prevalence among adults during this same period (Cheng et al., 2018). Furthermore, NSDUH results indicated relatively flat rates of frequent binge episodic drinking among adults over 25 during this time period, and a decline for younger adults ages 18–25 (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), 2015). Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) suggested an increase in binge drinking prevalence during this time period (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016), but not as large as the increase suggested by the NESARC. Thus, three high-quality series of epidemiological surveys of the US general population have yielded widely discrepant estimates of trends in binge drinking; estimated trends for AUD from the two available sources of data on that outcome diverged even more.
