College campuses commonly indulge in binge drinking but a recent study in the U. S. reveals that many adults have been overindulging in alcohol as much.

Scientists analyzed the data of nearly 11,000 middle aged and elderly adults from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health done in the years 2005 and 2006.

The results showed shockingly high numbers of adults indulging in binge drinking and boozing.

• As high as 23% of men and 9% of women admitted to binge drinking between the ages of 50-64 years.
• 14% of women and 3% of women above the age of 65 agreed to have been binging more than five or more beverages within the past 30 days.
• Males indulging in binging were divorced, widowed, separated, unemployed or of a high income group.
• Women admitting to binge drinking were the ones consuming drugs without prescription.

As seen in the data above, men are more prone to indulging in binge drinking than women. It was also seen from previous studies that men are 14 times more likely to drink and drive than people who dont binge drink.

"We feel that our findings are important to the public health of middle-aged and elderly persons as they point to a potentially unrecognized problem that often 'flies beneath' the typical screen for alcohol problems in psychiatry practices," researcher Dan Blazer, of Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, said in a statement. Researchers also added that the rate of oder and middle-aged men indulging in binge drinking is likely to increase over the next few years.