Arlington beats Fairfax and Loudoun with drinking, chlamydia, and drunk driving deaths!
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Trevor the brah
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Date: March 17, 2016 05:11PM
AFairfax County ranks No. 2 and Loudoun County at No. 1 for quality of life . Loudoun County received higher marks for Quality of Life and Length of Life. Arlington County ranked number three overall for quality of like
Fairfax edged Arlington on Quality of Life and Healthy Behaviors.
Two healthy behaviors in particular for which Arlington did not compare favorably were excessive drinking and sexually transmitted diseases.
Arlington has the highest rate of excessive drinking in the Commonwealth,(Way to go, Clarendon Bros), according to the rankings. Fairfax and Loudoun both come in a few percentage points lower.
Arlington ranks more favorably for the rate of sexually transmitted disease — Arlington’s rate of chlamydia infection is lower than about 60 percent of Virginia jurisdictions, but still above that reported by Fairfax and Loudoun counties, so all the single gals in Arlington have something to brag about.
One healthy behavior in which Arlington has a decisive advantage over Fairfax and Loudoun, though, is the rate of alcohol-impaired driving deaths.