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<p>Drunkest City in Every State</p>
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<p>Alcohol abuse cost the United States $250 billion in 2010,
according to a 2015 study from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. These costs include health care expenses associated
with alcohol consumption as well as estimated lost productivity.
Binge drinking was related to three-quarters of the total cost.
Residents of different states report different drinking habits, as
do residents of metropolitan areas within each state.
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<p>The CDC defines binge drinking as the consumption of four or more
drinks for women and five or more drinks for men during a single
occasion. Heavy drinking is defined as the consumption per week of
15 or more drinks for men, and typically eight or more drinks for
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<p>24/7 Wall St. reviewed the metropolitan areas reporting the
highest levels of binge and heavy drinking in each state.
Appleton, the drunkest city in Wisconsin, also leads the nation
with 26.8% of adults reporting excessive drinking in the
metropolitan area. The Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro-Franklin,
Tennessee metro area, where 13.5% of adults report such a drinking
habit, is the booziest city in Tennessee. Nationwide, 87.6% of
adults have drank alcohol at some point in their lives, 71.0%
consumed alcohol in the past year, 56.9% say they drank in the
past month, and 18.0% of adults report excessive drinking.</p>
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<p><img class="aligncenter"
src="cid:part1.F0B79244.4CC248D1@frontier.com" alt="Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho" data-credit="Thinkstock" height="363"
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<p><strong>12. Idaho</strong><br>
<strong>> Drunkest city:</strong> Coeur d’Alene<br>
<strong>> Pct. of MSA adults binge or heavy drinking:</strong>
18.1%<br>
<strong>> Pct. of state adults binge or heavy drinking:</strong>
16.1%<br>
<strong>> Pct. of alcohol related driving deaths:</strong>
31.4%</p>
<p>Adults in Idaho are less likely than the typical American to
report unhealthy drinking habits. In Coeur d’Alene — the metro
area with the highest excessive drinking rate in the state — only
18.1% of adults report drinking to excess in the past month,
slightly higher than the corresponding national rate of 18.0%.</p>
<p>While higher excessive drinking rates sometimes indicate
unhealthy lifestyles overall, people tend to be in good health in
Coeur d’Alene. Area adults report fewer days of poor mental and
physical health and are less likely to be obese than the typical
American.</p>
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