State College is known as the alcohol capital of Pennsylvania — officially.

According to an article published Nov. 21 by USA Today, the metropolitan statistical area percentage of adults who either binge or heavy-drink is 22.3 — a number in the top-10 percent of the entire nation.

According to the article, this number of reported State College adults drinking excessively is higher than the state share of 18.1 percent and the national share of 18.0 percent.

The State College metro area, according to the article, is home to the “largest school in the state” as 24.1 percent of the residents are enrolled in college or graduate school. The article also went on to say college students are more likely to drink than the average American.

According to the article, excessive drinking is responsible for about 1 in every 10 deaths among working-age adults. Excessive drinking includes including binge-drinking — classified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as four or more drinks in a single occasion for women and five or more for men — and heavy drinking, which is defined as at least eight drinks per week for women, 15 for men.

According to the article, the CDC said excessive alcohol consumption cost the United States economy an estimated $250 billion in 2010, primarily in lost productivity, medical bills and motor vehicle accidents.