Alcoholism Statistics Are Really Scary

Alcoholism Statistics Are Really Scary

The statistics of Alcoholism gives evidence of the fact that driving after drinking cause approximately 10% property damages, near about 23% non fatal injuries and 48% injuries causing death. The percentage of females involved in drunk driving and causing accidents are also increasing nowadays. Men’s have alcohol related problems more than that of women. Nearly 3.9 million women and 9.8 million men are alcoholics.

The highest rate of drunken driving is associated with young people aged between 21 to 24 years. An average of one in every 30 minutes alcohol related traffic accident is happening. At least 3 out of 10 are involved in alcohol related traffic accidents at some stage in their life time. One third of alcohol deaths are suicides or accidents like car crashes, drowning, falling etc. In some cases, alcohol causes cancer and heart diseases and thereby leads to death. The study shows that alcohol related deaths are more in youths.

The family statistics shows that nearly 76 million people have been addicted to alcoholism in families. Nearly 6.6million children have at least one alcoholic parent. Nearly half of the Americans reported that they have some close relatives with drug abuse problems. Young people particularly teens have more alcohol problems.

Violent behavior of the addict is attributed to alcohol use accounts for approximately 50% of killins, 52% of rapes cases, 21% of suicides, and 60% of cases of child abuse. Of all fatal accidents on the roads, over 50% involve alcohol. Alcoholism is treatable. Effective alcoholism programs show recovery rates of 65% to 80%. Alcoholics Anonymous, for example, has an estimated world membership of more than two million, in over 93,000 groups. Approximately 80% of the people sober between n one and five years will remain in the A.A. fellowship.

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