About 10% binge drink, a new study says
Much has been made lately of millennials drinking less—and as America’s younger generations shift toward sobriety, recent research suggests the opposite is happening among its older ones.
The latest number may even be an underestimate, the researchers note, because the study was based on self-reported data from the 2015-2017 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health. These responses can be inaccurate either because people forget how much they actually consumed, or because they purposely downplay habits they know are risky or carry a social stigma.
It’s not entirely clear why the reverse is happening among older adults. But the new study did find certain lifestyle and demographic factors that were associated with heavy drinking in older age. Marijuana use, which is also growing more common among Baby Boomers, was linked to binge drinking. Male, lower-income and African American adults also reported higher rates of binge drinking than female, higher-income and white adults, according to the study.
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