Even though Baltimore has this list's lowest
rate in total
crime rate and second lowest in ID theft, its position as the city with the 16th
highest fraud ranking — which
puts it
higher than the other cities on this list — means fraud is more likely here.
The magnitude of the problem caused by
high risk consumption of alcohol is often hidden by the lack of collection of useful data for example at the time of hospital admissions, when children are
put into out of home care because of their neglect, when people are incarcerated because of alcohol related
crime and when children are born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) or Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) at some of the
highest rates in the world.