Eye Opening Alcoholism Statistics

By Jeff Stevens

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Alcoholism statistics do not lie and there are many statistics. First, there are statistics on what type of alcoholic you may fall into.

Believe it or not, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has stated that there are five types of alcoholics. Even more surprising is that the largest group of alcoholics in the US is young adults.

Out of the five types of alcoholics, nearly 31.5% fall into the young adult's category. Out of that 31.5% nearly 20% of them function just as well as a person who doesn't drink does.

The next type of alcoholic is the young antisocial alcoholics. This category is made up of people in their mid twenties who began drinking at an early age.

More than half of them have grown up with alcoholism in their families and at least half of them have been diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder.

The rest have suffered from depression, or anxiety also. Surprising there are nearly 20% of alcoholics who are functional alcoholics.

Half of these alcoholics are smokers and are all almost middle age, with stable jobs and families. Nearly 19% of alcoholics are considered intermediate familial alcoholics and 9% are classified as chronic severe alcoholics.

The severe alcoholics are also the most prevalent type of alcoholics who will seek treatment for their problems.

Nearly 9.8 million men report having a drinking problem while almost 3.9 million women have a drinking problem. That is almost three times as many men as women.

However nearly half of the US both male and female have one or more member or friend with a drinking problem and almost 43% of adults have been exposed to alcoholism. Nearly 8 million children under the age of 18 have an alcoholic parent.

Now, let's look at the statistics of what alcohol and alcoholism can cause. Each year nearly 100,000 deaths are due to alcohol. 1/3 of those deaths are from suicides, and accidents like car crashes, or drowning.

This has made alcohol the third leading cause of preventable deaths. Speaking of car crashes, nearly half of all the car accidents that happen are due to alcohol or drunk driving.

Another effect of alcoholism in pregnant women is fetal alcohol syndrome. There are more newborns born today that are affected by fetal alcohol syndrome, alcohol related neurodevelopment disorder, and alcohol-related birth defects then any other birth defect.

This includes Down Syndrome, spina bifida and SIDS combined. Nearly 15,000 infants are born each year with fetal alcohol syndrome. Sadly this number could be greatly reduced if women avoid alcohol during her pregnancy.

The statistics do not lie. Alcoholism is a serious problem that has affected nearly half of our population. Do you know that one out of every thirteen Americans is probably an alcoholic? Chances are you know someone who is an alcoholic.

Find out about alcohol addiction recovery programs that actually work by visiting http://www.alcoholabusehelpguide.com, a popular website that informs on alcohol abuse effects on the alcoholic and their loved ones.

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