2011 | Bolivar, Mississippi | Binge drinking
Summary Information
| Range in Mississippi (Min-Max): |
4-17% |
| Overall in Mississippi: | 11% |
| 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 | 670 | 10% | 7-13 |
| Alcorn | 559 | 9% | 6-14 |
| Amite | 290 | 8% | 4-13 |
| Attala | 483 | 5% | 3-8 |
| Benton | 133 | 4% | 1-12 |
| Bolivar | 659 | 9% | 6-14 |
| Calhoun | 264 | 8% | 4-15 |
| Carroll | 273 | 11% | 6-19 |
| Chickasaw | 301 | 7% | 4-13 |
| Choctaw | 196 | 14% | 8-24 |
| Claiborne | 142 | 11% | 5-21 |
| Clarke | 329 | 9% | 5-14 |
| Clay | 351 | 6% | 3-11 |
| Coahoma | 541 | 11% | 7-16 |
| Copiah | 439 | 11% | 7-16 |
| Covington | 283 | 6% | 3-13 |
| DeSoto | 1,979 | 10% | 8-12 |
| Forrest | 1,007 | 11% | 8-15 |
| Franklin | 187 | 13% | 7-24 |
| George | 639 | 7% | 3-12 |
| Greene | 208 | 9% | 5-18 |
| Grenada | 503 | 12% | 7-21 |
| Hancock | 790 | 10% | 8-13 |
| Harrison | 2,110 | 14% | 12-17 |
| Hinds | 2,932 | 11% | 10-13 |
| Holmes | 477 | 9% | 5-15 |
| Humphreys | 207 | 11% | 6-20 |
| Issaquena | 40 | ||
| Itawamba | 373 | 8% | 5-13 |
| Jackson | 1,716 | 13% | 11-15 |
| Jasper | 311 | 12% | 6-24 |
| Jefferson | 126 | 12% | 5-25 |
| Jefferson Davis | 239 | 6% | 3-14 |
| Jones | 1,012 | 8% | 6-11 |
| Kemper | 201 | 10% | 5-19 |
| Lafayette | 596 | 17% | 13-22 |
| Lamar | 699 | 10% | 7-14 |
| Lauderdale | 1,355 | 8% | 6-11 |
| Lawrence | 298 | 12% | 8-20 |
| Leake | 356 | 12% | 7-20 |
| Lee | 1,216 | 9% | 6-12 |
| Leflore | 721 | 9% | 6-13 |
| Lincoln | 708 | 10% | 7-15 |
| Lowndes | 906 | 12% | 9-16 |
| Madison | 1,091 | 11% | 8-13 |
| Marion | 475 | 9% | 5-16 |
| Marshall | 441 | 11% | 7-17 |
| Monroe | 662 | 5% | 3-8 |
| Montgomery | 287 | 8% | 4-14 |
| Neshoba | 509 | 8% | 5-13 |
| Newton | 430 | 8% | 4-13 |
| Noxubee | 214 | 4% | 2-12 |
| Oktibbeha | 629 | 12% | 8-16 |
| Panola | 672 | 12% | 8-17 |
| Pearl River | 1,074 | 12% | 10-16 |
| Perry | 204 | 12% | 5-25 |
| Pike | 745 | 12% | 8-17 |
| Pontotoc | 437 | 10% | 7-15 |
| Prentiss | 381 | 6% | 3-12 |
| Quitman | 171 | ||
| Rankin | 1,704 | 12% | 10-14 |
| Scott | 453 | 13% | 8-18 |
| Sharkey | 90 | ||
| Simpson | 372 | 11% | 7-16 |
| Smith | 277 | 8% | 4-15 |
| Stone | 497 | 8% | 5-14 |
| Sunflower | 547 | 11% | 7-16 |
| Tallahatchie | 290 | 11% | 6-20 |
| Tate | 558 | 12% | 8-17 |
| Tippah | 354 | 5% | 3-9 |
| Tishomingo | 351 | 13% | 8-18 |
| Tunica | 162 | 12% | 6-21 |
| Union | 376 | 9% | 5-15 |
| Walthall | 329 | 11% | 6-17 |
| Warren | 859 | 14% | 10-18 |
| Washington | 1,103 | 8% | 5-10 |
| Wayne | 382 | 10% | 6-17 |
| Webster | 214 | 8% | 4-14 |
| Wilkinson | 214 | 16% | 10-25 |
| Winston | 318 | 8% | 4-15 |
| Yalobusha | 277 | 11% | 6-19 |
| Yazoo | 396 | 10% | 6-16 |
