2011 | Polk, Iowa | Binge drinking
Summary Information
| Range in Iowa (Min-Max): |
7-32% |
| Overall in Iowa: | 20% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adair | 134 | 15% | 9-25 |
| Adams | 76 | 13% | 6-25 |
| Allamakee | 178 | 27% | 19-36 |
| Appanoose | 165 | ||
| Audubon | 105 | 16% | 10-27 |
| Benton | 262 | 21% | 15-28 |
| Black Hawk | 1,678 | 21% | 18-24 |
| Boone | 331 | 17% | 13-24 |
| Bremer | 331 | 25% | 20-32 |
| Buchanan | 183 | 25% | 18-34 |
| Buena Vista | 293 | 21% | 16-28 |
| Butler | 191 | 14% | 9-22 |
| Calhoun | 129 | 16% | 10-25 |
| Carroll | 234 | 19% | 14-25 |
| Cass | 224 | 14% | 9-20 |
| Cedar | 247 | 22% | 16-29 |
| Cerro Gordo | 577 | 19% | 15-23 |
| Cherokee | 138 | 19% | 12-28 |
| Chickasaw | 148 | 28% | 20-37 |
| Clarke | 120 | 15% | 8-26 |
| Clay | 205 | 11% | 7-17 |
| Clayton | 206 | 24% | 18-32 |
| Clinton | 519 | 21% | 17-26 |
| Crawford | 237 | 18% | 13-26 |
| Dallas | 722 | 18% | 14-22 |
| Davis | 93 | 14% | 7-27 |
| Decatur | 134 | 16% | 9-27 |
| Delaware | 175 | 30% | 22-40 |
| Des Moines | 628 | 16% | 12-20 |
| Dickinson | 236 | 18% | 12-26 |
| Dubuque | 826 | 23% | 20-27 |
| Emmet | 160 | 17% | 11-26 |
| Fayette | 265 | 22% | 17-29 |
| Floyd | 230 | 23% | 16-32 |
| Franklin | 156 | 17% | 11-26 |
| Fremont | 144 | 17% | 11-27 |
| Greene | 124 | 16% | 9-27 |
| Grundy | 150 | 19% | 12-28 |
| Guthrie | 150 | 12% | 7-20 |
| Hamilton | 192 | 16% | 11-24 |
| Hancock | 165 | 17% | 11-25 |
| Hardin | 209 | 13% | 8-22 |
| Harrison | 217 | 18% | 13-26 |
| Henry | 252 | 14% | 9-21 |
| Howard | 107 | 21% | 13-32 |
| Humboldt | 120 | 16% | 10-26 |
| Ida | 117 | 23% | 14-34 |
| Iowa | 256 | 17% | 12-25 |
| Jackson | 204 | 30% | 22-41 |
| Jasper | 422 | 18% | 14-24 |
| Jefferson | 168 | 17% | 9-28 |
| Johnson | 1,470 | 23% | 20-27 |
| Jones | 215 | 32% | 24-41 |
| Keokuk | 122 | 17% | 10-27 |
| Kossuth | 228 | 20% | 14-28 |
| Lee | 489 | 17% | 13-23 |
| Linn | 2,694 | 21% | 19-23 |
| Louisa | 156 | 22% | 14-31 |
| Lucas | 105 | 9% | 4-19 |
| Lyon | 154 | 17% | 10-27 |
| Madison | 194 | 16% | 11-23 |
| Mahaska | 244 | 13% | 9-20 |
| Marion | 389 | 12% | 8-16 |
| Marshall | 602 | 16% | 12-21 |
| Mills | 206 | 24% | 17-33 |
| Mitchell | 145 | 13% | 7-21 |
| Monona | 114 | ||
| Monroe | 91 | 18% | 10-30 |
| Montgomery | 183 | 17% | 11-25 |
| Muscatine | 538 | 21% | 17-26 |
| O'Brien | 179 | 18% | 11-27 |
| Osceola | 84 | ||
| Page | 243 | 17% | 11-24 |
| Palo Alto | 112 | 18% | 11-29 |
| Plymouth | 256 | 29% | 22-37 |
| Pocahontas | 110 | 17% | 11-26 |
| Polk | 4,939 | 19% | 17-20 |
| Pottawattamie | 1,020 | 21% | 18-25 |
| Poweshiek | 207 | 17% | 11-25 |
| Ringgold | 75 | ||
| Sac | 131 | 22% | 15-32 |
| Scott | 2,093 | 22% | 20-25 |
| Shelby | 202 | 21% | 14-28 |
| Sioux | 481 | 13% | 10-18 |
| Story | 1,030 | 19% | 15-23 |
| Tama | 251 | 21% | 15-30 |
| Taylor | 109 | 7% | 3-16 |
| Union | 187 | 16% | 10-25 |
| Van Buren | 108 | 16% | 9-26 |
| Wapello | 464 | 13% | 9-18 |
| Warren | 524 | 18% | 14-22 |
| Washington | 220 | 16% | 11-23 |
| Wayne | 78 | 12% | 5-23 |
| Webster | 492 | 16% | 12-20 |
| Winnebago | 178 | 19% | 13-28 |
| Winneshiek | 243 | 20% | 15-27 |
| Woodbury | 1,225 | 19% | 17-22 |
| Worth | 97 | ||
| Wright | 184 | 21% | 14-30 |
