The Industries Where Employees Drink The Most

from Felix Richter, Statista.com
by Niall McCarthy

Do you enjoy a nice cold beer after a long hard day in the office?

If you’re working down a mine shaft, you’ll probably order more than one. Due to its dark, tough and dangerous nature, mining has been named as the industry with the hardest drinkers in the United States. 18 percent of miners have admitted that they are heavy drinkers – in this case heavy drinking is defined as having five or more alcoholic drinks in one sitting on 5 or more days in the past 30 days.

The recently released US government data goes on to list construction as the industry with the second highest level of heavy alcohol consumption while accommodation and food services comes third. An estimated 17 million adults and 0.9 million adolescents have an alcohol use disorder in the US. Excessive alcohol consumption costs the US economy billions every year with middle aged males most at risk from alcohol poisoning.

This chart shows the percentage of US adults reporting heavy alcohol use in the past month by industry category.

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