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In 2017, 22.4% of adult males in Texas reported binge drinking, as compared to 22.1% of males in the United States. [15] Less than 12% of females adults in Texas reported binge drinking. [ 15 ] Alcohol abuse and alcoholism can lead to a variety of health issues including liver damage , heart problems, cancer, and depression . [ 16 ]
Stolle, Sack and Thomasius define binge drinking as episodic excessive drinking. [7] There is currently no worldwide consensus on how many drinks constitute a "binge", but in the United States, the term has been described in academic research to mean consuming five or more standard drinks (male), or four or more drinks (female), [12] over a two-hour period. [13]
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The Surgeon General's recent warning that alcohol can cause cancer didn't exactly fall on deaf ears, but won't change America's drinking habits either, a USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll suggests.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that nearly 40% of falls involve alcohol and at least a blood alcohol concentration of 0.10%. ... Long term binge drinking can ...
Despite having a legal drinking age of 21, binge drinking in the United States remains very prevalent among high school and college students. Using the popular 5/4 definition of "binge drinking", one study found that, in 1999, 44% of American college students (51% male, 40% female) engaged in this practice at least once in the past two weeks. [26]
Heavy and binge drinking have been a growing trend in the U.S., according to a new study that has estimated drinking rates. At a national level, heavy drinking, which is considered an average of ...
any drinking in pregnant women or persons < 21 years old [10] Binge drinking is a pattern of alcohol consumption that brings blood alcohol concentration ≥ 0.08%, usually corresponding to: ≥ 5 standard drinks on a single occasion in men [10] ≥ 4 standard drinks on a single occasion in women [10]