title: Binge drinking - United States, 2011.
abstract: During 2001-2005, excessive alcohol use accounted for an estimated average of 80,000 deaths and 2.3 million years of potential life lost (YPLL) in the United States each year, and an estimated $223.5 billion in economic costs in 2006. Binge drinking, defined as consuming four or more alcoholic drinks on one or more occasions for women and five or more drinks on one or more occasions for men, was responsible for more than half of these deaths, two-thirds of the YPLL, and three quarters of the economic costs. Reducing the prevalence of binge drinking among adults is also a leading health indicator in Healthy People 2020 (objective SA-14.3).
authors.forename: Dafna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kanny
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Brewer
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D063425:Binge Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult