Trends in Binge and Heavy Drinking among Adults in the United States, 2011–2017

Figures & data

Figure 1. National estimates of the prevalence (and 95% confidence interval) of heavy drinking and binge drinking for adults(age ≥ 18), by sex, in the United States, 2011–2017.

Table 1. Results of segmented trend regression analyses resulting from the significant joinpoint for all adults and sex, race/ethnicity, age subgroups.

Binge drinking
		Segment 1			Segment 2
	Joinpoint	β	SE(β)	p-value	β	SE(β)	p-value
All	2014	−0.042	0.004	<.0001	0.032	0.004	<.0001
Male	2014	−0.048	0.006	<.0001	0.019	0.006	<.0001
Female	2014	−0.030	0.007	<.0001	0.052	0.007	<.0001
White	2014	−0.040	0.005	<.0001	0.032	0.005	<.0001
Black	2013	−0.093	0.025	<.0001	0.051	0.011	<.0001
Hispanic	2014	−0.041	0.014	<.01	0.025	0.014	.08
Other		−0.022	0.008	.01
18–34	2014	−0.066	0.008	<.0001	0.017	0.008	.02
35–54	2014	−0.035	0.006	<.0001	0.048	0.007	<.0001
55+		0.013	0.003	<.01
Heavy drinking
	Joinpoint	β	SE(β)	p-value	β	SE(β)	p-value
All	2014	−0.029	0.006	<.0001	0.034	0.006	<.0001
Male	2014	−0.035	0.009	<.0001	0.021	0.009	.03
Female	2014	−0.019	0.009	.03	0.049	0.009	<.0001
White	2014	−0.033	0.007	<.0001	0.031	0.007	<.0001
Black		0.027	0.011	.01
Hispanic		0.015	0.011	.15
Other		−0.022	0.013	.10
18–34	2015	−0.054	0.009	<.0001	0.021	0.020	.50
35–54	2014	−0.024	0.010	.01	0.064	0.011	<.0001
55+		0.014	0.004	.01

All denotes all included adults in our analyses. p < .05 is considered significant and presented in bold. For all analyses, we adjusted for all or some of the following variables: sex, race/ethnicity, age, marital status, education level, and income. Segment 1 included all years from the first available year up to and including the first joinpoint year. Segment 2 included all years from first joinpoint year up to and including the last year.

Figure 2. National estimates of the prevalence (and 95% confidence interval) of heavy drinking and binge drinking for adults(age ≥ 18), by race/ethnicity, in the United States, 2011–2017.

Figure 3. National estimates of the prevalence (and 95% confidence interval) of heavy drinking and binge drinking for adults(age ≥ 18), by age, in the United States, 2011–2017.