# Binge drinking in adults

Percentage of adults aged 18 and over who had 5 or more drinks (men) or 4 or more drinks (women) on at least one occasion in the past 30 days. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.

## Key facts

- District of Columbia had the highest binge drinking in adults of 48 states in 2025, at 24.1%, and Utah the lowest, at 11.1%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Published for 51 places, with figures from 2011 to 2025.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

- Indicator id: `adult_binge_drinking_rate`
- Unit: %
- Note: CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a telephone survey of adults, crude prevalence. States and DC only: BRFSS publishes the median of the states rather than a national prevalence, so no national value is served. A state that did not meet BRFSS data standards in a year has no value, and CDC withholds estimates from fewer than 50 respondents or with a relative standard error above 0.3. The dataset also publishes 95% confidence intervals. The series starts in 2011, when BRFSS changed its weighting and added cell phones. BRFSS variable _RFBING5 to 2021 and _RFBING6 from 2022.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/adult-binge-drinking-rate
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/adult_binge_drinking_rate

## Rankings

- [US states](https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate/us-states.md) (51 places)