2011 | Floyd, Georgia | Binge drinking
Summary Information
| Range in Georgia (Min-Max): |
2-19% |
| Overall in Georgia: | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appling | 166 | 13% | 7-25 |
| Atkinson | 78 | 6% | 2-14 |
| Bacon | 86 | 10% | 4-22 |
| Baker | 34 | ||
| Baldwin | 206 | 9% | 5-16 |
| Banks | 96 | 7% | 2-17 |
| Barrow | 307 | 12% | 8-17 |
| Bartow | 329 | 15% | 10-23 |
| Ben Hill | 170 | 9% | 5-16 |
| Berrien | 222 | 9% | 5-18 |
| Bibb | 627 | 9% | 6-13 |
| Bleckley | 265 | 12% | 7-19 |
| Brantley | 164 | 5% | 2-11 |
| Brooks | 164 | 5% | 3-9 |
| Bryan | 166 | 13% | 8-21 |
| Bulloch | 491 | 18% | 14-24 |
| Burke | 150 | 11% | 6-19 |
| Butts | 61 | ||
| Calhoun | 51 | 2% | 0-14 |
| Camden | 364 | 16% | 11-22 |
| Candler | 97 | 6% | 2-16 |
| Carroll | 303 | 13% | 8-20 |
| Catoosa | 273 | 12% | 8-19 |
| Charlton | 102 | 8% | 3-17 |
| Chatham | 1,214 | 14% | 11-17 |
| Chattahoochee | 53 | ||
| Chattooga | 114 | 8% | 4-18 |
| Cherokee | 885 | 17% | 14-21 |
| Clarke | 645 | 15% | 11-19 |
| Clay | 27 | ||
| Clayton | 1,793 | 9% | 7-11 |
| Clinch | 67 | ||
| Cobb | 1,959 | 15% | 13-18 |
| Coffee | 355 | 18% | 12-25 |
| Colquitt | 349 | 9% | 5-15 |
| Columbia | 784 | 9% | 6-12 |
| Cook | 146 | 10% | 5-18 |
| Coweta | 323 | 16% | 10-24 |
| Crawford | 69 | 6% | 2-15 |
| Crisp | 119 | 5% | 2-13 |
| Dade | 94 | 7% | 2-19 |
| Dawson | 125 | ||
| Decatur | 305 | 6% | 4-9 |
| DeKalb | 2,109 | 14% | 11-16 |
| Dodge | 407 | 14% | 7-26 |
| Dooly | 84 | 7% | 3-17 |
| Dougherty | 740 | 11% | 8-15 |
| Douglas | 371 | 9% | 6-14 |
| Early | 114 | 8% | 4-17 |
| Echols | 37 | ||
| Effingham | 261 | 16% | 10-23 |
| Elbert | 179 | 7% | 3-15 |
| Emanuel | 153 | 9% | 4-17 |
| Evans | 104 | 9% | 4-21 |
| Fannin | 200 | 13% | 8-22 |
| Fayette | 346 | 16% | 11-23 |
| Floyd | 397 | 8% | 6-13 |
| Forsyth | 694 | 16% | 13-21 |
| Franklin | 152 | 8% | 4-15 |
| Fulton | 2,142 | 14% | 13-17 |
| Gilmer | 187 | 8% | 4-14 |
| Glascock | 26 | ||
| Glynn | 481 | 12% | 8-18 |
| Gordon | 186 | 9% | 5-18 |
| Grady | 220 | 5% | 3-11 |
| Greene | 120 | 10% | 4-21 |
| Gwinnett | 1,734 | 14% | 11-16 |
| Habersham | 257 | 7% | 3-14 |
| Hall | 734 | 11% | 8-15 |
| Hancock | 31 | ||
| Haralson | 124 | 14% | 7-25 |
| Harris | 210 | 14% | 8-22 |
| Hart | 170 | 12% | 6-22 |
| Heard | 31 | ||
| Henry | 521 | 10% | 7-16 |
| Houston | 559 | 12% | 8-17 |
| Irwin | 91 | 5% | 2-17 |
| Jackson | 397 | 7% | 4-11 |
| Jasper | 67 | ||
| Jeff Davis | 124 | ||
| Jefferson | 131 | 8% | 4-15 |
| Jenkins | 67 | 3% | 1-11 |
| Johnson | 155 | ||
| Jones | 131 | 14% | 7-26 |
| Lamar | 50 | ||
| Lanier | 62 | 11% | 5-23 |
| Laurens | 1,111 | 9% | 6-11 |
| Lee | 212 | 11% | 6-19 |
| Liberty | 313 | 19% | 13-26 |
| Lincoln | 68 | 4% | 1-11 |
| Long | 74 | 11% | 4-24 |
| Lowndes | 857 | 13% | 10-17 |
| Lumpkin | 154 | 8% | 4-15 |
| Macon | 93 | 11% | 5-22 |
| Madison | 205 | 5% | 3-11 |
| Marion | 70 | ||
| McDuffie | 152 | 3% | 1-6 |
| McIntosh | 115 | 6% | 3-12 |
| Meriwether | 73 | ||
| Miller | 53 | ||
| Mitchell | 210 | 6% | 2-17 |
| Monroe | 119 | 7% | 3-14 |
| Montgomery | 146 | 9% | 4-18 |
| Morgan | 125 | 10% | 5-19 |
| Murray | 186 | 6% | 3-12 |
| Muscogee | 1,136 | 16% | 13-19 |
| Newton | 258 | 12% | 7-18 |
| Oconee | 251 | 12% | 8-18 |
| Oglethorpe | 108 | ||
| Paulding | 363 | 12% | 8-16 |
| Peach | 126 | 6% | 2-15 |
| Pickens | 168 | 11% | 6-19 |
| Pierce | 151 | 13% | 6-25 |
| Pike | 49 | ||
| Polk | 165 | 8% | 4-16 |
| Pulaski | 240 | 10% | 6-17 |
| Putnam | 101 | 13% | 7-25 |
| Quitman | 29 | ||
| Rabun | 130 | 10% | 5-19 |
| Randolph | 60 | 6% | 2-17 |
| Richmond | 1,184 | 15% | 12-20 |
| Rockdale | 217 | 13% | 8-22 |
| Schley | 27 | ||
| Screven | 115 | 8% | 4-16 |
| Seminole | 90 | 4% | 2-11 |
| Spalding | 178 | 8% | 4-17 |
| Stephens | 184 | 6% | 3-13 |
| Stewart | 28 | ||
| Sumter | 216 | 16% | 9-28 |
| Talbot | 53 | 9% | 4-22 |
| Taliaferro | 38 | ||
| Tattnall | 179 | 16% | 9-26 |
| Taylor | 66 | ||
| Telfair | 231 | 8% | 5-14 |
| Terrell | 89 | ||
| Thomas | 388 | 10% | 5-16 |
| Tift | 328 | 7% | 4-12 |
| Toombs | 238 | 12% | 7-19 |
| Towns | 83 | 9% | 3-20 |
| Treutlen | 162 | 9% | 4-21 |
| Troup | 178 | 9% | 5-17 |
| Turner | 85 | 7% | 3-17 |
| Twiggs | 46 | ||
| Union | 179 | 7% | 4-14 |
| Upson | 105 | ||
| Walker | 328 | 9% | 5-16 |
| Walton | 485 | 11% | 8-17 |
| Ware | 335 | 10% | 6-16 |
| Warren | 60 | ||
| Washington | 92 | ||
| Wayne | 266 | 7% | 4-14 |
| Webster | 19 | ||
| Wheeler | 128 | 10% | 4-19 |
| White | 156 | 5% | 2-12 |
| Whitfield | 480 | 7% | 4-10 |
| Wilcox | 134 | 3% | 1-8 |
| Wilkes | 78 | ||
| Wilkinson | 59 | 2% | 1-8 |
| Worth | 163 | 8% | 4-16 |
