2011 | Lafayette, Louisiana | Binge drinking
Summary Information
| Range in Louisiana (Min-Max): |
5-24% |
| Overall in Louisiana: | 14% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acadia | 602 | 16% | 12-21 |
| Allen | 345 | 11% | 7-17 |
| Ascension | 740 | 19% | 15-23 |
| Assumption | 300 | 10% | 7-16 |
| Avoyelles | 559 | 10% | 7-14 |
| Beauregard | 532 | 13% | 10-18 |
| Bienville | 213 | 14% | 8-23 |
| Bossier | 1,036 | 15% | 12-19 |
| Caddo | 2,438 | 11% | 9-13 |
| Calcasieu | 2,693 | 16% | 13-18 |
| Caldwell | 149 | ||
| Cameron | 133 | 13% | 7-24 |
| Catahoula | 209 | 6% | 3-12 |
| Claiborne | 246 | 9% | 6-15 |
| Concordia | 295 | 13% | 8-20 |
| De Soto | 304 | 14% | 9-20 |
| East Baton Rouge | 3,819 | 15% | 13-16 |
| East Carroll | 103 | 8% | 3-20 |
| East Feliciana | 168 | 9% | 5-16 |
| Evangeline | 323 | 14% | 10-19 |
| Franklin | 291 | 11% | 6-19 |
| Grant | 310 | 9% | 6-15 |
| Iberia | 676 | 14% | 11-18 |
| Iberville | 253 | 12% | 8-17 |
| Jackson | 229 | 5% | 2-8 |
| Jefferson | 3,175 | 14% | 13-16 |
| Jefferson Davis | 418 | 14% | 9-20 |
| La Salle | 206 | 10% | 5-19 |
| Lafayette | 1,929 | 20% | 18-23 |
| Lafourche | 1,102 | 15% | 12-18 |
| Lincoln | 524 | 12% | 9-17 |
| Livingston | 1,045 | 16% | 13-19 |
| Madison | 159 | 8% | 4-16 |
| Morehouse | 376 | 7% | 4-14 |
| Natchitoches | 401 | 13% | 9-19 |
| Orleans | 2,370 | 18% | 15-20 |
| Ouachita | 1,786 | 11% | 9-14 |
| Plaquemines | 193 | 11% | 7-17 |
| Pointe Coupee | 205 | 13% | 8-20 |
| Rapides | 1,894 | 11% | 9-13 |
| Red River | 104 | ||
| Richland | 269 | 6% | 2-16 |
| Sabine | 280 | 8% | 4-13 |
| St. Bernard | 219 | 19% | 13-28 |
| St. Charles | 520 | 18% | 13-23 |
| St. Helena | 97 | ||
| St. James | 249 | 24% | 16-33 |
| St. John the Baptist | 426 | 11% | 7-15 |
| St. Landry | 837 | 13% | 10-17 |
| St. Martin | 436 | 16% | 13-21 |
| St. Mary | 684 | 13% | 10-18 |
| St. Tammany | 2,262 | 17% | 15-19 |
| Tangipahoa | 1,072 | 13% | 10-16 |
| Tensas | 100 | ||
| Terrebonne | 1,218 | 16% | 13-19 |
| Union | 352 | 8% | 5-13 |
| Vermilion | 611 | 18% | 14-22 |
| Vernon | 590 | 14% | 10-18 |
| Washington | 603 | 7% | 5-10 |
| Webster | 438 | 9% | 6-13 |
| West Baton Rouge | 210 | ||
| West Carroll | 162 | 8% | 4-16 |
| West Feliciana | 98 | 10% | 5-19 |
| Winn | 249 | 10% | 5-19 |
