County-level religious adherents was the rate of residents per 1,000 who adhere to religions with strong prohibitions against drinking.7 Religion data came from the 2000 Religious Congregations and Membership Study (Jones, Doty, & Grammich, 2002) (for the 2000 and 2005 surveys) and the 2010 US Religion Census/Religious Congregations and Membership Study (Grammich, Hadaway, & Houseal, 2012) (for the 2010 survey).