![]() In the United States about 6.6 million minor children, more than 10% of all children, live in a home with at least one alcohol-dependent parent. A global meta-analysis published in the British medical journal The Lancet in 2018 confirmed that alcohol is directly associated with nearly 3 million deaths per year. Each year, motor vehicle accidents caused by an alcohol-impaired driver are responsible for 10,000 deaths, about 31% of all highway fatalities.Īt any time, about 15 million adults (10 million men, 5 million women) qualify for alcohol use disorder, as well as 500,000 children between the ages of 9 and 12. In the U.S., an estimated 88,000 people die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the third-highest preventable cause of death (tobacco is first). One-third of all suicides, one-half of all murders, one-half of all episodes of domestic violence, and one-quarter of all emergency room admissions are alcohol-related. Nationally, 25 to 40 percent of all hospital beds per day are devoted to the care of alcohol-related illnesses. In the United States, it is estimated that the financial cost of addiction to the entire country exceeds 800 billion dollars annually, approximately $2,500 per year for each American citizen. The consequences of addiction to alcohol and drugs for individuals, families and entire societies are enormous, far-reaching and often tragic. ![]()
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