More than 1 in 10 U.S. elderly are binge drinkers

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- - Binge drinking, often associated with young adults, isn’t as rare as some might think among older Americans, a recent U.S. study suggests.

Binge drinking was more common among men, smokers, drug users and people with chronic health problems or mental illness, researchers report in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. “Furthermore, older adults tend to have more chronic medical conditions and take more prescribed medications than younger adults, and excess alcohol can worsen those conditions and interact with a wide range of medications,” Han added.

Most seniors in the study, 57%, said they hadn’t had any alcohol at all in the past month. Another 33% said they had used alcohol but reported no binge drinking.One-third of binge drinkers had at least a college degree; nearly 90% had graduated high school.Smokers and cannabis users were 52% and 41%, respectively, more apt to binge drink than their counterparts who didn’t smoke or use cannabis.

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