Alcohol consumed per capita map.

This map illustrates the average number of litres of alcohol consumed per capita based on data from 2003. The figures for individual states were taken from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the figures for the other countries were taken from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

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You go New England!

:D

It threw off the curve.

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We beat every state in the union except for Vermont and Nevada, and equal with Minnesota, Rhode Island and Wyoming.

Damn Frogs got us totally beaten though. :evilfrown:

I'm a little surprised at Italy - only 8-9.

I've been doing my best to keep up our reputation.

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What about NH? Live plastered or die.

..."Hmmm, we never hear anything about New Hampshire. At all. WTF are they up to, and should the rest of us be worried?"

to that bunch of lushes! ;)

(Then we'd know the answer to the question: "What WOULD it be like if Gary Coleman were made President?")

Don't forget Dartmouth is there, and those kids can drink.

who are trying to secede from the union? :shrug:

I think that would account for the higher sales in that state. ;)

Just a guess but I'm betting someone used sales volume to calculate per capita by state. NH sells alcohol more cheaply than its neighbors and has no bottle deposit law, thus generating lots of business from MA and ME. NH has a relatively low population total (~ 1.2 million.)

NV has Vegas and Reno where lots of alcohol is consumed by nonresidents.

New Hampshire has socialized booze. Unlike Masss, the state has a monopoly on the retail sale of hard liquor, and the state goes to absurd lengths to sell cut-rate hooch to our neighbors.

On Interstate 93, there is a large rest area in the town of Hooksett, about halfway between Manchester and Concord. Rte. 93 is the main north-south artery in the state, and it carries a lot of out of state traffic, with NASCAR fans heading to Loudon, skiers heading to the mountains, Quebecers going south to the beaches, etc. At this busy rest stop, there is no restaurant. No McDonalds, no Roy Rogers, no Sbarros.

There is, however, an enormous liquor store.

A liquor store. In the middle of an interstate.

Ah, yes, the "New Hampshire Advantage", pretending to fund state government on smkes, Jack Daniels, and $30 scratch tickets!

If there were a way to count the drinks consumed by tourists, then I think Mexico's status would be raised considerably- Every time I go, damn near everybody has one of those "Yard of Margarita" glasses in their hands. In the same way, I'm sure Louisiana would be a great deal higher, too, considering Mardi Gras...

for the record, I am doing my part to keep Louisiana's number high! :toast:

West "by god" Virginia would be way up there!

Per capita alcohol consumption in countries like Uganda makes the Irish look like rank amateurs.

http://www.greenfacts.org/en/alcohol/figtableboxes/figure3.htm

Even in the United States, blacks consistently drink less than whites on average.

Uganda ranks first, above Luxembourg, in terms of alcohol consumption per capita.

Don't fuck with me when it comes to alcohol. I'm an expert. :P

The WHO's figures for a number of African countries include completely unsupported "estimates" for traditional near-beer-type beverages: high in volume, low (often very low) in alcohol. Consider the popular Chibuku ("The Beer Of Good Cheer"): it's a hearty .5% alcohol. In the US, that wouldn't even qualify as an alcoholic drink.




http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/statistics/indadultalcoholconsumption/en/index.html


I'm afraid most of Africa probably isn't much of a drinker's paradise, except that you can get a LOT of Chibuku or palm wine (also weak stuff) for just pennies.

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Uganda tops the world in liters of alcohol per capita. And that's been my only point all along, regardless of the sadly teetotaling proclivitiies of other African countries.

I'm moving to France!

Most people in Canada live within 100 miles of the US border - the areas of the territories are so huge that the average comes right down.

It's per capita, not per square mile.

If it showed population density, there'd be a different color along the border.

It's consumption divided by number of people. Doesn't matter if the people are all in one place, or spread out.

If 10 people drink 20 liters, the "drunk number" is 2, no matter where they are.

Mexico - ¿No tequila, por favor?
Nevada - Land of slot machines and broke players. They'd have to be drunk.
France - Land of wines, duh...
Ireland - No comment.

Oi, where's China? Last I heard, they're guzzling gallons of champagne in return for all those high quality products and services people buy from them. :eyes:

What's with Delaware by the way? Is it the lack of a state sales tax?

It's those tolls on I-95 that drove them to it.

Without income tax, they have more money to spend on booze.

for a bazillion.

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I drink to cope.

Must have been a slow afternoon.

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I know I should be on there....
I do my part....


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