2011 | Travis, Texas | Binge drinking
Summary Information
| Range in Texas (Min-Max): |
1-25% |
| Overall in Texas: | 15% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | 393 | 24% | 17-33 |
| Andrews | 54 | ||
| Angelina | 284 | 12% | 7-20 |
| Aransas | 76 | 9% | 4-21 |
| Archer | 84 | ||
| Armstrong | 16 | ||
| Atascosa | 123 | 11% | 5-23 |
| Austin | 146 | ||
| Bailey | 31 | ||
| Bandera | 87 | ||
| Bastrop | 229 | 21% | 13-32 |
| Baylor | 80 | 4% | 2-12 |
| Bee | 72 | ||
| Bell | 542 | 15% | 11-19 |
| Bexar | 4,433 | 18% | 17-20 |
| Blanco | 38 | ||
| Borden | 14 | ||
| Bosque | 70 | ||
| Bowie | 245 | 8% | 5-13 |
| Brazoria | 474 | 12% | 9-16 |
| Brazos | 354 | 15% | 10-21 |
| Brewster | 172 | ||
| Briscoe | 22 | ||
| Brooks | 18 | ||
| Brown | 160 | 15% | 8-25 |
| Burleson | 56 | 3% | 1-10 |
| Burnet | 166 | 17% | 9-29 |
| Caldwell | 117 | ||
| Calhoun | 80 | 11% | 5-24 |
| Callahan | 73 | 8% | 3-19 |
| Cameron | 1,100 | 16% | 12-20 |
| Camp | 35 | ||
| Carson | 53 | ||
| Cass | 146 | ||
| Castro | 27 | ||
| Chambers | 60 | ||
| Cherokee | 168 | 14% | 7-25 |
| Childress | 27 | ||
| Clay | 92 | ||
| Cochran | 16 | ||
| Coke | 43 | ||
| Coleman | 44 | ||
| Collin | 952 | 12% | 10-16 |
| Collingsworth | 8 | ||
| Colorado | 71 | ||
| Comal | 351 | 15% | 11-22 |
| Comanche | 48 | ||
| Concho | 18 | ||
| Cooke | 83 | 11% | 6-20 |
| Coryell | 139 | ||
| Cottle | 11 | ||
| Crane | 21 | ||
| Crockett | 15 | ||
| Crosby | 63 | ||
| Culberson | 21 | ||
| Dallam | 42 | ||
| Dallas | 3,360 | 14% | 13-16 |
| Dawson | 32 | ||
| Deaf Smith | 56 | ||
| Delta | 26 | ||
| Denton | 848 | 15% | 12-18 |
| DeWitt | 71 | ||
| Dickens | 23 | ||
| Dimmit | 34 | ||
| Donley | 20 | ||
| Duval | 35 | ||
| Eastland | 90 | 6% | 3-14 |
| Ector | 540 | 14% | 9-20 |
| Edwards | 19 | ||
| El Paso | 4,860 | 16% | 14-18 |
| Ellis | 205 | 19% | 11-29 |
| Erath | 106 | 19% | 11-30 |
| Falls | 53 | 8% | 3-20 |
| Fannin | 83 | ||
| Fayette | 88 | ||
| Fisher | 17 | ||
| Floyd | 25 | ||
| Foard | 27 | ||
| Fort Bend | 1,149 | 12% | 10-16 |
| Franklin | 50 | ||
| Freestone | 55 | ||
| Frio | 33 | ||
| Gaines | 55 | ||
| Galveston | 467 | 16% | 12-21 |
| Garza | 22 | ||
| Gillespie | 122 | 13% | 7-22 |
| Glasscock | 6 | ||
| Goliad | 29 | ||
| Gonzales | 57 | ||
| Gray | 120 | ||
| Grayson | 299 | 10% | 6-16 |
| Gregg | 528 | 15% | 11-21 |
| Grimes | 67 | ||
| Guadalupe | 347 | 21% | 15-28 |
| Hale | 140 | 16% | 9-29 |
| Hall | 18 | ||
| Hamilton | 48 | ||
| Hansford | 22 | ||
| Hardeman | 23 | ||
| Hardin | 131 | 14% | 8-23 |
| Harris | 5,339 | 16% | 15-18 |
| Harrison | 315 | 17% | 12-25 |
| Hartley | 22 | ||
| Haskell | 25 | ||
| Hays | 448 | 19% | 14-25 |
| Hemphill | 20 | ||
| Henderson | 245 | 14% | 7-24 |
| Hidalgo | 2,107 | 14% | 11-17 |
| Hill | 110 | 12% | 6-22 |
| Hockley | 115 | 5% | 2-16 |
| Hood | 200 | 16% | 10-26 |
| Hopkins | 145 | ||
| Houston | 170 | 6% | 2-15 |
| Howard | 86 | ||
| Hudspeth | 33 | ||
| Hunt | 147 | ||
| Hutchinson | 97 | 12% | 6-24 |
| Irion | 18 | ||
| Jack | 31 | ||
| Jackson | 50 | ||
| Jasper | 122 | 14% | 8-24 |
| Jeff Davis | 36 | ||
| Jefferson | 541 | 13% | 9-17 |
| Jim Hogg | 8 | ||
| Jim Wells | 66 | ||
| Johnson | 354 | 16% | 11-22 |
| Jones | 50 | ||
| Karnes | 50 | ||
| Kaufman | 157 | 9% | 4-19 |
| Kendall | 132 | 15% | 8-26 |
| Kenedy | 3 | ||
| Kent | 3 | ||
| Kerr | 206 | 13% | 7-23 |
| Kimble | 26 | ||
| King | 6 | ||
| Kinney | 18 | ||
| Kleberg | 49 | ||
| Knox | 12 | ||
| La Salle | 16 | ||
| Lamar | 179 | 10% | 5-17 |
| Lamb | 46 | ||
| Lampasas | 60 | ||
| Lavaca | 89 | ||
| Lee | 58 | 11% | 5-23 |
| Leon | 74 | 7% | 3-18 |
| Liberty | 131 | ||
| Limestone | 72 | 3% | 1-11 |
| Lipscomb | 17 | ||
| Live Oak | 37 | ||
| Llano | 91 | ||
| Loving | 18 | ||
| Lubbock | 1,901 | 17% | 14-21 |
| Lynn | 21 | ||
| Madison | 28 | ||
| Marion | 57 | ||
| Martin | 21 | ||
| Mason | 24 | ||
| Matagorda | 123 | 17% | 10-29 |
| Maverick | 308 | 15% | 8-27 |
| McCulloch | 53 | ||
| McLennan | 496 | 14% | 10-20 |
| McMullen | 19 | ||
| Medina | 138 | ||
| Menard | 14 | ||
| Midland | 630 | 13% | 8-19 |
| Milam | 74 | ||
| Mills | 36 | ||
| Mitchell | 32 | ||
| Montague | 74 | ||
| Montgomery | 651 | 14% | 10-18 |
| Moore | 79 | ||
| Morris | 53 | 7% | 2-20 |
| Motley | 6 | ||
| Nacogdoches | 173 | 19% | 11-30 |
| Navarro | 124 | 11% | 6-21 |
| Newton | 47 | ||
| Nolan | 48 | ||
| Nueces | 586 | 20% | 15-26 |
| Ochiltree | 42 | ||
| Oldham | 10 | ||
| Orange | 260 | 13% | 7-23 |
| Palo Pinto | 89 | 7% | 3-17 |
| Panola | 79 | ||
| Parker | 295 | 13% | 9-19 |
| Parmer | 53 | 5% | 2-12 |
| Pecos | 144 | ||
| Polk | 168 | 10% | 6-17 |
| Potter | 493 | 14% | 10-19 |
| Presidio | 108 | ||
| Rains | 41 | ||
| Randall | 571 | 15% | 9-23 |
| Reagan | 16 | ||
| Real | 24 | ||
| Red River | 62 | 7% | 3-17 |
| Reeves | 27 | ||
| Refugio | 26 | ||
| Roberts | 9 | ||
| Robertson | 40 | ||
| Rockwall | 103 | ||
| Runnels | 41 | ||
| Rusk | 149 | 14% | 8-25 |
| Sabine | 48 | ||
| San Augustine | 31 | ||
| San Jacinto | 51 | ||
| San Patricio | 118 | 11% | 6-22 |
| San Saba | 24 | ||
| Schleicher | 10 | ||
| Scurry | 58 | 1% | 0-7 |
| Shackelford | 19 | ||
| Shelby | 83 | 6% | 2-18 |
| Sherman | 18 | ||
| Smith | 1,383 | 11% | 8-14 |
| Somervell | 25 | ||
| Starr | 151 | 16% | 8-28 |
| Stephens | 41 | ||
| Sterling | 9 | ||
| Stonewall | 6 | ||
| Sutton | 18 | ||
| Swisher | 33 | ||
| Tarrant | 3,866 | 14% | 13-16 |
| Taylor | 378 | 11% | 7-17 |
| Terrell | 48 | ||
| Terry | 65 | ||
| Throckmorton | 9 | ||
| Titus | 87 | ||
| Tom Green | 296 | 17% | 11-24 |
| Travis | 3,508 | 20% | 18-22 |
| Trinity | 68 | 5% | 2-14 |
| Tyler | 100 | 6% | 2-13 |
| Upshur | 121 | ||
| Upton | 12 | ||
| Uvalde | 68 | ||
| Val Verde | 799 | 15% | 9-24 |
| Van Zandt | 194 | 13% | 8-21 |
| Victoria | 196 | ||
| Walker | 146 | 14% | 8-24 |
| Waller | 56 | 4% | 1-11 |
| Ward | 42 | ||
| Washington | 92 | ||
| Webb | 709 | 24% | 17-33 |
| Wharton | 104 | 13% | 7-25 |
| Wheeler | 17 | ||
| Wichita | 692 | 17% | 12-23 |
| Wilbarger | 55 | ||
| Willacy | 40 | ||
| Williamson | 1,641 | 15% | 12-17 |
| Wilson | 154 | 25% | 17-35 |
| Winkler | 29 | ||
| Wise | 157 | ||
| Wood | 182 | 7% | 4-14 |
| Yoakum | 24 | ||
| Young | 80 | 10% | 4-24 |
| Zapata | 53 | 5% | 2-15 |
| Zavala | 22 |
