{
  "alt": "Line chart of the binge drinking rate for men and women over five household income bands. Both lines rise from left to right, the men's line well above the women's at every band, and the vertical distance between them is almost the same across the bands.",
  "caption": "Both lines rise across the bands and stay about the same distance apart. The second view shows obesity, where the women's line falls and crosses the men's line, and the third shows smoking, where both lines fall and move closer. Lines plot weighted shares of adults with 95% confidence intervals.",
  "data": [
    {
      "band": "Under $20K",
      "conf_high": 18.7075,
      "conf_low": 17.881,
      "estimate": 18.2906,
      "measure": "Binge drinking",
      "n": 170518,
      "sex": "Men",
      "x": 1
    },
    {
      "band": "$20K to $35K",
      "conf_high": 19.9647,
      "conf_low": 19.2659,
      "estimate": 19.6129,
      "measure": "Binge drinking",
      "n": 253196,
      "sex": "Men",
      "x": 2
    },
    {
      "band": "$35K to $50K",
      "conf_high": 20.9181,
      "conf_low": 20.1571,
      "estimate": 20.535,
      "measure": "Binge drinking",
      "n": 211271,
      "sex": "Men",
      "x": 3
    },
    {
      "band": "$50K to $75K",
      "conf_high": 22.3953,
      "conf_low": 21.7207,
      "estimate": 22.0561,
      "measure": "Binge drinking",
      "n": 265095,
      "sex": "Men",
      "x": 4
    },
    {
      "band": "$75K or more",
      "conf_high": 24.5404,
      "conf_low": 24.1041,
      "estimate": 24.3216,
      "measure": "Binge drinking",
      "n": 657924,
      "sex": "Men",
      "x": 5
    },
    {
      "band": "Under $20K",
      "conf_high": 9.93591,
      "conf_low": 9.43499,
      "estimate": 9.68256,
      "measure": "Binge drinking",
      "n": 280085,
      "sex": "Women",
      "x": 1
    },
    {
      "band": "$20K to $35K",
      "conf_high": 10.6908,
      "conf_low": 10.2279,
      "estimate": 10.4571,
      "measure": "Binge drinking",
      "n": 360747,
      "sex": "Women",
      "x": 2
    },
    {
      "band": "$35K to $50K",
      "conf_high": 12.2027,
      "conf_low": 11.615,
      "estimate": 11.9057,
      "measure": "Binge drinking",
      "n": 252750,
      "sex": "Women",
      "x": 3
    },
    {
      "band": "$50K to $75K",
      "conf_high": 13.2801,
      "conf_low": 12.709,
      "estimate": 12.9918,
      "measure": "Binge drinking",
      "n": 287884,
      "sex": "Women",
      "x": 4
    },
    {
      "band": "$75K or more",
      "conf_high": 16.038,
      "conf_low": 15.6313,
      "estimate": 15.8336,
      "measure": "Binge drinking",
      "n": 596461,
      "sex": "Women",
      "x": 5
    },
    {
      "band": "Under $20K",
      "conf_high": 31.5635,
      "conf_low": 30.698,
      "estimate": 31.1291,
      "measure": "Obesity",
      "n": 198642,
      "sex": "Men",
      "x": 1
    },
    {
      "band": "$20K to $35K",
      "conf_high": 31.6857,
      "conf_low": 30.9689,
      "estimate": 31.3262,
      "measure": "Obesity",
      "n": 291809,
      "sex": "Men",
      "x": 2
    },
    {
      "band": "$35K to $50K",
      "conf_high": 32.3935,
      "conf_low": 31.6143,
      "estimate": 32.0027,
      "measure": "Obesity",
      "n": 242454,
      "sex": "Men",
      "x": 3
    },
    {
      "band": "$50K to $75K",
      "conf_high": 33.1784,
      "conf_low": 32.4837,
      "estimate": 32.8301,
      "measure": "Obesity",
      "n": 300974,
      "sex": "Men",
      "x": 4
    },
    {
      "band": "$75K or more",
      "conf_high": 31.1207,
      "conf_low": 30.684,
      "estimate": 30.9019,
      "measure": "Obesity",
      "n": 733927,
      "sex": "Men",
      "x": 5
    },
    {
      "band": "Under $20K",
      "conf_high": 40.1241,
      "conf_low": 39.3562,
      "estimate": 39.7395,
      "measure": "Obesity",
      "n": 314114,
      "sex": "Women",
      "x": 1
    },
    {
      "band": "$20K to $35K",
      "conf_high": 37.6619,
      "conf_low": 36.9756,
      "estimate": 37.3181,
      "measure": "Obesity",
      "n": 395965,
      "sex": "Women",
      "x": 2
    },
    {
      "band": "$35K to $50K",
      "conf_high": 35.3191,
      "conf_low": 34.5218,
      "estimate": 34.9194,
      "measure": "Obesity",
      "n": 274183,
      "sex": "Women",
      "x": 3
    },
    {
      "band": "$50K to $75K",
      "conf_high": 33.54,
      "conf_low": 32.785,
      "estimate": 33.1614,
      "measure": "Obesity",
      "n": 308724,
      "sex": "Women",
      "x": 4
    },
    {
      "band": "$75K or more",
      "conf_high": 25.5732,
      "conf_low": 25.1139,
      "estimate": 25.3429,
      "measure": "Obesity",
      "n": 631594,
      "sex": "Women",
      "x": 5
    },
    {
      "band": "Under $20K",
      "conf_high": 29.9332,
      "conf_low": 29.1158,
      "estimate": 29.5228,
      "measure": "Current smoking",
      "n": 200372,
      "sex": "Men",
      "x": 1
    },
    {
      "band": "$20K to $35K",
      "conf_high": 23.4476,
      "conf_low": 22.7993,
      "estimate": 23.1219,
      "measure": "Current smoking",
      "n": 291391,
      "sex": "Men",
      "x": 2
    },
    {
      "band": "$35K to $50K",
      "conf_high": 19.2851,
      "conf_low": 18.6118,
      "estimate": 18.9462,
      "measure": "Current smoking",
      "n": 240761,
      "sex": "Men",
      "x": 3
    },
    {
      "band": "$50K to $75K",
      "conf_high": 16.0084,
      "conf_low": 15.4548,
      "estimate": 15.7297,
      "measure": "Current smoking",
      "n": 298532,
      "sex": "Men",
      "x": 4
    },
    {
      "band": "$75K or more",
      "conf_high": 9.9666,
      "conf_low": 9.66408,
      "estimate": 9.8143,
      "measure": "Current smoking",
      "n": 728129,
      "sex": "Men",
      "x": 5
    },
    {
      "band": "Under $20K",
      "conf_high": 23.1254,
      "conf_low": 22.5392,
      "estimate": 22.831,
      "measure": "Current smoking",
      "n": 331241,
      "sex": "Women",
      "x": 1
    },
    {
      "band": "$20K to $35K",
      "conf_high": 17.7203,
      "conf_low": 17.234,
      "estimate": 17.4758,
      "measure": "Current smoking",
      "n": 415794,
      "sex": "Women",
      "x": 2
    },
    {
      "band": "$35K to $50K",
      "conf_high": 14.2583,
      "conf_low": 13.7159,
      "estimate": 13.9849,
      "measure": "Current smoking",
      "n": 288686,
      "sex": "Women",
      "x": 3
    },
    {
      "band": "$50K to $75K",
      "conf_high": 11.6538,
      "conf_low": 11.1809,
      "estimate": 11.4152,
      "measure": "Current smoking",
      "n": 325465,
      "sex": "Women",
      "x": 4
    },
    {
      "band": "$75K or more",
      "conf_high": 7.04422,
      "conf_low": 6.78214,
      "estimate": 6.91203,
      "measure": "Current smoking",
      "n": 664260,
      "sex": "Women",
      "x": 5
    }
  ],
  "id": "sex_by_income",
  "notes": [
    "Respondents who did not know their household income or declined to give it are left out of the bands, {fact:inc_missing} of adults. The five bands group the income categories that BRFSS used in every year. The categories are in nominal dollars, so the highest band holds {fact:top_share_14} of respondents who gave an income in 2014 and {fact:top_share_24} in 2024, and part of that shift is a step at the 2021 change in the income question.",
    "Intervals are 95% confidence intervals from the survey's stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based, Taylor linearization). No cell rests on fewer than {fact:cell_floor} respondents. The survey is a repeated cross-section of adults in the states and the District of Columbia; Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are not included."
  ],
  "source": "BRFSS 2014-2024 public-use files (binge drinking from 2015), weighted (BRFSS final weight) with design-based intervals",
  "spec": {
    "bandSeries": [
      "Men",
      "Women"
    ],
    "colors": {
      "Men": "male",
      "Women": "female"
    },
    "hi": "conf_high",
    "lo": "conf_low",
    "n": "n",
    "series": "sex",
    "x": "x",
    "xDomain": [
      1,
      5
    ],
    "xLabel": "Household income band",
    "xTicks": [
      {
        "label": "Under $20K",
        "value": 1
      },
      {
        "label": "$20K to $35K",
        "value": 2
      },
      {
        "label": "$35K to $50K",
        "value": 3
      },
      {
        "label": "$50K to $75K",
        "value": 4
      },
      {
        "label": "$75K or more",
        "value": 5
      }
    ],
    "y": "estimate",
    "yDomain": [
      0,
      45
    ],
    "yFormat": {
      "digits": 1
    },
    "yLabel": "Adults (%)"
  },
  "subtitle": "Percent of adults who binged in the past month by sex and household income band, BRFSS 2015 to 2024, with 95% confidence intervals",
  "table": {
    "columns": [
      {
        "key": "measure",
        "label": "Measure"
      },
      {
        "key": "sex",
        "label": "Sex"
      },
      {
        "key": "band",
        "label": "Income band"
      },
      {
        "format": {
          "digits": 1
        },
        "key": "estimate",
        "label": "Percent of adults"
      },
      {
        "format": {
          "digits": 1
        },
        "key": "conf_low",
        "label": "Lower limit of the 95% interval"
      },
      {
        "format": {
          "digits": 1
        },
        "key": "conf_high",
        "label": "Upper limit of the 95% interval"
      },
      {
        "format": {
          "thousands": true
        },
        "key": "n",
        "label": "Respondents"
      }
    ]
  },
  "title": "Men binge drink more than women in every income band, by {fact:sexgap_min} to {fact:sexgap_max} points",
  "type": "line",
  "views": [
    {
      "filter": {
        "measure": "Binge drinking"
      },
      "id": "binge",
      "label": "Binge drinking"
    },
    {
      "filter": {
        "measure": "Obesity"
      },
      "id": "obese",
      "label": "Obesity",
      "spec": {
        "yLabel": "Adults who are obese (%)"
      },
      "title": "Women's obesity rate falls from {fact:obese_women_poor} to {fact:obese_women_rich} across the income bands, while men's goes from {fact:obese_men_poor} to {fact:obese_men_rich}"
    },
    {
      "filter": {
        "measure": "Current smoking"
      },
      "id": "smoke",
      "label": "Current smoking",
      "spec": {
        "yLabel": "Adults who currently smoke (%)"
      },
      "title": "Men smoke more than women in every income band, by {fact:smoke_sexgap_poor} points in the lowest and {fact:smoke_sexgap_rich} in the highest"
    }
  ]
}