Introduction
Binge drinking is defined as a pattern of drinking that increases the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to roughly 0.08 grams per deciliter. Binge drinking can lead to a number of short- and long-term effects on physical and mental health. In 2020, the crude rate of binge drinking for New Jersey adults was 15.2%, which is similar to the overall US rate. Understanding the binge drinking crude rate is therefore essential to aware public and reduce the negative effects of binge drinking.
Data
The United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC) conducts a routine national survey known as the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS). In partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the CDC released local level estimates on Binge Drinking Crude for 2020 and 2021.
Results
Binge Drink Crude In Morris County, the estimated prevalence of Binge drink crude (%) was 7.9 with 95% CI ( 6.2, 10.1), and the age-adjusted prevalence (%) was 8.5 ( 6.7, 10.7) in 2021. According to Census 2021 county population estimates, 510,981 people live in Morris. In the census tract with Drew University, the estimated prevalence of Binge drinking crude (%) was 4.4 with 95% CI ( 3.2, 6.4) in 2021. This was the lowest prevalence in Madison. This is also lower than the County screening rate. According to Census 2010, there were 3,599 people live in this tract.
Conclusion
It’s important to understand the binge drinking crude rate for reducing the effect caused by binge drinking, including alcohol poisoning, accidents, and long-term health issues such as liver disease and cardiovascular problems. Binge drinking will also have negative social impacts as it will increase the rate of crimes and property damage.
Additionally, understand the binge drinking crude rate can also help to allocate more resources to the area that are more susceptible to activities associated with excessive alcohol consumption.
About the Data
The CDC Places data sets are part of a series, spelling out the acronym as Place Level Analysis and Community Estimates. The latest estimates are for 2020 and 2021 for U.S. Census Tracts.
Other data sources visualized in the images here and on web maps are from the New Jersey Office of GIS (including County and Municipal Boundaries of New Jersey).
A webmap of the county level PLACES results can be found here:
A webmap of the census tract results for Madison can be found here:
