claim: "rhode island’s teen binge drinking rate is double the national average."
author: physicians committee for responsible medicine
evidence_1: between 2007 and 2009, 7% of the rhode island youth population (ages 16 ....  2008-2012, the average postneonatal mortality rate was 1.6 per 1,000. ....  disabled individuals in rhode island are found to exhibit obesity rates that are  nearly double of ...... rhode island's binge drinking rate (17.2%) is higher than  the national ...
evidence_2: physicians committee for responsible medicine · "rhode island's teen binge  drinking rate is double the national average." — politifact rhode island on ...
evidence_3: by samhsa, including the national survey on drug use and health and the  uniform reporting ... rhode island's percentage of binge alcohol use among.
evidence_4: sep 22, 2016 ... psychiatric and substance abuse hospital for adolescents, young adults, adults ....  the population across rhode island is primarily white; however, 20.2% of the ...  unemployed, which is slightly higher than the national average of 5.5%. .....  individual health behaviors, including smoking, excessive drinking, ...
evidence_5: dec 31, 2017 ... in poverty, compared to the national rate of 31%.37 the median ... rhode island  had a birth rate that was more than two times higher than the overall teen ...... e- cigarettes, 11% reported current binge drinking, 6% reported ...