2011 | Hamilton, Ohio | Binge drinking
Summary Information
| Range in Ohio (Min-Max): |
3-23% |
| Overall in Ohio: | 16% |
| 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 | 97 | 6% | 2-14 |
| Allen | 309 | 13% | 7-24 |
| Ashland | 158 | ||
| Ashtabula | 280 | 14% | 9-21 |
| Athens | 207 | 18% | 10-29 |
| Auglaize | 170 | 16% | 9-28 |
| Belmont | 290 | 23% | 15-32 |
| Brown | 134 | 11% | 6-19 |
| Butler | 733 | 17% | 14-22 |
| Carroll | 135 | 9% | 4-19 |
| Champaign | 100 | 10% | 5-19 |
| Clark | 345 | 13% | 9-19 |
| Clermont | 432 | 14% | 10-20 |
| Clinton | 96 | 5% | 2-11 |
| Columbiana | 360 | 15% | 10-21 |
| Coshocton | 182 | 12% | 7-22 |
| Crawford | 165 | ||
| Cuyahoga | 4,457 | 17% | 15-19 |
| Darke | 176 | 12% | 7-21 |
| Defiance | 186 | 12% | 6-21 |
| Delaware | 696 | 17% | 12-23 |
| Erie | 246 | 17% | 11-26 |
| Fairfield | 657 | 12% | 8-16 |
| Fayette | 81 | ||
| Franklin | 5,928 | 18% | 16-21 |
| Fulton | 163 | ||
| Gallia | 141 | 18% | 10-29 |
| Geauga | 263 | 16% | 10-25 |
| Greene | 367 | 12% | 8-18 |
| Guernsey | 170 | 12% | 7-22 |
| Hamilton | 4,440 | 19% | 17-21 |
| Hancock | 236 | 13% | 8-20 |
| Hardin | 87 | ||
| Harrison | 89 | ||
| Henry | 100 | ||
| Highland | 116 | 8% | 4-17 |
| Hocking | 122 | ||
| Holmes | 72 | ||
| Huron | 198 | ||
| Jackson | 133 | ||
| Jefferson | 291 | 16% | 10-26 |
| Knox | 300 | 18% | 11-28 |
| Lake | 622 | 21% | 16-26 |
| Lawrence | 229 | 11% | 6-19 |
| Licking | 797 | 16% | 12-21 |
| Logan | 123 | 12% | 6-23 |
| Lorain | 2,346 | 17% | 14-21 |
| Lucas | 4,253 | 18% | 16-20 |
| Madison | 197 | ||
| Mahoning | 4,312 | 15% | 13-18 |
| Marion | 329 | 14% | 8-24 |
| Medina | 443 | 13% | 9-18 |
| Meigs | 115 | ||
| Mercer | 143 | ||
| Miami | 269 | 20% | 13-30 |
| Monroe | 92 | ||
| Montgomery | 4,326 | 14% | 12-16 |
| Morgan | 75 | 8% | 3-20 |
| Morrow | 142 | ||
| Muskingum | 403 | 13% | 9-20 |
| Noble | 57 | ||
| Ottawa | 149 | ||
| Paulding | 58 | 3% | 1-20 |
| Perry | 145 | 9% | 4-19 |
| Pickaway | 221 | 14% | 7-26 |
| Pike | 79 | ||
| Portage | 488 | 13% | 9-18 |
| Preble | 115 | 11% | 5-23 |
| Putnam | 131 | 21% | 13-32 |
| Richland | 380 | 12% | 8-18 |
| Ross | 180 | 17% | 11-27 |
| Sandusky | 222 | 19% | 11-29 |
| Scioto | 230 | 12% | 7-18 |
| Seneca | 178 | 15% | 9-23 |
| Shelby | 137 | 15% | 8-26 |
| Stark | 2,956 | 16% | 13-20 |
| Summit | 5,574 | 16% | 14-18 |
| Trumbull | 566 | 15% | 10-20 |
| Tuscarawas | 395 | 17% | 11-24 |
| Union | 248 | ||
| Van Wert | 92 | ||
| Vinton | 61 | ||
| Warren | 454 | 17% | 12-23 |
| Washington | 306 | 12% | 7-18 |
| Wayne | 296 | 11% | 7-17 |
| Williams | 139 | 14% | 8-24 |
| Wood | 464 | 12% | 8-17 |
| Wyandot | 78 |
