Alcohol Use Among adults , alcohol use ( i . e ., “ heavy or binge drinking ”) and alcohol-suspected vehicle crashes was notably less than
20.0 % 18.0 % 16.0 % 14.0 % 12.0 % 10.0 % 8.0 % 6.0 % 4.0 % 2.0 % 0.0 %
Adults Who Engage in Heavy or Binge Drinking ( 2016 )
Polk County Florida
90.0 80.0 70.0 60.0 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0
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Alcohol-suspected Motor Vehicle Crashes ( Rate per 100,000 population )
Polk County Florida
Measure |
Polk County |
Florida |
Adults Who Engage in Heavy or Binge Drinking ( 2016 ) |
12.2 % |
17 |
Alcohol-suspected Motor Vehicle Crashes ( Rate per 100,000 population ) |
57.9 |
7 |
Source : Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles , as shown in the Polk County Community Health Assessment . Available at http :// polk . floridahealth services / community-health-planning-and-statistics /_ documents / Polk _ CHA2020 . pdf