Excessive alcohol use accounts for one in 10 deaths among US working-age adults, ages 20-64 years. [s]Science Daily[/s] reports that [b]Centres for Disease Control and Prevention[/b] research found that excessive alcohol use led to approximately 88,000 deaths per year from 2006 to 2010, and shortened the lives of those who died by about 30 years. These deaths were due to health effects from drinking too much over time, such as breast cancer, liver disease, and heart disease; and health effects from drinking too much in a short period of time, such as violence, alcohol poisoning, and motor vehicle crashes. Nearly 70% of deaths due to excessive drinking involved working-age adults and about 70% of deaths involved males. About 5% of deaths involved people under age 21.
Researchers have also found that young [b]Australian[/b] women drink more alcohol than their mothers did as young women. They say the trend may not be limited to Australia, since it and the US have shown similar trends in alcohol use over time. The study findings don’t bode well for women's health, said Dr James Garbutt, a professor of psychiatry at the [b]University of North Carolina[/b]. Women tend to be more sensitive to damage from alcohol than men.
[link url=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140627140042.htm]Full Science Daily report[/link]
[link url=http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2014/13_0293.htm]Centres for Disease Control research abstract[/link]
[link url=http://www.health24.com/News/Aussie-daughters-drink-more-than-moms-at-same-age-20140627]Full Health24 report[/link]
[link url=http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1879553]JAMA Psychiatry abstract[/link]