Prevalence of adult binge drinking: a comparison of two national surveys

Binge drinking (defined as five or more drinks on an occasion) causes approximately half of the estimated 85,000 alcohol-related deaths in the United States each year. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a telephone survey, and the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH),...

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Published in:American journal of preventive medicine 2004-10, Vol.27 (3), p.197-204
Main Authors: Miller, Jacqueline W, Gfroerer, Joseph C, Brewer, Robert D, Naimi, Timothy S, Mokdad, Ali, Giles, Wayne H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Alcohol Drinking - epidemiology
Alcohol Drinking - ethnology
Data Collection
Female
Government Programs
Humans
Male
Prevalence
Program Evaluation
Sample Size
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Binge drinking (defined as five or more drinks on an occasion) causes approximately half of the estimated 85,000 alcohol-related deaths in the United States each year. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a telephone survey, and the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), an in-person survey, provide population-based estimates of binge drinking. Evaluating the concordance of binge drinking estimates from the BRFSS and the NSDUH is important for surveillance and for planning prevention programs. In 2003, combined data on binge drinking for 1999 and 2001 from the BRFSS (n =355,371) and the NSDUH (n =87,145) were analyzed for respondents aged >or=18 years. National binge drinking estimates were 14.7% (95% confidence interval [CI]=14.5-15.2) for BRFSS and 21.6% (CI=21.2-22.0) for NSDUH. Although there was good correlation between state-specific binge drinking estimates from the two surveys (Pearson's r =0.82), the BRFSS state estimates were significantly lower (p
ISSN:0749-3797
DOI:10.1016/j.amepre.2004.05.004