Recent Alcohol Statistics

In United States, alcoholism and alcohol abuse are most common problems. Moreover, some recent studies, which was related  about alcohol statistics  are shocking. The website learn-about-alcoholism.com published some amazing  alcoholism statistics related to alcohol abuse. They are :

• Higher income people are more likely to drink.
• People with a higher education are more likely to drink.
• Kids who begin drinking before the age of 15 are four times more likely to become alcoholics than those who do not begin drinking until the legal age of 21
• 75% of all high school seniors report being drunk at least once
• Nearly 7 million persons age 12 to 20 are binge drinkers
• In the U.S., a person is killed in an alcohol-related car accident every 30 minutes
• Americans spend a total of $197 million each day on alcohol
• Three-fourths of all adults drink alcohol; 6% are alcoholics
• There are more than 12 million alcoholics in the U.S.
• Alcohol is the #1 drug problem in the U.S.

These alcohol abuse statistics are quite unexpected since many cliché alcoholics or alcohol abusers as less-educated and lower income individuals. Alcohol abuse prevalence rate also surprisingly very high.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also reproduce some interesting alcohol statistics which related to mortality rates of alcohol abusers and popularity of alcohol abuse. In 2010, there were 24,518 alcohol-induced deaths and 15,183 alcoholic liver disease related deaths and with homicides and accidents.
(Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2010, table 27 for more information).
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