CHICAGO — Lakeview has some of the highest rates of binge drinking in the country, according to a federal study.
The North Side neighborhood had the highest rates of binge drinking — hitting 34.1 percent in one of its areas — in the city in 2014, the most recent year for which data is available, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The study looked at 500 U.S. cities and broke them down based on U.S. Census boundaries. It found that binge drinking among people 18 or older was particularly prominent in Lakeview, with the neighborhood being in the top 1 percent for binge drinking in the country, as was first reported by WBEZ.
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The CDC defines binge drinking as five or more drinks for men and four or more drinks for women during one occasion. The federal agency's fact sheet on binge drinking uses a definition that the drinks are consumed within "about two hours."
The CDC says that nationwide, one in six adults binge about four times per month, consuming about eight drinks per binge. Men binge drink twice as often as women do, and it is more common among those with household incomes of $75,000 or more than it is among those with lower incomes.
Binge drinking was more prevalent on the North Side than elsewhere in the city, but some areas on the Far Southwest Side also had higher rates of binge drinking.
The study also found people in Lakeview were less likely to be smokers, obese or suffer from asthma and arthritis than people living in most other Chicago neighborhoods.
Check out a map showing how binge drinking breaks down in the city:
[Courtesy Centers For Disease Control and Prevention]
The CDC says binge drinking can be dangerous. Potential health problems include injuries such as accidents and falls, domestic violence, alcohol poisoning and unintended pregnancies. It can also lead to high blood pressure, stroke and liver disease.
The map below shows the intensity of binge drinking among adults reflecting the average largest number of drinks consumed. The darkest red is 7.3 to 8.3 drinks; the middle is 7 to 7.2 drinks; the lightest pink color is 6.2 to 6.9 drinks
[Courtesy Centers For Disease Control and Prevention]
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The below map shows the prevalence of binge drinking. The darkest colored states refects 182 to 24.9 percentl the middle 16.2 to 18.1 percent; and the lighest 10.9 to 16.1 percent.
[Courtesy Centers For Disease Control and Prevention]
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