Alaska, Connecticut and New Mexico Top the Nation for Booziest Brunchers - LendingTree (NASDAQ:TREE)

SEATTLE, Oct. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- QuoteWizard®, a LendingTree company, and one of the nation's leading online insurance marketplaces, today released a report on the 'booziest brunch states in the nation. QuoteWizard analysts were able to find which states are the booziest brunchers by analyzing drunk driving fatality crash data during the brunch hours (9 a.m. to 3 p.m.).

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Key Findings:

Alaska, Connecticut and New Mexico top states for booziest brunchers.
New Jersey, Michigan and Indiana lowest on our list of states with booziest brunchers.
Nationwide, 10.83% of fatal car crashes during brunch hours involved drunk drivers.
From 2013-2017 there were 3,901 fatal drunk driving car crashes in the brunch hours.

To view the full report, visit https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/booziest-brunching-states

QuoteWizard analyzed NHTSA FARS data on fatal car crashes by time of day. We looked at the total number of fatal car crashes from 2013 to 2017 that occurred during brunch hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. To get rankings, we compared the total number of fatal crashes with the total number of alcohol-impaired fatal crashes to see which states had the highest rate of alcohol-impaired fatal car crashes during the brunch hours. Rankings are from 1st, the highest rate of alcohol-impaired crashes, to 50th, lowest rate of alcohol-impaired crashes.

States Ranked by Highest Number of Fatal Crashes During Brunch Hours

Rank (worst)	State	% of drunk driving crashes
1	Alaska	19.67
2	Connecticut	18.51
3	New Mexico	17.98
4	Texas	16.82
5	Rhode Island	16.07
6	Massachusetts	14.57
7	South Dakota	13.75
8	Arkansas	13.47
9	Montana	12.94
10	South Carolina	12.90
11	Maine	12.82
12	Nevada	12.80
13	Arizona	12.16
14	Mississippi	11.87
15	New Hampshire	11.84
16	Louisiana	11.33
17	California	11.32
18	Maryland	11.15
19	New York	11.10
20	Virginia	11.05
21	Oregon	10.82
22	North Carolina	10.76
23	Wisconsin	10.67
24	Colorado	10.52
25	North Dakota	10.28
26	Illinois	10.27
27	Alabama	10.26
28	Pennsylvania	9.99
29	Georgia	9.82
30	Missouri	9.71
31	Idaho	9.50
32	Kentucky	9.46
33	West Virginia	9.43
34	Hawaii	9.17
35	Washington	8.89
36	Ohio	8.82
37	Vermont	8.75
38	Utah	8.70
39	Oklahoma	8.67
40	Florida	8.51
41	Tennessee	8.47
42	Kansas	8.39
43	Minnesota	8.27
44	Nebraska	8.26
45	Wyoming	8.20
46	Iowa	8.03
47	Delaware	7.33
48	Indiana	7.29
49	Michigan	7.12
50	New Jersey	7.07

Methodology
QuoteWizard analyzed data from the CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System of e-cigarette users in all 50 states. We took the crude prevalence of current e-cigarette users in each state and ranked all 50 states from the highest crude prevalence to the lowest crude prevalence. States with the highest crude prevalence are considered to have the highest rate of e-cigarette users and are therefore most likely to be affected by e-cigarettes in terms of their health insurance premiums.

About QuoteWizard QuoteWizard (quotewizard.com) is an insurance comparison marketplace for consumers looking to save on insurance. QuoteWizard provides consumers with direct access to thousands of qualified agents in all 50 states, as well as major carriers, who offer personalized quotes and the opportunity to save up to 40% on auto, home, health, and life insurance. Agents and carriers, in turn, benefit from millions of highly qualified leads, calls, and traffic to their site. Based in Seattle, QuoteWizard was founded in 2006.

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