More older American women than ever are drinking — and drinking hard, a new study shows.
Most troubling was the finding that the prevalence of binge drinking among older women is increasing dramatically, far faster than it is among older men, the researchers noted.
The difference was striking: Among men, the average prevalence of binge drinking remained stable from 1997 to 2014, while it increased an average of nearly 4 percent per year among women, the researchers found.
Increased drinking and binge drinking can be a serious health problem for women, said study author Rosalind Breslow, an epidemiologist at the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/more-older-women-baby-boomers-binge-drinking/
sounds about right.
“Women across the globe are now nearly as likely as men to drink and to engage in excessive drinking”
Look women are just trying to catch up. Equal opportunity.
Mostly since the presidential election.
Re: “Mostly since the presidential election.”
You are correct.
Data shows a sharp uptick in heavy or binge drinking among women for the period from 2009 through 2016