The annual number of binge drinks among adults who reported binge drinking jumped on average from 472 in 2011 to 529 in 2017, according to the study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
as a"pattern of drinking that brings a person’s blood alcohol concentration to 0.08 grams percent or above."
One in six adults in the U.S. binge drinks about four times a month, consuming about seven drinks per binge, and binge drinking is twice as common among men than among women, according to the CDC.People raise their glasses in an undated stock photo.In the latest study, the CDC found that increases in binge drinking were most prominent in people 35 or older and those with lower educational levels and household incomes.
"If you look at the effects of alcohol in a short-term, acute period, there can be memory blackouts, there can be accidents – we’re talking about things from falls, burns, motor vehicle accidents, even homicides – increase in risky behavior, like sexual behavior and acute tissue damage, mostly to the liver," she said Friday on"Ashton stressed the importance of"self-awareness" for people who consume alcohol.
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