Alcoholic
Some general statistics concerning alcohol and alcoholics:
- In the USA there an estimated 8.1 million people are alcoholics.
- People over the age of 60 account for 3 of the 8+ million
alcoholics in the country.
- The odds are 1 in 50,000 for an alcoholic to successfully quit
using alcohol on their own.
- The majority of alcoholics seeking treatment are in the 26-34
age group.
- Alcohol and alcoholics contribute to 100,000 deaths annually.
- Alcohol related fatalities are the third leading cause of
preventable death in this country.
- 20% of suicide victims are alcoholic.
- Alcohol is consumed by 66% of the population.
- Of all the alcohol consumed in the USA, 50% is consumed by just
10% of drinkers.
- An alcoholic will impact an average of 4-5 other lives while
under the influence of the disease.
- Statistics show that people who use alcohol before the age of 15
are four times more likely to become alcoholics, compared to
those who start drinking at the legal age of 21.
- In 2002, a reported 2.6 million binge drinkers were reported as
being between the ages of 12 and 17.
- 6.6 million children under the age of 18 live in households with
at least one alcoholic parent.
- 53 % of the people in the U.S. report that one or more of their
close relatives is an alcoholic.
- 14 million Americans abuse alcohol or are alcoholic.
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These are just a few of the fact and figures concerning alcohol and
alcoholics, and as you can see, they are not pretty. Alcoholism is and
has been, one of the largest health and social issues in the country,
dating back to it’s very beginnings. So, while alcohol remains legal,
socially acceptable, and widely available, there will continue to be
alcoholics, and alcoholism, and the death and destruction left in their
wake.
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on Thursday, July 26th, 2007 at 4:41 pm and is filed under Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Rehab, Alcoholism.
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