Abstract
Objective: To calculate binge drinking rates among California adults and describe the characteristics of female and male binge drinkers. Method: Analyses of 2005 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) data. Results: At least one binge drinking episode over a 30-day period was reported by 1.4 million California women (10.7% of all adult women) and 3.2 million California men (24.7%). For both women and men, factors associated with binge drinking included being 18-44 years of age, smoking, and having mid-range psychological distress scores. There were gender differences in binge drinking risk by race/ethnicity and health status. Method: Given the multi-stage sampling design and non-responses in the 2005 California Health Interview Survey-Specific techniques were employed to ensure that the 43,020 compteted result yeilded reasonable state wide estimates. Conclusion: Binge drinking is a serious public health concern that affects millions of adult Californians. Copyright © Informa Healthcare USA, Inc.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 801-809 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2008 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Clinical Psychology
- Psychiatry and Mental health
Keywords
- Binge drinking
- California health intervew survey
- Gender
- Prevalence
- Alcohol Drinking/epidemiology
- Age Factors
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Risk Factors
- Alcoholic Intoxication/epidemiology
- Male
- California
- Smoking/epidemiology
- Young Adult
- Health Surveys
- Adolescent
- Sex Factors
- Stress, Psychological/epidemiology
- Adult
- Female
- Aged
- Racial Groups
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