Young White Men = Highest Binge Drinkers

A recent study released in the Center For Disease Control Journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report stated that white males were among the highest binge drinkers. The study also looked at sex, age and amount consumed. What do they consider binge drinking? Five or more alcoholic drinks in one session is considered binge drinking according to this study. When most people think of binge drinking they think of people drinking until they pass out, throw up, etc. Five drinks is a day at the golf course for some people. Here are some more stats.

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• Binge drinking was most common among whites (17.5 percent), men (24.3 percent), and those ages 18-24 (27.4 percent) and those ages 25-34 (24.4 percent).
• Binge drinkers who were black or American Indian/Alaska Native binge drank more frequently (4.9 times per month) than binge drinkers of other ethnic/racial populations.
• Binge drinkers who were black had a higher intensity (8.4 drinks per binge) than Hispanics (8.1 drinks per binge) or whites (6.9 drinks per binge).
• In terms of income, binge drinking was most common among those with annual household incomes of $50,000 or more. But after adjusting for sex and age, the study found that binge drinkers with lower household incomes (less than $25,000) had the highest number of binge drinking episodes during the preceding 30 days.
• In general, binge drinkers in all socio-demographic groups engaged in this behavior frequently and at levels that exceeded the dangerous five-drink binge threshold by an average of about 60 percent.

The study also showed a bunch of other statistics of what binge drinking can lead to. Read more at CDC.gov .