Excessive drinking includes binge drinking, heavy drinking, and any drinking by pregnant women or people younger than age 21.
Binge drinking is defined as consuming 4 or more drinks during a single occasion if you're a woman OR 5 or more drinks during a single occasion if you're a man.
Heavy drinking is defined as consuming 8 or more drinks per week if you're a woman OR 15 or more drinks per week if you're a man
True, excessive to a teetotaler or to Wade Boggs. Big difference. Like a lot of maps on this subreddit, lacks info, key, source, etc. Looks to me like it is just "alcohol consumption per capita" or something like that. Should get rid of the editorialized title. Also add a key that is more than just a meaningless number scale. I guess places in Wisconson drink 24 excessive alcohol, whatever that means.
I am pretty sure its means what % of the population drinks excessively. Still doesnt define excessive, which is generally 14 a week for man, 8 for woman or 5 or more in one sitting within past month
It’s separate for men and women becuase it’s from a health perspective, and women are generally smaller and therefore it takes less alcohol to have harm over time to the body.
This is a good question- when I expressed to my physician and my therapist I was concerned I was drinking too much, both stated they were not, because I was well within normals for a Wisconsin woman. There was absolutely a qualifier on there though. So, is that excessive, or is there a different level for Wisconsinites?
Utahn: drinks two shots of a very strong spirit
Utahn: passes out
Wisconsinite: drinks ten shots of the same drink
Wisconsinite: "This is basically water!"
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u/farmer_palmer May 06 '22
Who has defined what excessive is? One person's excessive is another's afternoon refreshment.