Excessive drinking is a risk factor for a number of adverse health outcomes, such as alcohol poisoning, hypertension, acute myocardial infarction, sexually transmitted infections, unintended pregnancy, fetal alcohol syndrome, sudden infant death syndrome, suicide, interpersonal violence, and motor vehicle crashes. Nearly 1 in 6 U.S. adults are considered binge drinkers. U.S. adults consumed more than 17 billion drinks in a binge setting in 2015.

For more information, please visit the Excessive Drinking for Cabarrus County Page on the Robert Wood Johnson County Health Rankings.

Excessive Drinking measures the percentage of a county’s adult population that reports binge or heavy drinking in the past 30 days.

To learn more about the Measure Methods. Please visit the Excessive Drinking, Measure Methods Section, on the Robert Wood Johnson County Health Rankings Website.