Excessive drinking cost the United States $250 billion in 2010, according to a 2015 study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study estimated lost productivity and added health care costs associated with alcohol consumption. States report different drinking habits, as do metropolitan areas within each state.
Binge drinking is defined by the CDC as consuming four or more drinks for women and five or more drinks for men during a single sitting. The organization defines heavy drinking as around 15 or more drinks consumed by men per week, and typically eight or more drinks for women. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the metropolitan areas (MSA) reporting the highest levels of binge and heavy drinking in each state. Dubuque leads Iowa and the nation, with 30.8% of adults reporting binge or heavy drinking in the metropolitan area. Salt Lake City, where 12.6% of adults report such a drinking habit, is the booziest city in Utah.
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2 comments:
Notice how all of the towns are either college towns, resort areas popular with young adults, military towns or a combination of the three. Obviously young adults have yet to learn the destructive effects of alcohol. Oh well they will learn. Of course by then they will be middle aged and another generation will have to learn all over again about alcohol, drugs, and cigarettes.
Local newspaper frontpaged Wednesday that the 'bury was 8th most hungover town based on similar/same survey.
If last 3 mayors were factored out of the calculation would the 'bury even be in the top 100?
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