Alcohol Abuse Information
The alcohol abuse statistics
in America are staggering. From underage drinking and college partying all the
way to alcoholic senior citizens, it has been a big problem for a long time.
Here are some of the basic statistics from some national surveys and
studies.
About 50% of Americans aged 12 or older reported being current
drinkers of alcohol. This translates to an estimated 125 million people and is
similar to the previous year.
Almost 25% of persons aged 12 or older
(57 million people) participated in binge drinking at least once in the 30 days
prior to the survey. Binge drinking is defined as having five or more alcoholic
drinks on once occasion.
Heavy drinking was reported by 7 percent of
the population aged 12 or older, or 17 million people, which is defined as
binge drinking 5 or more days in the last month.
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Alcohol Abuse Statistics and Underage Drinking
The rate of current alcohol use among
youths aged 12 to 17 was 16.6 percent in 2006. Youth binge and heavy drinking
rates were 10.3 and 2.4 percent, respectively.
The rate of binge
drinking was 42.2 percent for young adults aged 18 to 25. Heavy alcohol use was
reported by 15.6 percent of persons aged 18 to 25. These rates are similar to
the rates the previous year.
Persons aged 65 or older had lower rates
of binge drinking (7.6 percent) than adults in other age groups. The rate of
heavy drinking among persons aged 65 or older was 1.6 percent.
In 2006,
about 10.8 million persons aged 12 to 20 (28.3 percent of this age group)
reported drinking alcohol in the past month. Approximately 7.2 million (19.0
percent) were binge drinkers, and 2.4 million (6.2 percent) were heavy
drinkers. These figures have remained essentially the same since the 2002
survey.