1. America’s Drinking Problem
Alcohol Abuse
America’s Drinking Problem

2. CONTENTS How We Stack Up 3 Teen Drinking 4 Binge Drinking 5
Issues in the Media 6
Drinking & Driving 7
What Influences Us to Drink 8
Annual Deaths 9
Solutions
Resources

3. How We Stack Up

4. Underage Drinking The average drinking age for teens = 13
63% of female teens who drink will become teen mothers
People age =142,000 hospitalizations from alcohol
Kids that drink at 15 are 5x more likely to have dependency issues
Underage drinkers consume 20% of all alcohol
90% of kids drinking are binge drinking

5. Binge Drinking Accounts for 4,554 underage deaths
Underage people more at risk to binge drink
Encouraged by:
Media
Drinking Games
Social Stigmas
Peer Pressure
Binge Drinking

6. MED I A Targets Youth & Men Sponsors Sporting Events
Portrays Unrealistic Fun
Ignores Negative Effects
45% of all ads are alcohol-related
Glorifies Alcohol
Incorporates Holidays w/Alcohol
Use of Sexuality

7. Drinking & Driving Because of drinking and driving:
10,228 people were killed in 2010
Another 350,000 were injured
Every day 3 teens are killed
Every 53 minutes someone is killed
1/3 of DUIs will become repeat offenders
Drinking & Driving

8. What Causes Consumption
Media
Peer Pressure
Dry Culture
High Drinking Age
Genetics
Problem Solving
Association Factor
Upbringing

9. Every year over 2 million deaths are attributed to alcohol
Annual Deaths

10. Solutions Help leadership, awareness & commitment
Health services’ response
Community action
Drunk–driving policies & countermeasures
Availability of alcohol
Marketing of alcoholic beverages
Pricing policies
Reducing negative consequences
Reducing public health impact of illicit alcohol
Monitoring & surveillance

11. Resources: http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/