Excessive drinking reflects the percent of adults that report either binge drinking—defined as consuming more than 4 (women) or 5 (men) alcoholic beverages on a single occasion in the past 30 days—or heavy drinking, defined as drinking more than one (women) or 2 (men) drinks per day on average.
Approximately 80,000 deaths are attributed annually to excessive drinking. Excessive drinking is the third leading lifestyle-related cause of death in the United States.
All Dallas-Fort Worth counties far exceed the national average, but each county remains close to the Texas average.
