Binge Drinking in America

United Health Foundation has a report out there titled "America Health Rankings - 2007". One of the component in the rankings is "Binge Drinking at the State Level". Here's a Google Maps View of percentage of adult population "Binge Drinking".

Binge Drinking is defined as "males having five or more drinks and females having four or more drinks on one occasion."

Wisconsin leads the nation in "Binge Drinking" where 24.2% of adult population do "Binge Drinking". Compare Wisconsin to Tennessee where 8.5% of adult population do "Binge Drinking". Compared to previous year Delaware recorded the largest increase in "Binge Drinking". In Delaware "Binge Drinking" increased from 15.6% to 19.0%. The National average is 15.3%.

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