Key Points

• Among adults aged 18 to 75, in 2017, the standardized prevalence of daily alcohol consumption was 8.9%. This regional prevalence was not different from that of other metropolitan areas. Daily alcohol consumption varied by sex and age: men (13.4% versus 5.8% for women) and those aged 61–75 (26.0% versus 2.1% among those aged 18–30 and 1.3% among those aged 31–45) had higher rates of daily alcohol consumption.

• Among adults aged 18 to 75, in 2017, the standardized prevalence of heavy episodic drinking (HED) was 16.9%. This regional prevalence was not different from that of other metropolitan areas. Monthly BES were more common among men (28.1% versus 5.8% for women) and among those aged 18–30 (28.6% versus 11.3% among those aged 61–75).

• Among 17-year-olds in 2017, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté was among the regions with a high prevalence of alcohol experimentation (87.6%). The prevalence rates for regular alcohol use and heavy episodic drinking—9.2% and 17.7%, respectively—were not different from the average for metropolitan France.

• Among women, the incidence and mortality rates for esophageal cancer and the mortality rate for laryngeal cancer are significantly lower than the average for metropolitan France.