Alcohol Abuse Stats

• Numerous studies suggest a significant relationship between work stress and the developement of drinking problems.
• About one in ten Americans currently has an alcohol problem
• In the United States, research has demonstrated that continued alcohol abuse is one of the major risk factors for violence in intimate relationships.
• Research has shown that long-term drug and alcohol abuse costs business and industry an estimated $100 billion annually. Alcoholism alone causing 500 million lost work days a year.
• 7.5% of Americans employed in full-time jobs report heavy drinking, defined as drinking five or more drinks per occasion on five or more days in the past 30 days; 6.6% of part-timers and 10.8% of unemployed workers also report heavy drinking; across all three categories, heavy drinkers are most likely to be found in the 18 to 25 year old age group.
• Alcohol is typically found in the offender, victim or both in about half of all homicides and serious assaults, as well as in a high percentage of sex-related crimes, robberies, and incidents of domestic violence, and alcohol-related problems are disproportionately found among both juvenile and adult criminal offenders. 40% of all assaults and 50% of all homicides in the United States are alcohol related.

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