America’s Drunkest & Driest Counties Based On Excessive Drinking

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Looks like WI leads the way.

If they did meth or pills WV would be all purple. ;)
 

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Looks like WI leads the way.

If they did meth or pills WV would be all purple. ;)
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From the website:

This website provides an interactive map of excessive drinking by county, based on CDC definitions.

The map leverages data from the latest annual datasets of the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (CHR&R) program.
 

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Looks like WI leads the way.

If they did meth or pills WV would be all purple. ;)
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I'd like to see by state


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Based on data from 2023, the states with the highest rates of excessive drinking are Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, Montana, and North Dakota.


Here's a more detailed breakdown:


  • Wisconsin: 25.2% of adults drink excessively.
  • Iowa: 24.6% of adults drink excessively.
  • South Dakota: 24.4% of adults drink excessively.
  • Montana: 24.3% of adults drink excessively.
  • North Dakota: 24.1% of adults drink excessively.
These states also tend to have higher rates of alcohol-related fatal car accidents
 
Excessive drinking can have short-term and long-term health effects. It includes:

  • Binge drinking—Four or more drinks for women, or five or more drinks for men during an occasion.
  • Heavy drinking—Eight or more drinks for women, or 15 or more drinks for men during a week.
  • Underage drinking—any alcohol use by people younger than 21.
  • Drinking while pregnant—any alcohol use during pregnancy.
 

Aug. 7, 2018: The 10 States That Consume the Most Alcohol

10. South Dakota
9. Idaho
8. Alaska
7. Wisconsin
6. Vermont
5. Montana

4. North Dakota
3. Nevada
2. Delaware
1. New Hampshire
 
Do we expect people to work excessively without a break? The states listed have people that work the hardest in the nation.
 

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Looks like WI leads the way.

If they did meth or pills WV would be all purple. ;)

True story: when my husband went to the MSU v. Wisconsin game in Indy in 2011, the entire city RAN OUT OF BEER.

In bottles and on tap. I had never heard of such a thing, but there it was
 
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