# Binge drinking in adults in Illinois

Binge drinking in adults in Illinois was 15.6% in 2025. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

- Indicator id: `adult_binge_drinking_rate`
- Place id: `us-state-17`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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.
- 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.
- Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence, overall (https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid+in+%28%27_RFBING5%27%2C%27_RFBING6%27%29+AND+responseid+in+%28%27RESP046%27%29+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain US government data; attribution, free-availability notice and non-endorsement disclaimer required; substantive content unchanged
- Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Prevalence Data, 2011 to present (dttw-5yxu), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence, overall. https://data.cdc.gov/resource/dttw-5yxu.json?%24order=%3Aid&%24limit=50000&%24where=questionid+in+%28%27_RFBING5%27%2C%27_RFBING6%27%29+AND+responseid+in+%28%27RESP046%27%29+AND+breakoutid%3D%27BO1%27+AND+data_value_type%3D%27Crude+Prevalence%27. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/adult-binge-drinking-rate/illinois
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=adult_binge_drinking_rate&place=us-state-17

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 15.6 |
| 2024 | 18.4 |
| 2023 | 18.1 |
| 2022 | 17.1 |
| 2021 | 14.8 |
| 2020 | 13 |
| 2019 | 19.9 |
| 2018 | 19.5 |
| 2017 | 20.3 |
| 2016 | 19.9 |
| 2015 | 20.2 |
| 2014 | 20.2 |
| 2013 | 21.8 |
| 2012 | 21.6 |
| 2011 | 23 |