Posted on 12/30/2010 5:54:22 PM PST by Little Bill
How tipsy you'll be when you toast the new year could depend on your sex, education level, and where you live. Anneli Rufus on 15 stats that predict your propensity to imbibe.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Beyond Champagne
1. Men drink 11.1 percent more than women.
In a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services survey, 57.6 percent of males aged 12 and older and 46.5 percent of females aged 12 and older reported having consumed at least one alcoholic beverage in the past 30 days. (Other studies consistently show adult men out-drinking adult women.) The gender gap is slimmer among underage drinkers: 15.1 percent of males aged 12 to 17, compared to 14.3 percent of females aged 12 to 17. Rachael Brownell, the author of Mommy Doesn't Drink Here Anymore, warns that surveys based on self-reported drinking rates are suspect "and highly subjective, because people with massive drinking problems don't think they have drinking problems."
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (2010): Volume 1, Summary of National Findings. Prepared by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies 2. New Hampshire residents consume 89 percent more beer than New Yorkers do.
New Hampshire is the country's sudsiest state, chugging 31.6 gallons per capita per year based on total population, according to the Beer Institute, a national trade association representing U.S. beer producers and importers.
At a comparatively modest 16.7 gallons, New York still tops Utah, which drinks the least beer at 12.2 gallons. "New Hampshire is not as sophisticated a market for wine and spirits as many other states," says H. Joseph Ehrmann, proprietor of San Francisco's historic Elixir Saloon. [http://www.elixirsf.com/] "It's also among a handful of 'control states,' whose tough liquor laws make it more difficult for spirits companies to do business there."
I grew up around drunks and have no interest in alcohol.
BTTP for after I pour another Scotch.
Oh my gosh my wife is a lush, she will drink a six pack every 5 to 6 weeks.
I did. I have everyone beat I suppose.
It’s been my experience that, pound for pound, any woman can outdrink any man
I guess I should elaborate. I used to/still could drink a 12 pack or a liter of liquor BEFORE I go out. Dad died at 42. Crazy tolerance..
My experience is the opposite.
I thought the town I am living in in CA would have put this state over the top. This town is full of retired people and welfare people and most of them seem to drink most of the time!
Dream on. I have you beat by a long shot. I doubt that there is anyone alive who has drinken more over the past thirty five years then myself.
And we tie up the courts with pot while cigs and alcohol kill record numbers.. Don’t get it.. Never will..
Ditto, and since it tastes bad no matter what you try to dress it up with, why bother.
I lost interest after the first entry, as it was so useless.
The header stated that “Men drink 11.1 percent more than women.”
and then goes on:
In a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services survey, 57.6 percent of males aged 12 and older and 46.5 percent of females aged 12 and older reported having consumed at least one alcoholic beverage in the past 30 days.
First, I have no idea why 12 would be the cut off date. More importantly, if 46.5% of the women drink, and 57.6% of the men drink, then the 11% number is not really meaningful. It would make more sense to say that men are (57.6/46.5) times as like likely as women to drink, which is 1.24, or rounding, say one and a quarter, or about 25% more likely, not 11%.
I will leave it to imagination which percentile I inhabit.
I do not trust people who do not imbibe on occasion.
If you can not handle a few beers you should not be allowed to own a frikin gun.
“Dream on. I have you beat by a long shot. I doubt that there is anyone alive who has drinken more over the past thirty five years then myself.”
I would challenge you if there was such a thing. I’ve done it all. I know drunks think they have drunk the most, but my liver deserves the credit. I won’t get too personal, but I’ve rocked the substance and bodily injury world. Unless you can convince me you’ve had a liver transplant. Then you have me beat.
I have never been drunk in my life, never consumed even a half of a beer. I’m looking at my rifle that is by the Christmas tree right now.
Now that Ted Kennedy is gone, it's tough to say.
I'm a good bit older than that now but only because it's been more than thirty years since I have had a drink
Ahh...then you have much to look forward to in your life.
May you live long. Live Well.
And happy shooting!
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