 | 9.0 (7.8, 10.3) | 6.6 | 0.29 |
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| High school graduate | 2368 | 8.9 (8.3, 9.4) | 6.7 | 8.1 (7.5, 8.7) | 5.9 | 0.62 |
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| Some college | 2365 | 8.1 (7.7, 8.6) | 5.9 | 7.1 (6.8, 7.4) | 5.3 | 0.62 |
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| College graduate | 2686 | 7.1 (6.7, 7.5) | 5.5 | 6.6 (6.3, 7.0) | 5.0 | 0.64 |
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| Income ($) | ||||||
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| 0–<49,999 | 3372 | 8.9 (8.4, 9.3) | 6.6 | 8.0 (7.5, 8.5) | 5.7 | 0.56 |
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| ≥50,000 | 4162 | 7.7 (7.3, 8.0) | 5.7 | 7.0 (6.7, 7.3) | 5.2 | 0.58 |
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| Binge episodes | ||||||
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| ≥5 | 1869 | 11.2 (10.5, 12.0) | 9.3 | 8.9 (8.2, 9.6) | 6.4 | 0.45 |
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| 3–4 | 1451 | 8.4 (7.9, 8.8) | 6.7 | 7.8 (7.3, 8.2) | 5.9 | 0.62 |
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| 1–2 | 4589 | 6.5 (6.3, 6.7) | 5.2 | 6.5 (6.2, 6.7) | 5.0 | 0.65 |
Data were included from the 14 states that conducted the optional binge drinking module: Alaska, California, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. All analyses were restricted to include only binge drinkers.
Largest number of drinks consumed on any occasion during the past 30 days, among binge drinkers; data are from the BRFSS core section.
Total number of drinks consumed in most recent binge drinking episode in the past 30 days; binge drinking was defined as consuming ≥4 drinks for women and ≥5 drinks for men per occasion in the past 30 days. Data are from the BRFSS binge drinking module.
Correlation between maximum-drinks among binge drinkers and drinks-per-binge, within respective categories of sociodemographics and drinking patterns; all p-values were significant at <0.001.
Non-Hispanic black, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaskan Native, multiracial, and other