Binge drinking highest in B1G states (Lincoln ranks 3rd)

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TOP BINGE DRINKING CITIES

Percentage of people who admitted to binge drinking at least once in the 30 days before being interviewed in 2010. Rankings are out of 192 cities and statistical areas.

1. Kapa'a, Hawaii 23.0%

2. Key West, Fla. 23.0%

3. Lincoln, Neb. 22.7%

4. Scranton, Pa. 21.4%

5. Worcester, Mass. 21.2%

6. Bridgeport, Conn. 20.5%

7. Akron, Ohio 20.4%

8. Norfolk, Neb. 20.2%

9. Boston 20.1%

10. Virginia Beach, Va. 19.9%

11. Omaha, Neb. 19.5%

12. Springfield, Mass. 19.5%

13. Grand Island, Neb. 19.4%

14. Burlington, Vt. 19.4%

15. Buffalo, N.Y. 19.4%

16. Kahului, Hawaii 19.4%

17, San Antonio 19.4%

18. Wilmington, Del. 19.2%

19. Cape Coral, Fla. 19.1%

20. Sioux Falls, S.D. 19.0%

Source: CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Top binge drinking states

States with the highest percentage of people who admitted binge drinking in the 30 days before they were interviewed in 2010.

1. Wisconsin 25.6%

2. Nebraska 22.3%

3. North Dakota 21.9%

4. D.C. 21.9%

5. Massachusetts 21.7%

6. Iowa 21.5%

7. Montana 21.5%

8. Illinois 21.4%

9. Alaska 21.2%

10. Vermont 20.2%

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Although binge drinking is typically seen in 18 to 34-year-olds on the national level, most of the data for this report derived from Nebraska's 65 and older population.
I know this isn't a laughing matter. But I can't stop laughing at this. 65 an over binge drinking?? :lol:

 
TOP BINGE DRINKING CITIES

Percentage of people who admitted to binge drinking at least once in the 30 days before being interviewed in 2010. Rankings are out of 192 cities and statistical areas.

1. Kapa'a, Hawaii 23.0%

2. Key West, Fla. 23.0%

3. Lincoln, Neb. 22.7%

4. Scranton, Pa. 21.4%

5. Worcester, Mass. 21.2%

6. Bridgeport, Conn. 20.5%

7. Akron, Ohio 20.4%

8. Norfolk, Neb. 20.2%

9. Boston 20.1%

10. Virginia Beach, Va. 19.9%

11. Omaha, Neb. 19.5%

12. Springfield, Mass. 19.5%

13. Grand Island, Neb. 19.4%

14. Burlington, Vt. 19.4%

15. Buffalo, N.Y. 19.4%

16. Kahului, Hawaii 19.4%

17, San Antonio 19.4%

18. Wilmington, Del. 19.2%

19. Cape Coral, Fla. 19.1%

20. Sioux Falls, S.D. 19.0%

Source: CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Top binge drinking states

States with the highest percentage of people who admitted binge drinking in the 30 days before they were interviewed in 2010.

1. Wisconsin 25.6%

2. Nebraska 22.3%

3. North Dakota 21.9%

4. D.C. 21.9%

5. Massachusetts 21.7%

6. Iowa 21.5%

7. Montana 21.5%

8. Illinois 21.4%

9. Alaska 21.2%

10. Vermont 20.2%

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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so Cheers?

 
i feel like this wasnt a well done survey. Norfolk? Really? I feel like they surveyed some states rather intensely and others not as much. However, I would be willing to bet that Nebraska may be significantly lower on the usage of other illegal drugs, but I have no evidence whatsoever.

 
States with the highest percentage of people who admitted binge drinking in the 30 days before they were interviewed in 2010.

1. Wisconsin 25.6%
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FWIW binge drinking according to this survey is 5 or more drinks in one sitting for men or 4 or more in one sitting for women. 5 beers isn't exactly getting plastered in my experience.

 
Does inhaling a pitcher of beer and then stopping count as one drink?

Last time I did that, I raced home on my Vulcan before the alcohol took effect..Woke up in the Hospital..

Att the Alcohol Awareness class they made me attend, I was told that my hometown/county had the highest per capita alcoholism in Nebraska..I couldn't even remember ever seeing anyone over 25 drunk when I lived there..

 
Att the Alcohol Awareness class they made me attend, I was told that my hometown/county had the highest per capita alcoholism in Nebraska..I couldn't even remember ever seeing anyone over 25 drunk when I lived there..
They were there. You just passed out first.

 
Not surprising in the least to me. Although counting crap like bud-light, miller-light, etc where it's like drinking slightly alcoholic water is a little cheap. Goto a bar some time, not early, late enough that you can watch the people that can really drink, just realize they are probably on beer 4 by 8 or 9pm. Then leave before last call and people trying to find afterparties or buy package hit the streets.

 
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There's a lot of things wrong with the way this survey was conducted. For example, when was the survey taken, if it was anytime within a month of St. Patrick's Day, then of course you're going to get a lot more answers of yes. Another could be the fact that some people are unaware of what binge drinking is defined as.

 
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