@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of high-intensity drinking from adolescence through young adulthood: national data from 2016-2017",
journal="Substance abuse: research and treatment",
year="2019",
author="Patrick, Megan E. and Terry-McElrath, Yvonne M.",
volume="13",
number="",
pages="e1178221818822976-e1178221818822976",
abstract="High-intensity drinking (HID; ie, having 10+ drinks in a row) is a recognized public health concern due to the individual and public risks (eg, alcohol-related injuries, alcohol poisoning, memory loss, sexual risk) associated with consumption of a large quantity of alcohol over a relatively short time period. Using nationally representative samples of US 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students, and follow-up of subsamples of 12th graders, we present overall and sex-specific prevalence estimates of past 2-week HID from 29 966 individuals at the modal ages of 14 to 30 in 2016-2017. Similar data for the more commonly studied measure of binge drinking (having 5+ drinks in a row) is provided for comparison. HID prevalence ranged from 1% to 11.5% and was significantly higher for males than females at all ages other than modal age 14 (8th grade). Binge drinking prevalence ranged from 3.5% to 32.5%; males reported a higher prevalence than females at approximately half of the ages examined. Peak binge drinking and HID age for males was earlier (modal age 21/22) than that for females (modal age 21-24 for binge drinking and 25/26 for HID). The observed rapid increase in HID from adolescence through the early to mid-20s highlights the importance of prevention and intervention efforts targeted to these ages.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1178-2218",
doi="10.1177/1178221818822976",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1178221818822976"
}