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Oklahoma: Oklahoma City
> Adults binge or heavy drinking: 15.3% (Oklahoma: 14.9%)
> Driving deaths involving alcohol: 27.1% (Oklahoma: 26.5%)
> Median household income: $60,605 (Oklahoma: $54,449)
> Adults reporting poor or fair health: 19.5% (Oklahoma: 20.9%)
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Oregon: Bend
> Adults binge or heavy drinking: 22.1% (Oregon: 19.5%)
> Driving deaths involving alcohol: 26.6% (Oregon: 31.5%)
> Median household income: $71,643 (Oregon: $67,058)
> Adults reporting poor or fair health: 15.1% (Oregon: 18.2%)
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Pennsylvania: Scranton–Wilkes-Barre
> Adults binge or heavy drinking: 22.4% (Pennsylvania: 20.2%)
> Driving deaths involving alcohol: 27.2% (Pennsylvania: 26.2%)
> Median household income: $54,304 (Pennsylvania: $63,463)
> Adults reporting poor or fair health: 19.3% (Pennsylvania: 17.6%)
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Rhode Island: Providence-Warwick*
> Adults binge or heavy drinking: 21.5% (Rhode Island: 19.7%)
> Driving deaths involving alcohol: 36.6% (Rhode Island: 41.6%)
> Median household income: $70,967 (Rhode Island: $71,169)
> Adults reporting poor or fair health: 16.8% (Rhode Island: 16.5%)
*Because Providence-Warwick is the only eligible metro in Rhode Island, it is the drunkest metro by default.
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South Carolina: Hilton Head Island-Bluffton
> Adults binge or heavy drinking: 24.1% (South Carolina: 17.8%)
> Driving deaths involving alcohol: 26.7% (South Carolina: 31.8%)
> Median household income: $71,252 (South Carolina: $56,227)
> Adults reporting poor or fair health: 15.7% (South Carolina: 17.8%)
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