August 11, 200818 yr To determine the cities with the highest alcohol consumption, we (Forbes Magazine) started by making a list of the 40 largest metropolitan statistical areas in the U.S.--geographic entities defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget for use by federal agencies in collecting, tabulating and publishing statistics. We then examined data from the CDC's 2007 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey (BRFSS), a nationwide system that collects information on health risk behaviors, preventive health practices and health care access. In this survey, the CDC develops a core questionnaire and provides it to state governments, which then perform telephone surveys asking more than 350,000 American adults about their health. To determine the 15 hardest-drinking cities, we added up the rankings from each category, counting the "five or more drinks on one occasion" question twice, since it most directly addresses the question of problem drinking. We then sorted that sum into our final ranks. Of course, just because a city ranks high on the list doesn't make it a den of debauchery. A top-drinking town could be populated by health-conscious adults who sip a glass of wine a day in order to keep their hearts healthy. And just downing a few cold ones doesn't make a person irresponsible. Full Story ------------------------------------------------ No. 10: Cincinnati, Ohio Residents who had at least one drink in the last 30 days: 56.3% Men who had more than two drinks per day, or women one drink: 5.8% Residents who had five or more drinks on one occasion: 19.2% ------------------------------------------------
August 11, 200818 yr Imagine if the Bengals franchise relocated? Those numbers would decrease dramatically!
August 11, 200818 yr Greater Cincinnati area should be included in this and after a day like today I am hoping there's still some Johnny Walker left in the bottle when I get home.
August 11, 200818 yr I'm not surprised about Milwaukee being at #2, although I would have bet they'd come in 1st without looking. When I lived in Milwaukee, the Wisconsin welcome center on I-94 north, at the Illinois border, had a one of those historical plagues that said, '... The people of Wisconsin drink one third of all beer brewed in the United States. ..." How about that? Less 1.5% of the people in the country drink 33% of the beer brewed in it. When do they have time to drink milk??
August 11, 200818 yr I'm not surprised about Milwaukee being at #2, although I would have bet they'd come in 1st without looking. When I lived in Milwaukee, the Wisconsin welcome center on I-94 north, at the Illinois border, had a one of those historical plagues that said, '... The people of Wisconsin drink one third of all beer brewed in the United States. ..." How about that? Less 1.5% of the people in the country drink 33% of the beer brewed in it. When do they have time to drink milk?? I spent a week in Milwaukee at a conference and all I can say is "WOW.":thumb:
August 11, 200818 yr A little disappointing. We have some work to do. I agree, we at least need top five..
August 12, 200818 yr At least we beat Pittsburgh, and are currently 2nd in the AFC North. A division title and the wildcard are both attainable.
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