Grumpy Editor notes the District of Columbia ranks No. 1 in percentage of U.S. heavy drinkers and No. 2 in percentage of adults who consume alcohol, according to Detox.net, an online resource for alcohol abuse treatment programs.
Based on data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, the study finds 65.9 percent of adults in D.C. have had at least one drink in the past month, second only to Wisconsin’s 67.3 percent.
The study notes 11.1 percent of D.C. adults are heavy drinkers, consuming more than two drinks a day for men and more than one drink daily for women.
The District also topped the list for highest percentage (25.5) of binge drinkers --- men who have had five or more drinks, four or more for women, on at least one occasion in the past month.
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