Alcohol Consumption heavy drinkers by state. Definition, graph and map.

SOURCE
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004.

DEFINITION
Adult men having more than two drinks per day and adult women having more than one drink per day. Percent of respondents who answered yes.

Health Statistics > Alcohol consumption > Heavy drinkers (most recent) by state

Rank

States

Amount

# 1

Wisconsin:

7.4%

# 2

Rhode Island:

7.3%

# 3

District of Columbia:

= 4

Delaware:

6.8%

= 4

Nevada:

6.8%

# 6

Vermont:

6.3%

= 7

Ohio:

6.1%

= 7

Massachusetts:

6.1%

= 9

New Hampshire:

= 9

Missouri:

= 11

California:

5.9%

= 11

Connecticut:

5.9%

# 13

Pennsylvania:

5.8%

# 14

South Carolina:

5.6%

= 15

Iowa:

5.5%

= 15

Minnesota:

5.5%

# 17

Montana:

5.4%

= 18

Florida:

5.3%

= 18

US Virgin Islands:

5.3%

# 20

Texas:

5.2%

# 21

Alaska:

5.1%

# 22

North Dakota:

= 23

Georgia:

4.9%

= 23

Oregon:

4.9%

= 25

Indiana:

4.8%

= 25

Washington:

4.8%

= 27

Michigan:

4.7%

= 27

Colorado:

4.7%

= 27

Arizona:

4.7%

= 27

Illinois:

4.7%

= 31

Nebraska:

4.6%

= 31

Virginia:

4.6%

= 33

Louisiana:

4.5%

= 33

Maine:

4.5%

= 33

New Jersey:

4.5%

= 36

Idaho:

4.4%

= 36

New Mexico:

4.4%

= 36

Wyoming:

4.4%

# 39

New York:

4.3%

= 40

Arkansas:

4.2%

= 40

Maryland:

4.2%

# 42

Alabama:

= 43

Kansas:

3.7%

= 43

South Dakota:

3.7%

# 45

Oklahoma:

3.6%

# 46

Mississippi:

3.5%

# 47

Puerto Rico:

3.2%

# 48

Kentucky:

3.1%

# 49

North Carolina:

= 50

Tennessee:

2.8%

= 50

Utah:

2.8%

= 50

West Virginia:

2.8%

Weighted average:

4.9%

DEFINITION: Adult men having more than two drinks per day and adult women having more than one drink per day. Percent of respondents who answered yes.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta, Georgia: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2004. via StateMaster

Health Statistics > Alcohol consumption > Heavy drinkers (most recent) by state

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