In this installment of By the Numbers, the Daily takes a look at binge drinking among college-age individuals on international, national, and campus levels.
5 - Number of alcoholic drinks downed at one time that constitute "binge drinking," by the standard definition
10% - American male college students who drink 12 or more at a time, according to a new study by the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation's Prevention Research Center
48% - British men age 19-24 who have been "blind drunk" two or more times per month within the past year, according to the Institute of Alcohol Studies (IAS)
42% - College freshmen who binge drink, according to a recent AAA study
34% - Young adults that same age but not in college who binge drink, according to the same study
93% - Tufts students who said they "drink responsibly" in a 2001 study
19% - Tufts students who said they "drank by themselves"
54% - Tufts students who said they had "talked about how drunk they were recently"
73% - Tufts students who said they played drinking games at Tufts
19 - Age of Samantha Spady, a Colorado State University student who was found dead at a fraternity house last week
0.43 - Spady's blood alcohol level
16 - Number of shots someone her size would have to take in one hour to reach that point
11 - Tufts fraternities
3 - Tufts fraternities that are forbidden to have alcohol at events they host this year
46 - International and national fraternities in the recently formed Genesis Group, a coalition that aims to reduce college students' binge drinking
2 - Colleges serving as test sites for the program (DePauw University and the University of Kentucky)
91% - British drinkers age 19 to 24 who drink "to be sociable"
78% - Those who also drink "to get drunk."
63% - Canadian students who drink "twice a month or less," according to a study financed by a grant from the Brewers Association of Canada
11 PM - Time most British bars are required by law to close
1 AM - Time Boston bars are required by "blue laws" to close
6% - Estimated number of American college students that are alcoholics
31% - Estimated number of American college students that are not addicted to alcohol, but have problems abusing it
The information cited above comes from Reuters, the University of New Mexico's Daily Lobo, AP, CNN.com, the Ann Arbor News, the Herald and Weekly Times, and Indystar.com.
