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Counties in Connecticut by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2023

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region had the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate of 9 counties in 2023, at 16.4%. South Central Connecticut Planning Region had the lowest, at 14.5%. The median was 15.4%. Source: the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Highest16.4Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region
Lowest14.5South Central Connecticut Planning Region
Median15.49 counties

Map of counties, 2023

Capitol Planning Region: 15.4 %Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 15.4 %Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 16 %Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 15.1 %Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 16.4 %Northwest Hills Planning Region: 15.4 %South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 14.5 %Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 15.3 %Western Connecticut Planning Region: 16.4 %
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%, 2023. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All counties, 2023

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 16.4 %Northeastern Connecticut Planning…16.4Western Connecticut Planning Region: 16.4 %Western Connecticut Planning Regi…16.4Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 16 %Lower Connecticut River Valley Pl…16Capitol Planning Region: 15.4 %Capitol Planning Region15.4Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 15.4 %Greater Bridgeport Planning Region15.4Northwest Hills Planning Region: 15.4 %Northwest Hills Planning Region15.4Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 15.3 %Southeastern Connecticut Planning…15.3Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 15.1 %Naugatuck Valley Planning Region15.1South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 14.5 %South Central Connecticut Plannin…14.5Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 16.4 %Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region16.4Western Connecticut Planning Region: 16.4 %Western Connecticut Planning Region16.4Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 16 %Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region16Capitol Planning Region: 15.4 %Capitol Planning Region15.4Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 15.4 %Greater Bridgeport Planning Region15.4Northwest Hills Planning Region: 15.4 %Northwest Hills Planning Region15.4Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 15.3 %Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region15.3Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 15.1 %Naugatuck Valley Planning Region15.1South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 14.5 %South Central Connecticut Planning Region14.5
%. Source: CDC, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCounties2023 (%)Change on 2022
1Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region16.4-0.5 pts
1Western Connecticut Planning Region16.4-0.2 pts
3Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region16-1.7 pts
4Capitol Planning Region15.4-0.7 pts
4Greater Bridgeport Planning Region15.4-0.3 pts
4Northwest Hills Planning Region15.4-0.6 pts
7Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region15.3-2.1 pts
8Naugatuck Valley Planning Region15.1-2.3 pts
9South Central Connecticut Planning Region14.5-3.3 pts

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About this ranking

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

US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the counties are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. 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.

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APA 7

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2025). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence (Counties in Connecticut by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www.cdc.gov/places/

MLA 9

PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Connecticut by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2023. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4 Dec. 2025, https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate-county-estimate/connecticut-counties. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2025. PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence. Counties in Connecticut by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate-county-estimate/connecticut-counties.

Harvard

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2025) PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence, Counties in Connecticut by binge drinking in adults, local model estimate, 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/places/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/adult-binge-drinking-rate-county-estimate/connecticut-counties (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which county has the highest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate?

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, with 16.4% in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Which county has the lowest binge drinking in adults, local model estimate?

South Central Connecticut Planning Region, with 14.5% in 2023.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), binge drinking in adults, crude prevalence. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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