This graph, by Swiveler unk_variable, shows the relationship between binge alcohol drinking and suicide deaths by state. While one does not necessarily cause the other, there seems to be a correlation between depression and drinking alcohol or using other illicit drugs. According to the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, "research suggests that adults and adolescents with major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year were more likely than those without MDE to have used alcohol heavily or to have used an illicit drug in the past year." Prevalence of depression was about the same across all racial/ethnic groups. However, in teenagers ages 12 to 17 years old, the prevalence of a MDE increased every year, peaking at 11.9 percent for 17 year olds. Percentage of binge alcohol use also increased every year between the ages of 12 and 20. Male college students were slightly more inclined to binge drinking than females. Students are more likely to drive under the influence in the midwest; in North Dakota 26 percent of students have driven after drinking.