Top 5 New York Counties With The Highest Binge Drinking Rates

Are you familiar with the term "binge drinking?" According to the United States federal government, binge drinking is defined as men having five or more drinks or women having four or more drinks on one occasion. That could result in a lot of problems if you aren't careful right? Which New York counties have the highest percentage of adults who reported binge drinking one or more times?

According to Syracuse.com, this information is the percentage of adults who reported binge drinking one or more times in the last 30 days. Also, keep in mind the New York state average is 17.7%:

5) Tioga County

24%

4) Jefferson County

24.6%

3) Oswego County

25%

2) Greene County

25.2%

1) St. Lawrence County

27.8%

WHERE DOES CNY RANK?

Here's the following results for CNY:

Oswego: 25

Cortland: 19

Onondaga: 18.8

Madison: 16

Oneida: 16

Cayuga: 14

One positive, we didn't make the Top 5, Top 10, or even the Top 25 counties.

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