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Alcohol Consumption - Binge Drinking by Year, New Jersey and the United States, 2011 to 2021
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Why Is This Important?
Binge drinking is an indicator of potentially serious alcohol abuse, and is related to driving under the influence of alcohol. It is a problem nationally, especially among males and young adults. Alcohol abuse is strongly associated with injuries and violence, chronic liver disease, fetal alcohol syndrome, and risk of other acute and chronic health conditions.
Definition
Percentage of adults aged 18 years and older who reported binge drinking during the 30 days prior to the survey. A drink of alcohol is 1 can or bottle of beer, 1 glass of wine, 1 can or bottle of wine cooler, 1 cocktail, or 1 shot of liquor. Starting in 2006, the definition of binge drinking changed to consuming five or more drinks on an occasion for men, or four or more drinks on an occasion for women one or more times during the past 30 days.
Data Notes
No data were collected in 2019.Data Sources
- Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health
(http://www.nj.gov/health/chs/njbrfs/) - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(https://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.html)
How the Measure is Calculated
Numerator:
Number of survey respondents (weighted) who reported binge drinking during the 30 days prior to the survey.Denominator:
Total number of survey respondents (weighted), excluding those with missing, "Don't know/Not sure" or "Refused" responses.
Data Issues
Data from the New Jersey Behavioral Risk Factor Survey are intended to be representative of all non-institutionalized adult residents of New Jersey. Due to resource issues, however, adults with limited personal access to phone service or limited command of either English or Spanish are not represented. As with all surveys, also, some error results from nonresponse (e.g., refusal to participate in the survey or to answer specific questions), and faulty measurement (e.g., responses affected by social desirability or recall error). Data collection procedures intended to minimize such errors include the use of strict calling protocols, good questionnaire design, standardization of interviewer behavior, interviewer training, and frequent, on-site interviewer monitoring and supervision. Statistical weighting procedures are also used to minimize the potential impact of disproportionate representation of demographic subgroups defined in terms of age, sex, race, ethnicity, education level, marital status, home ownership, and county of residence. (See also [[a href="query/BRFSSQueryTechNotes.html" Behavioral Risk Factor Survey Data Description and Technical Notes]].)Related Health Objectives and Indicators
Health Initiative: HP2030
Healthy People 2030 Objective SU-10
U.S. Target: Reduce the proportion of adults aged 21 years and over who engaged in binge drinking in the past month to 25.4 percent by 2030
https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/drug-and-alcohol-use/reduce-proportion-people-aged-21-years-and-over-who-engaged-binge-drinking-past-month-su-10
Health Initiative: HP2020
Healthy People 2020 Objective SA-14.3
U.S. Target: Reduce the proportion of adults aged 18 years and older engaging in binge drinking during the past month to 24.4 percent by 2020
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/substance-abuse
Health Initiative: CDI
Chronic Disease Indicator ALC06
Description: Binge drinking prevalence among adults
https://www.cdc.gov/cdi/indicator-definitions/alcohol.html
Health Initiative: EPHT
Environmental Public Health Tracking Indicator LRF-185
Description: Prevalence of binge drinking among adults
https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/indicatorPages?selectedContentAreaAbbreviation=19&selectedIndicatorId=185