Where in America Are Women Binge Drinking?

Women in Wisconsin, Nebraska and North Dakota are more likely to get drunk than in anyplace else in the country.

By Cynthia Ramnarace - March 26, 2013

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In Wisconsin, home of the King of Beers, women admit to getting tanked more than anywhere else in the country. Women in Tennessee, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Alabama, on the other hand, know their limits.

For women, binge drinking is defined as having four or more drinks on one occasion. This might not seem like a huge deal, but according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , binge drinking causes 80,000 deaths in America each year. It also increases your chance of being involved in a car crash, violent attack or committing suicide.

Here’s how the states rank for binge drinking: #1 is the state where women are the least likely to get drunk; #50 is the lushiest. The numbers below represent the percentage of women who admit to having four or more drinks on one occasion.

Rank	State	%
1	Tennessee	3.6
2	Mississippi	4.7
2	West Virginia	4.7
4	Alabama	5.5
5	Arkansas	5.6
5	Utah	5.6
7	North Carolina	6.4
8	New Mexico	6.5
9	South Carolina	6.8
10	Oklahoma	7
11	Kentucky	7.3
12	Georgia	7.4
13	Arizona	8
14	Texas	8.3
15	Florida	8.5
16	Idaho	8.8
16	Indiana	8.8
18	Louisiana	8.9
19	Kansas	9
20	Maine	9.2
21	California	9.9
22	Pennsylvania	10
23	Missouri	10.1
23	New Jersey	10.1
23	Wyoming	10.1
26	New York	10.4
26	Oregon	10.4
28	Maryland	10.6
28	New Hampshire	10.6
30	Colorado	11
30	Hawaii	1
30	Ohio	11
33	Michigan	11.2
33	Virginia	11.2
35	Iowa	11.3
36	Montana	11.4
36	Washington	11.4
38	Connecticut	11.5
38	Rhode Island	11.5
40	South Dakota	11.9
41	Delaware	12
41	Illinois	12
43	Nevada	12.3
44	Minnesota	12.4
45	Vermont	12.6
46	Alaska	12.7
47	Massachusetts	12.8
48	North Dakota	13.4
49	Nebraska	14
50	Wisconsin	15.4

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