The Drunkest (and Driest) Cities in
America
WALL ST. – 24/07
Alcohol poisoning and
alcohol-related liver diseases are major contributors to the recently
identified spike in mortality among middle aged, white Americans. Alcohol is
the fourth leading cause of preventable death in the United States, claiming
nearly 88,000 lives a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Excessive drinking can take the form
of binge drinking or heavy drinking. The CDC defines binge drinking as consuming
four or more drinks for women and five or more drinks for men during a single
sitting. Heavy drinking is defined as some 15 or more drinks consumed per week
for men and eight or more drinks for women. Excessive alcohol consumption can
lead to serious and often fatal health consequences. According to the CDC,
negative health outcomes associated with heavy drinking include liver disease,
neurological damage, and cardiovascular diseases.
To identify the U.S. cities with the
highest and lowest excessive drinking rates, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the
percentage of adults who report binge or heavy drinking across 381 metro areas.
Metro level data were aggregated from county level data provided by County
Health Rankings & Roadmaps, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University
of Wisconsin Population Health Institute joint program. All data are as of the
most recent available year. Median household income and poverty data came from
the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. The number of bars per capita
came from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Health outcomes, including the number
of potential lives lost per 100,000 people due to premature death annually and
the percentage of adults who report fair or poor health were also aggregated
from county-level data obtained from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps.
America's 20 drunkest cities
Burn Fat –
Alcohol : According to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, women are considered "heavy drinkers" if they have eight
or more drinks a week and men can have 14. Take a look at the 20 drunkest
cities in America.
Without further ado,
the Top 20 heaviest drinking cities in America, and the corresponding
percentage of adults that drink excessively in them:
·
Appleton, WI – (26.8%)
·
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI –
(26%)
·
Green Bay, WI –
(25.6%)
·
Madison, WI – (25.5%)
·
Fargo, ND – (25.2%)
·
La Crosse – Onalaska,
WI – (25.1%)
·
Fond du Lac, WI –
(24.6%)
Drinking is fun. It’s that simple. Wine, beer, and liquor can
all taste fantastic if chosen well and in sufficient quantity they’ll all get
you buzzed. But at what point does tasty alcohol stop tasting like something?
At what point does a mild buzz turn into a hazy numbness? At what point does
tipsy pleasure turn into a whirlwind of terrible dance moves and poor texting
choices?
If you can’t answer these questions yourself, we know who can:
someone from Wisconsin.
At least according to the list of The Drunkest (and Driest)
Cities in America released over the weekend by 24/7 Wall Street and
compiled using data from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of
Wisconsin Population Health Institute. It turns out Wisconsin is home to a
staggering 7 of the top 10 drunkest cities in the country, and 12 of the top
20. “Drunkenness” per city was measured by the percent of the population that
either binge drinks or drinks heavily throughout the week –respectively 4 to 5
drinks in a sitting or 15 or more drinks per week.
This means that a bunch of people living in Wisconsin’s twelve
heaviest drinking cities are likely to be able to ask the questions posed at
the beginning of this article. They know what it is like to over drink. In
fact, after reading the list of drunken cities from 24/7 Wall Street, it seems
feasible that Wisconsinites no longer get tipsy like the rest of America. Have
they become immune? On second thought, maybe they can’t answer right now…
Without further ado, the Top 20 heaviest drinking cities in
America, and the corresponding percentage of adults that drink excessively in
them:
- Appleton, WI – (26.8%)
- Oshkosh-Neenah, WI – (26%)
- Green Bay, WI – (25.6%)
- Madison, WI – (25.5%)
- Fargo, ND – (25.2%)
- La Crosse – Onalaska, WI –
(25.1%)
- Fond du Lac, WI – (24.6%)
- Ames, IA – (24.4%)
- Eau Claire, WI – (24.3%)
- Mankato-North Mankato, MN –
(24.2%)
- Wausau, WI – (24.1%)
- Sheboygan, WI – (24%)
- Missoula, MT – (23.8%)
- Grand Forks, ND – (23.7%)
- Racine, WI – (23.5%)
- Janesville-Beloit, WI –
(23.4%)
- Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis,
WI – (23.3%)
- Lincoln, NE – (23.3%)
- Iowa City, IA – (23.2%)
- Corvallis, OR – (23.2%)
Alcohol is strictly
prohibited in Islam
What
is said regarding the one who regards an alcoholic drink lawful to drink and
calls it by another name.
They
ask you about wine and gambling. Say, "In them is a great sin and [yet,
some] benefit for people. But their sin is greater than their benefit."
And they ask you what they should spend. Say, "The excess [beyond
needs]." Thus Allah makes clear to
you the verses [of revelation] that you
might give thought. – The Holy Qur’an 2:219.
And of
mankind is he who purchase idle talks (i.e. music, singing, etc.) to mislead
(men) from the Path of Allah thout knowledge and takes it (the path of Allah,
or the Verse of the Qur’an) by way kof mockery. For such there will be a
humiliating torment (in the Hell-Fire) – The Holy Qur’an 31:6.
Narrated Ibn 'Umar(RA):
Allah's Apostle said, "Whoever drinks alcoholic drinks in
he world and does not repent (before dying), will be deprived of it in the
Hereafter." - Shahi Bukhari: Vol.7,
No.481
Narrated Abu Huraira(RA):
On the night Allah's Apostle
was taken on a night journey (Miraj) two cups, one containing wine and the
other milk, were presented to him at Jerusalem. He looked at it and took the
cup of milk. Gabriel said, "Praise be to Allah Who guided you to Al-Fitra
(the right path); if you had taken (the cup of) wine, your nation would have
gone astray." - Shahi Bukhari Volume 7, No.482
Narrated Anas(RA):
I heard from Allah's Apostle
a narration which none other than I will narrate to you. The Prophet, said, "From among the portents of the
Hour are the following: General ignorance (in religious affairs) will prevail,
(religious) knowledge will decrease, illegal sexual intercourse will prevail,
alcoholic drinks will be drunk (in abundance), men will decrease and women will
increase so much so that for
every fifty women there will
be one man to look after them." - Shahi Bukhari Vol.7, No.483
