Re:America has a drinking problem
by CivBase on Wednesday June 02, 2021 @10:13AM
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> The top 10 percent of American drinkers - 24 million adults over age 18 - consume, on average, [...] 10 drinks per day.
What counts as an "American drinker"? Apparently only 24M of our 330M population. That's 7% of the population.
So the average of the top 0.7% Americans consume 10 drinks per day. Since averages are heavily affected by the outliers at the top, you're looking at probably between 2-3 per 1000. I absolutely believe that many Americans consume the equivalent of 10+ light beers per day.
What's more surprising to me is that only 24M Americans count as "drinkers". Our college population alone is 17M.
What counts as an "American drinker"? Apparently only 24M of our 330M population. That's 7% of the population.
So the average of the top 0.7% Americans consume 10 drinks per day. Since averages are heavily affected by the outliers at the top, you're looking at probably between 2-3 per 1000. I absolutely believe that many Americans consume the equivalent of 10+ light beers per day.
What's more surprising to me is that only 24M Americans count as "drinkers". Our college population alone is 17M.