[alwaysrunning]

Yeah it was surprising but this is from NIH, they didn't have a stat for daily drinkers so I took the most extreme.

According to the 2022 NSDUH, 16.0 million adults ages 18 and older reported heavy alcohol use in the past month (see glossary for definition of heavy alcohol use)

Heavy alcohol use (or heavy drinking):

NIAAA defines heavy alcohol use as follows: For men, consuming five or more drinks on any day or 15 or more per week For women, consuming four or more drinks on any day or 8 or more per week

https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohols-effects-health/alcohol-to...

[jamesblonde]

That definition makes the majority of Irish men (living in Ireland) heavy drinkers.

[jahnu]

And Ireland has the highest life expectancy in the EU

[andrelaszlo]

And it's full of redheads (I've heard).

[merry_flame]

It's high, but not the highest.

[jahnu]

I was using 2022 data so a little out of date.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/1222/1343395-health-report/

It’s all so close at the top it shuffles around regularly so it’s kinda moot.