2011 | Lee, Arkansas | Binge drinking
Summary Information
| Range in Arkansas (Min-Max): |
2-17% |
| Overall in Arkansas: | 12% |
| Years of Data Used: | 2003-2009 |
The binge drinking measure reflects the percent of the adult population that reports consuming more than 4 (women) or 5 (men) alcoholic beverages on a single occasion in the past 30 days. The definition of binge drinking for women changed from 5 drinks on an occasion to 4 drinks in 2006.
This measure was obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a random-digit dial survey. BRFSS data are representative of the total non-institutionalized U.S. population over 18 years of age living in households with a land-line telephone. The estimates are based on seven years of data.
| Table ↓ | |
|---|---|
| Sample Size | Number of respondents |
| % Binge Drinking | Percent of adults that report binge drinking |
| Error Margin | 95% confidence interval reported by BRFSS |
| Place | Sample Size | % Binge Drinking | Error Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 341 | 9% | 5-16 |
| Ashley | 266 | 11% | 7-18 |
| Baxter | 652 | 11% | 8-15 |
| Benton | 2,358 | 11% | 9-13 |
| Boone | 544 | 7% | 5-10 |
| Bradley | 140 | 8% | 3-20 |
| Calhoun | 65 | 6% | 2-18 |
| Carroll | 375 | 11% | 7-18 |
| Chicot | 169 | 10% | 5-18 |
| Clark | 245 | 13% | 8-19 |
| Clay | 229 | 7% | 4-12 |
| Cleburne | 348 | 3% | 2-6 |
| Cleveland | 156 | ||
| Columbia | 311 | 10% | 6-18 |
| Conway | 321 | 8% | 5-13 |
| Craighead | 892 | 8% | 6-11 |
| Crawford | 557 | 9% | 7-13 |
| Crittenden | 614 | 11% | 8-16 |
| Cross | 244 | 10% | 5-19 |
| Dallas | 99 | 4% | 1-13 |
| Desha | 171 | 11% | 6-18 |
| Drew | 203 | 13% | 8-21 |
| Faulkner | 979 | 13% | 10-16 |
| Franklin | 210 | 13% | 7-23 |
| Fulton | 202 | 11% | 6-20 |
| Garland | 1,219 | 13% | 10-16 |
| Grant | 209 | 15% | 9-25 |
| Greene | 435 | 12% | 8-18 |
| Hempstead | 273 | 13% | 8-19 |
| Hot Spring | 441 | 12% | 8-17 |
| Howard | 180 | ||
| Independence | 478 | 8% | 5-12 |
| Izard | 191 | 7% | 4-15 |
| Jackson | 206 | 6% | 3-12 |
| Jefferson | 917 | 12% | 9-16 |
| Johnson | 295 | 12% | 8-19 |
| Lafayette | 117 | ||
| Lawrence | 229 | 9% | 5-16 |
| Lee | 155 | 8% | 5-15 |
| Lincoln | 129 | 5% | 2-13 |
| Little River | 187 | 16% | 9-27 |
| Logan | 305 | 15% | 9-26 |
| Lonoke | 553 | 13% | 9-17 |
| Madison | 216 | 17% | 11-25 |
| Marion | 281 | 11% | 7-16 |
| Miller | 498 | 13% | 9-18 |
| Mississippi | 499 | 9% | 6-13 |
| Monroe | 104 | 8% | 3-17 |
| Montgomery | 134 | ||
| Nevada | 128 | 9% | 4-18 |
| Newton | 169 | 10% | 6-17 |
| Ouachita | 424 | 10% | 5-18 |
| Perry | 134 | 15% | 7-26 |
| Phillips | 370 | 10% | 6-16 |
| Pike | 136 | 13% | 7-25 |
| Poinsett | 288 | 13% | 8-21 |
| Polk | 346 | 11% | 7-17 |
| Pope | 666 | 11% | 8-15 |
| Prairie | 103 | 14% | 7-26 |
| Pulaski | 4,437 | 14% | 13-16 |
| Randolph | 231 | 9% | 5-15 |
| Saline | 1,135 | 9% | 7-12 |
| Scott | 142 | 9% | 4-17 |
| Searcy | 131 | 12% | 6-22 |
| Sebastian | 1,165 | 11% | 9-14 |
| Sevier | 286 | 15% | 9-24 |
| Sharp | 260 | 9% | 5-14 |
| St. Francis | 306 | 7% | 4-12 |
| Stone | 191 | 6% | 3-12 |
| Union | 570 | 13% | 9-17 |
| Van Buren | 281 | 8% | 5-15 |
| Washington | 2,076 | 16% | 14-19 |
| White | 806 | 11% | 8-15 |
| Woodruff | 97 | 2% | 0-10 |
| Yell | 303 | 16% | 10-24 |
