Louisville is the drunkest city in Kentucky, but it's not all bad news

A report reveals that Louisville is the heaviest drinking city in Kentucky. Not surprising for the place that first sold bottled bourbon to drinkers.

But people who live in the Bluegrass State are actually less likely than the typical American adult to consume unhealthy amounts of alcohol.

The survey, which was conducted by the financial news and opinion company 24/7 Wall St., offers some interesting insights into our drinking habits.

Only about 16.3 percent of adults in Kentucky drink excessively. That's a smaller share than 18 percent of American adults. That's interesting, considering it's the place that's internationally known as the home of bourbon.

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Excessive drinking, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, includes binge drinking — defined as four or more drinks in a single occasion for women and five or more for men — and heavy drinking, which is defined as at least eight drinks per week for women and 15 for men.

The same survey that ranked Louisville as the drunkest city in Kentucky found Bloomington, not Indianapolis, to have the highest binge drinking rates in Indiana.

The Bloomington metro area is the home of Indiana University, one of the largest universities in the country. Nearly one in four Bloomington metro area residents are enrolled in college or graduate school, the third-highest share in the country, and 19.7 percent of residents over the age of 18 drink excessively, the largest share of any Indiana metro.

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For reference, the states with the lowest excessive drinking rates are concentrated in the South, while most of the states with the highest excessive drinking rates are in the Midwest.

Click here for 24/7’s article and the full list of Drunkest Cities in Every State.

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