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Data suggests that binge drinking at University of Wisconsin-Madison is probably worse than at other universities across the country, the Badger Herald reports.

While binge drinking is a widespread problem on college campuses, data from a survey that is part of a UW-Madison initiative to reduce high-risk drinking suggests the problem at UW-Madison is signficant and "probably worse" than at other institutions, Sarah Van Orman, executive director of University Health Services, told the student newspaper.

“Our students come to campus drinking more and by the time we resurvey them at about six weeks [through AlcoholEdu], they’re much more likely to have become problematic drinkers than students at other universities,” Van Orman told the newspaper.

Of UW-Madison students surveyed, 75.72% admitted to drinking before enrolling in college, in comparison to 65.95% of students at other large public universities that admitted to drinking before starting college, the 2013 AlcoholEdu summary reported.

Additionally, 41.81% of UW-Madison students become high-risk drinkers after starting college compared to 27.18% of students attending other large public universities, the 2013 AlcoholEdu summary reported.