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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:

1. Appleton, WI – (26.8%)
2. Oshkosh-Neenah, WI – (26%)
3. Green Bay, WI – (25.6%)
4. Madison, WI – (25.5%)
5. Fargo, ND – (25.2%)
6. La Crosse – Onalaska, WI – (25.1%)
7. Fond du Lac, WI – (24.6%)
8. Ames, IA – (24.4%)
9. Eau Claire, WI – (24.3%)
10. Mankato-North Mankato, MN – (24.2%)
11. Wausau, WI – (24.1%)
12. Sheboygan, WI – (24%)
13. Missoula, MT – (23.8%)
14. Grand Forks, ND – (23.7%)
15. Racine, WI – (23.5%)
16. Janesville-Beloit, WI – (23.4%)
17. Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI – (23.3%)
18. Lincoln, NE – (23.3%)
19. Iowa City, IA – (23.2%)
20. 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