Binge alcohol use in persons aged 18-25 years in the U.S. by gender 2002-2019

Published by John Elflein, Sep 17, 2020

This statistic displays the percentage of persons in the U.S. who had binge used alcohol in the past month among persons aged 18 to 25 years, by gender, from 2002 to 2019. In 2019, 34.8 percent of males between 18 and 25 year claimed to have binged on alcohol in the past month. Alcoholism refers to problems with alcohol and often refers to alcohol addiction. Alcohol has the potential to cause damage to all organs of the body.

Binge alcohol use among persons aged 18-25 years in the U.S. from 2002 to 2019, by gender*

	Male	Female
2019	34.8%	33.8%
2018	35.4%	34.4%
2017	38.3%	35.4%
2016	39.6%	37.1%
2015	41.3%	36.8%
2014	43.6%	31.8%
2013	44.4%	31.4%
2012	45.8%	33.2%
2011	46.3%	33.2%
2010	48.1%	32.6%
2009	49.8%	33.8%
2008	48.4%	34%
2007	49.8%	33.8%
2006	50.3%	34.1%
2005	51.7%	31.9%
2004	50.1%	32.3%
2003	51.3%	31.8%
2002	50.2%	31.7%

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2002 to 2019

Number of respondents

base: around 70,000 persons

Age group

18-25 years

Supplementary notes

* Alcohol use in the past month.
This statistic was assembled from several editions of the same national survey.

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