“…With metropolitan alcohol‐related injury rates remaining stable, or slightly decreasing, alcohol‐related injury rates in R3 may surpass that of metropolitan areas in future years. Such a finding provides further evidence for the increasing rates of alcohol hospital and ED admissions in rural and regional areas of Victoria, Australia, over time . While trends in alcohol‐related injury in rural areas have yet to be examined in the US, there is evidence for large increases in heavy and binge drinking in rural and remote areas, respectively …”