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Alcohol Addiction In The United States

ALCOHOL ANDICTION A IN THE US 50% OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS REPORTED THAT THEY DRANK ALCOHOL IN THE PAST 30 DAYS ACCORDING TO ONE US, STUDY OF 8TH-GRADERS OF 1OTH-GRADERS OF 12TH-GRADERS REPORTS BINGE DRINKING FIVE DRINKS INA ROW IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 21 DRINK 19,7 PERCENT OF THE ALCOHOL CONSUMED IN THE US. MORE THAN FIVE MILLION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (31,5 PERCENT) ADMIT TO BINGE DRINKING AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH 320.000 YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGE OF I5 AND 29 DIE FROM ALCOHOL-RELATED CAUSES, RESULTING IN OFALL DEATHS IN THAT AGE GROUP BETWEEN RACE ALCOHOL ABUSE IS HIGHER IN NON-HISPANIC WHITES, AS COMPARED TO HISPANICS AND BLACKS 27% 19% 15 NON-HISPANIC WHITES BLACKS HISPANIC 3 OUT OF EVERY 10 ADULTS REPORT THAT DRINKING HAS CREATED TENSION AND BROUGHT ABOUT MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THE HOME, INCOME CONTROL SHOWS THAT 45,2 LINE REPORT HAVING CONSUMED AT LEAST ONE ALCOH OLIC BEVERAGE IN PERCENT OF ADULTS FROM HOUSEH OLDS WHOSE THE LAST 30 DAYS, COMPARED TO 726 PERCENT OF ADULTS WHOSE INCOMES ARE BELOW THE POVERTY HOUSEHOLD INCOMES ARE AT LEAST FOUR TIMES THE POVERTY LEVEL HELP EDUCATION RATES OF ALCOHOL USE INCREASE WITH LEVELS OF EDUCATION AS 684 PERCENT OF COLLEGE GRADUATES AND 35 PERCENT OF ADULTS WHO DIDN'T FINISH HIGH SCHOOL DESCRIBE THEMSEL VES AS CURRENT DRINKERS. 684 % 35% IN 2010 IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE ALCOHOL WAS THE CAUSE OF AROUND 85 000 DEATHS WITH AROUND. 22 000 OF THOSE COMING FROM ALCOHOL RELATED DISEASES, RI.P. 232 0/ OF ALL TRAFFIC FATALITIES WERE CAUSED BY DRUNK DRIVERS IN 2009 AN AVERAGE DRUNK DRIVER HAS DRIVEN DRUNK OVER 80 TIMES BEFORE THEIR FIRST ARREST. APPROXIMATELY 17 MILLION PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP DID NOT RECEIVE ALCOHOL TREATMENT AT AN ALCOH OL. REHAB FACILITY, AND THIS NUMBER IS RISING EVERY YEAR, 698 000 PEOPLE THAT DID NOT RECEIVE TREATMENT FELT THEY NEEDED TREATMENT FOR THEIR ALCOHOL, PROBLEM 2010 485 000 PEOPLE DID NOT MAKE AN EFFORT TO GET TREATMENT 213,000 PEOPLE MADE AN EFFORT BUT WERE UNABLE TO GET TREATMENT IN 2010 163 MILLION AMERICANS 12 AND OLDER REPORTED TO BE DRINKING HEAVILY S OR MORE DRINKS IN ONE SITTING FOR S DAYS OR MORE THE AVERAGE PERSON CONSUMES 152 OUNCES OF ALCOHOL PER YEAR, THAT IS ABOUT 13 BEERS THE HIGHEST RATE OF ALCOHOL ABUSE COMES FROM WISCONSIN AT I1,32% OF THE POPULATION, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS B9% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE CONSIDERED ALCOHOL DEPENDENT 25% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE THEY WERE OR WHAT THEY DID WHILE DRINKING ALCOHOL, DEPENDENTS ARE 18 TIMES MORE LIKEL Y TO ENGAGE PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE THAN THOSE WHO DO NOT DRINK 25% OF INMATES ARE THERE DUE TO DRUG OR ALCOH OL OFFENSES 1 IN 3 PEOPLE WILL BE INVOLVED IN A ALCOHOL-RELATED CRASH IN THEIR LIVES AT SOME POINT 10,839 PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR FROM DRUNK DRIVING ACCIDENTS EACH YEAR 700,000 COLLEGE STUDENTS BETWEEN 18 AND 24 ARE ASSAULTED EACH YEAR BY ANOTHER STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN DRINKING 44% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE REPORTED AS BINGE DRINKERS 113 000 AA 33% ARE WOMEN GROUPS FOUND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD 67% ARE MEN IN 2009, NUMBER OF ALCOHOL-INDUCED DEATHS, EXCLUDING ACCIDENTS AND HOMICIDES: 24 S18 IN 2009, NUMBER OF ALCOHOLICV DISEASE DEATHS; 15,183 active internet marketing () ALCOHOL ANDICTION A IN THE US 50% OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS REPORTED THAT THEY DRANK ALCOHOL IN THE PAST 30 DAYS ACCORDING TO ONE US, STUDY OF 8TH-GRADERS OF 1OTH-GRADERS OF 12TH-GRADERS REPORTS BINGE DRINKING FIVE DRINKS INA ROW IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 21 DRINK 19,7 PERCENT OF THE ALCOHOL CONSUMED IN THE US. MORE THAN FIVE MILLION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (31,5 PERCENT) ADMIT TO BINGE DRINKING AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH 320.000 YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGE OF I5 AND 29 DIE FROM ALCOHOL-RELATED CAUSES, RESULTING IN OFALL DEATHS IN THAT AGE GROUP BETWEEN RACE ALCOHOL ABUSE IS HIGHER IN NON-HISPANIC WHITES, AS COMPARED TO HISPANICS AND BLACKS 27% 19% 15 NON-HISPANIC WHITES BLACKS HISPANIC 3 OUT OF EVERY 10 ADULTS REPORT THAT DRINKING HAS CREATED TENSION AND BROUGHT ABOUT MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THE HOME, INCOME CONTROL SHOWS THAT 45,2 LINE REPORT HAVING CONSUMED AT LEAST ONE ALCOH OLIC BEVERAGE IN PERCENT OF ADULTS FROM HOUSEH OLDS WHOSE THE LAST 30 DAYS, COMPARED TO 726 PERCENT OF ADULTS WHOSE INCOMES ARE BELOW THE POVERTY HOUSEHOLD INCOMES ARE AT LEAST FOUR TIMES THE POVERTY LEVEL HELP EDUCATION RATES OF ALCOHOL USE INCREASE WITH LEVELS OF EDUCATION AS 684 PERCENT OF COLLEGE GRADUATES AND 35 PERCENT OF ADULTS WHO DIDN'T FINISH HIGH SCHOOL DESCRIBE THEMSEL VES AS CURRENT DRINKERS. 684 % 35% IN 2010 IN THE UNITED STATES ALONE ALCOHOL WAS THE CAUSE OF AROUND 85 000 DEATHS WITH AROUND. 22 000 OF THOSE COMING FROM ALCOHOL RELATED DISEASES, RI.P. 232 0/ OF ALL TRAFFIC FATALITIES WERE CAUSED BY DRUNK DRIVERS IN 2009 AN AVERAGE DRUNK DRIVER HAS DRIVEN DRUNK OVER 80 TIMES BEFORE THEIR FIRST ARREST. APPROXIMATELY 17 MILLION PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP DID NOT RECEIVE ALCOHOL TREATMENT AT AN ALCOH OL. REHAB FACILITY, AND THIS NUMBER IS RISING EVERY YEAR, 698 000 PEOPLE THAT DID NOT RECEIVE TREATMENT FELT THEY NEEDED TREATMENT FOR THEIR ALCOHOL, PROBLEM 2010 485 000 PEOPLE DID NOT MAKE AN EFFORT TO GET TREATMENT 213,000 PEOPLE MADE AN EFFORT BUT WERE UNABLE TO GET TREATMENT IN 2010 163 MILLION AMERICANS 12 AND OLDER REPORTED TO BE DRINKING HEAVILY S OR MORE DRINKS IN ONE SITTING FOR S DAYS OR MORE THE AVERAGE PERSON CONSUMES 152 OUNCES OF ALCOHOL PER YEAR, THAT IS ABOUT 13 BEERS THE HIGHEST RATE OF ALCOHOL ABUSE COMES FROM WISCONSIN AT I1,32% OF THE POPULATION, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS B9% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE CONSIDERED ALCOHOL DEPENDENT 25% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE THEY WERE OR WHAT THEY DID WHILE DRINKING ALCOHOL, DEPENDENTS ARE 18 TIMES MORE LIKEL Y TO ENGAGE PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE THAN THOSE WHO DO NOT DRINK 25% OF INMATES ARE THERE DUE TO DRUG OR ALCOH OL OFFENSES 1 IN 3 PEOPLE WILL BE INVOLVED IN A ALCOHOL-RELATED CRASH IN THEIR LIVES AT SOME POINT 10,839 PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR FROM DRUNK DRIVING ACCIDENTS EACH YEAR 700,000 COLLEGE STUDENTS BETWEEN 18 AND 24 ARE ASSAULTED EACH YEAR BY ANOTHER STUDENT WHO HAS BEEN DRINKING 44% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE REPORTED AS BINGE DRINKERS 113 000 AA 33% ARE WOMEN GROUPS FOUND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD 67% ARE MEN IN 2009, NUMBER OF ALCOHOL-INDUCED DEATHS, EXCLUDING ACCIDENTS AND HOMICIDES: 24 S18 IN 2009, NUMBER OF ALCOHOLICV DISEASE DEATHS; 15,183 active internet marketing ()

Alcohol Addiction In The United States

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Alcohol addiction is serious problem that affects millions of Americans, including teens and young adults under the age of 21.

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