Drinking kills 100 000 Americans each year. Causes of death
can include cirrhosis of the liver, cancers, heart attacks and drunk driving.
Between 25% and 40% of all US hospital beds are filled by
people receiving treatment related to alcohol use or abuse.
America
spends almost 180 billion dollars in health care expenditures to treat alcohol
related disorders each year.
Alcoholics will on average spend 4 times as long in
hospitals as non drinkers.
Children of alcoholics will spend 62% more time in hospital
than children of non drinkers.
More
than 14 million Americans meet the criteria for alcohol abuse, and 18% of
Americans will have a drinking problem at some point in their life. Alcoholism
affects 43% of families.
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