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- The 8.4% prevalence of alcohol abuse/dependence estimated by the present study (13.1% for men and 4.1% for women) is above the average value of 6% that Galduroz et al8 (2003) found in a survey performed in 1999.
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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI University of Languages & international Studies WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004 66 Table 21 presents some data on the estimated social and economic costs of alcohol use in various countries. Note that this table is not comparable as different methods of estimations have been used, and for some data, the year of the study/estimate was not available.HO Global Status Report on Alcohol 2004 66 Table 21 presents some data on the estimated social and economic costs of alcohol use in various countries. Note that this table is not comparable as different methods of estimations have been used, and for some data, the year of the study/estimate was not available.
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HIV/AIDS Alcohol consumption is common among people with HIV infection. 1  Rates of heavy drinking among people with HIV are almost twice those found in the general population. 2  Alcohol use disorders were diagnosed in 33% of HIV-infected veterans in VA care in 2007.
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Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism Common July 2, 2007 -- Thirty percent of U.S. adults have experienced alcohol abuse or alcoholism, and fewer are getting treatment for alcohol use disorders than in the past. That’s according to a new study on alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence, which is commonly called alcoholism. The study, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, is based on more than 43,000 U.S. adults who were interviewed in person between 2001 and 2002.
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Gender and women's mental health The lifetime prevalence rate for alcohol dependence, another common disorder, is more than twice as high in men than women. In developed countries, approximately 1 in 5 men and 1 in 12 women develop alcohol dependence during their lives.
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Polysubstance dependence However, according to a study that analyzed the results from the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, approximately 215.5 out of a total of 43,093 individuals in the United States (0.5%) met the requirements for polysubstance abuse/dependence.
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Alcohol 1 Overall 5.1 % of the global burden of disease and injury is attributable to alcohol, as measured in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). 2  3. 3  Alcohol consumption causes death and disability relatively early in life. 4  In the age group 20 – 39 years approximately 25 % of the total deaths are alcohol-attributable.
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15 Shocking Alcohol Statistics for Alcohol Awareness Month Approximately 17 percent of men and 8 percent of women will be dependent on alcohol in their lifetime. (NIAAA)9. Because of the astounding 80,000 deaths that are related to alcohol abuse every year, alcohol abuse is the third highest cause of death in the U.S. (CDC)10. 696,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are assaulted by another student who has been drinking.
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- 1 Rates of binge alcohol use in 2013 were 0.8 percent among 12 or 13 year olds, 4.5 percent for 14 or 15 year olds, 13.1 percent for 16 or 17 year olds, 29.1 percent for persons aged 18 to 20, and peaked at 43.3 percent for those aged 21 to 25 (Figure 3.1). A majority of underage current drinkers in 2013 reported that their last use of alcohol in the past month occurred in a home setting, either in someone else's home (52.2 percent) or their own home (34.2 percent). 2  The rate for drinking at home was higher than it was in 2012 (31.4 percent).
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- In addition, alcohol-related highway crashes annually cost Americans an estimated $37 billion.2. However, drunk driving awareness and enforcement efforts such as Zero Tolerance Laws may be having a positive impact. The percentage of alcohol-related fatalities decreased from 50.6 percent in 1990 to 42 percent in 2009.
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Drug Addiction Statistics â Alcoholism Statistics and Data Sources In the United States, nearly 14 million adults, or every one in 13 adults, abuse alcohol or have an alcoholism problem. In addition, several million more partake in risky alcohol consumption that could potentially lead to abuse, and over three million American teenagers aged 14 to 17 have an alcohol problem.
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- Prevalence estimates for any alcohol use in the past 30 days during 2006–2010 were 7.6% among pregnant women and 51.5% among nonpregnant women (Table 1). The 2006–2010 prevalence estimates for binge drinking in the past 30 days were 1.4% among pregnant women and 15.0% among nonpregnant women.
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Alcohol Dependence A simple and informal definition of alcohol dependence is that it is a condition resulting from the prolonged and usually intense consumption of alcohol which has resulted in psychological and/or physiological dependence on alcohol consumption.
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About 88,000 U.S. deaths each year traced to alcohol use, study says Senior citizens who were at least 65 years old had the highest rate of alcohol-related deaths, at about 60.3 per 100,000 people. Meanwhile, those under the age of 20 suffered only 4.1 alcohol-related deaths per 100,000 people.
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CDC National Health Report: Leading Causes of Morbidity and Mortality and Associated Behavioral Risk and Protective FactorsâUnited States, 2005â2013 To estimate the prevalence of any alcohol use and binge drinking in the past 30 days among women aged 18–44 years, CDC analyzed 2006–2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data. Based on their self-reports, an estimated 51.5% of nonpregnant women used alcohol, as did 7.6% of pregnant women.
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Frequently Asked Questions Dependency on alcohol, also known as alcohol addiction and alcoholism 4, is a chronic disease. The signs and symptoms of alcohol dependence include—. 1  A strong craving for alcohol. 2  Continued use despite repeated physical, psychological, or interpersonal problems. 3  The inability to limit drinking.ccording to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism binge drinking is defined as a pattern of alcohol consumption that brings the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level to 0.08% or more.
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Alcohol Facts and Statistics An estimated 88,0009 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women9) die from alcohol-related causes annually, making alcohol the fourth leading preventable cause of death in the United States.10. In 2014, alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).11.
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Focus On: Chronic Diseases and Conditions Related to Alcohol Use Figure 1 presents a conceptual model of the effects of alcohol consumption on morbidity and mortality and of the influence of both societal and demographic factors on alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms resulting in chronic diseases and conditions (adapted from Rehm et al. 2010 a).pecifically, in 2004 an estimated 35 million deaths and 603 million disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) lost were caused by chronic diseases and conditions globally (WHO 2008); alcohol was responsible for 3.4 percent of the deaths and 2.4 percent of DALYs caused by these conditions (Parry et al. 2011).
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- Age of onset of drinking and adult alcohol use 653. © 2005 Society for the Study of Addiction Addiction, 100, 652–661. concern among policy makers in Finland. An important. issue is whether the age at onset of drinking is associated. with heavy drinking in adulthood, and whether preven-.
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- 1 Rates of current alcohol use increased with age among underage persons. 2  In 2013, 2.1 percent of persons aged 12 or 13, 9.5 percent of persons aged 14 or 15, 22.7 percent of 16 or 17 year olds, and 43.8 percent of 18 to 20 year olds drank alcohol during the 30 days before they were surveyed (Figure 3.7). A majority of underage current drinkers in 2013 reported that their last use of alcohol in the past month occurred in a home setting, either in someone else's home (52.2 percent) or their own home (34.2 percent). 2  The rate for drinking at home was higher than it was in 2012 (31.4 percent).
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Epidemiology and trends in self-harm in the study centres Alcohol use and misuse, self-harm and subsequent mortality: an epidemiological and longitudinal study from the multicentre study of self-harm in England. Emergency Medicine Journal Published Online First: [23.01.2015]. DOI:10.1136/emermed-2013-202753 Alcohol use, misuse and related harm have been increasing in the UK.
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- • The rate of binge alcohol use was lowest among Asians (12.4 percent). Rates for other racial/ethnic groups were 19.8 percent for blacks, 21.5 percent for persons reporting two or more races, 24.0 percent for whites, 24.7 percent for American Indians or Alaska Natives, and 25.1 percent for Hispanics.
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List of countries by prevalence of opiates use the annual prevalence rate which is shown as the percentage of the youth and adult population who have consumed the drugs at least once in the past year. The largest producer of opiates in the world is Afghanistan to a total of 93% of the world's market.
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Drug Addiction Statistics â Alcoholism Statistics and Data Sources ...about 92 percent of American adults report that they have been involved in binge drinking in the past 30 days.. In the United States, binge drinking, which according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, is a pattern that brings one blood alcohol concentration level to 0.08 grams or more.
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Alcohol dependence For some people alcohol can be part of many occasions but like many drugs it’s addictive, both physically and psychologically. The NHS estimates that around 9% of men in the UK and 3% of UK women show signs of alcohol dependence (sometimes known as ‘alcoholism’) 1.
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New Data Show Millions of Americans with Alcohol and Drug Addiction Could Benefit from Health Care Reform 1 ­Twenty-three million Americans are currently addicted to alcohol and/or other drugs. 2  Only one in 10 of them (2.6 million) receives the treatment they need. 3  The result: a treatment gap of more than 20 million Americans.ut only 11 percent of those with an addiction receive treatment. It is staggering and unacceptable that so many Americans are living with an untreated chronic disease and cannot access treatment,” said Dr. Kima Joy Taylor, director of the CATG Initiative.