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|Slideshows|October 25, 2022
How much do Americans drink?
Author(s)Jeff Bendix, Senior Editor, Logan Lutton
Alcohol consumption and its accompanying costs vary widely by state
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Excessive alcohol use has long been a health problem in the U.S. and shows no signs of abating. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, alcohol contributes to about 18.5% of emergency department visits each year. Overall, approximately 95,000 people die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the third-leading preventable cause of death in the U.S.
But alcohol use, and misuse, doesn’t occur evenly across the country. What follows is a look at state-wide drinking patterns and costs, based on data analysis from
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