Infographic Binge Drinking: A Dangerous Problem among Women and Girls infographic

Risks for women and girls

• Injuries
  • motor vehicle crashes
  • falls
  • drowning
• Violence
  • homicide
  • suicide
  • intimate partner violence
  • sexual assault
• Chronic diseases
  • high blood pressure
  • heart disease
  • stroke
  • liver disease
  • cancer of the breast, liver, mouth, and throat
• Reproductive health
  • unintended pregnancy
  • sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV
• Alcohol dependence/alcoholism
• Learning and memory problems
• If pregnant
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
  • Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Miscarriage, stillbirth, premature birth, and low birth weight
  • Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) which include physical, behavioral, and learning disabilities

Which women and girls are most likely to binge drink?

• Women aged 18-34 and high school girls
• Whites & Hispanics
• Women with household incomes above $75,000

Binge drinking* among women and high school girls by age group

• High School – 20%
• Ages 18-24 – 24%
• Ages 25-34 – 20%
• Ages 35-44: 15%
• Ages 45-64: 10%
• Ages ≥65: 3%

Binge drinking* by race/ethnicity among women and high school girls

• Hispanic: 22% Girls, 11% Women
• White, non-Hispanic: 22% Girls, 13% Women
• Other, non-Hispanic†: 17% Girls, 11% Women
• Black, non-Hispanic: 10% Girls, 10% Women

†Other non-Hispanic includes Asian, Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaskan Native, and multiracial.

Binge drinking* among high school students reporting current alcohol use* by grade

• Grade 9: 45%
• Grade 10: 50%
• Grade 11: 58%
• Grade 12: 62%

*reported behavior in the past 30 days

SOURCES: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), 2011.