2011 | DeKalb, Illinois | Binge drinking
Summary Information
| Range in Illinois (Min-Max): |
3-25% |
| Overall in Illinois: | 18% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adams | 254 | 19% | 14-26 |
| Alexander | 39 | ||
| Bond | 64 | ||
| Boone | 135 | 18% | 11-28 |
| Brown | 13 | ||
| Bureau | 166 | 13% | 7-21 |
| Calhoun | 20 | ||
| Carroll | 82 | ||
| Cass | 62 | ||
| Champaign | 580 | 14% | 11-18 |
| Christian | 126 | 12% | 7-21 |
| Clark | 72 | 13% | 7-24 |
| Clay | 50 | 11% | 4-24 |
| Clinton | 125 | 22% | 14-34 |
| Coles | 175 | 16% | 10-24 |
| Cook | 11,714 | 19% | 18-20 |
| Crawford | 81 | ||
| Cumberland | 40 | ||
| De Witt | 71 | 9% | 3-22 |
| DeKalb | 326 | 20% | 15-26 |
| Douglas | 91 | 16% | 8-27 |
| DuPage | 2,483 | 18% | 16-21 |
| Edgar | 69 | 8% | 3-17 |
| Edwards | 27 | ||
| Effingham | 129 | ||
| Fayette | 84 | ||
| Ford | 68 | 7% | 3-16 |
| Franklin | 133 | 12% | 7-20 |
| Fulton | 144 | 14% | 8-23 |
| Gallatin | 22 | ||
| Greene | 54 | ||
| Grundy | 142 | 24% | 16-35 |
| Hamilton | 26 | ||
| Hancock | 103 | ||
| Hardin | 25 | ||
| Henderson | 33 | ||
| Henry | 204 | 19% | 13-27 |
| Iroquois | 144 | 17% | 10-27 |
| Jackson | 159 | 21% | 13-32 |
| Jasper | 49 | ||
| Jefferson | 146 | 11% | 7-19 |
| Jersey | 66 | ||
| Jo Daviess | 103 | 22% | 14-34 |
| Johnson | 39 | ||
| Kane | 1,193 | 20% | 17-24 |
| Kankakee | 391 | 16% | 12-22 |
| Kendall | 250 | 25% | 18-34 |
| Knox | 228 | 17% | 11-24 |
| Lake | 1,792 | 16% | 14-19 |
| LaSalle | 421 | 23% | 18-29 |
| Lawrence | 60 | ||
| Lee | 131 | ||
| Livingston | 164 | 24% | 16-33 |
| Logan | 99 | ||
| Macon | 354 | 15% | 10-20 |
| Macoupin | 189 | 20% | 12-31 |
| Madison | 918 | 23% | 19-27 |
| Marion | 174 | 16% | 9-25 |
| Marshall | 65 | ||
| Mason | 79 | 11% | 5-24 |
| Massac | 64 | 3% | 1-13 |
| McDonough | 130 | 19% | 11-31 |
| McHenry | 884 | 19% | 16-23 |
| McLean | 552 | 13% | 10-18 |
| Menard | 54 | ||
| Mercer | 100 | ||
| Monroe | 110 | 15% | 9-24 |
| Montgomery | 116 | 16% | 8-28 |
| Morgan | 136 | 18% | 11-29 |
| Moultrie | 57 | ||
| Ogle | 196 | 20% | 14-27 |
| Peoria | 593 | 14% | 11-18 |
| Perry | 80 | ||
| Piatt | 68 | ||
| Pike | 68 | ||
| Pope | 17 | ||
| Pulaski | 25 | ||
| Putnam | 24 | ||
| Randolph | 119 | ||
| Richland | 77 | ||
| Rock Island | 544 | 17% | 13-22 |
| Saline | 87 | 5% | 2-14 |
| Sangamon | 708 | 16% | 13-20 |
| Schuyler | 41 | ||
| Scott | 24 | ||
| Shelby | 94 | 9% | 4-18 |
| St. Clair | 785 | 17% | 14-21 |
| Stark | 35 | ||
| Stephenson | 184 | 16% | 10-24 |
| Tazewell | 435 | 14% | 11-20 |
| Union | 57 | 11% | 5-24 |
| Vermilion | 300 | 16% | 11-23 |
| Wabash | 46 | ||
| Warren | 71 | ||
| Washington | 66 | ||
| Wayne | 68 | 12% | 6-22 |
| White | 71 | ||
| Whiteside | 227 | 20% | 13-28 |
| Will | 1,531 | 21% | 19-24 |
| Williamson | 215 | 14% | 9-22 |
| Winnebago | 1,011 | 15% | 12-18 |
| Woodford | 162 | 19% | 11-29 |
