Alcohol Behind Deaths Among Working-Age U.S. Adults

"Excessive alcohol use is a leading cause of preventable death that kills many Americans in the prime of their lives," said Ursula E Bauer, director of CDC's National Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Excessive drinking includes binge drinking (4 or more drinks on an occasion for women, 5 or more drinks on an occasion for men), heavy drinking (8 or more drinks a week for women, 15 or more drinks a week for men), and any alcohol use by pregnant women or those under the minimum legal drinking age of 21.

To estimate deaths due to excessive drinking, CDC scientists analysed data from the Alcohol-Related Disease Impact (ARDI) application for 2006-2010. "It's shocking to see the public health impact of excessive drinking on working-age adults," said Robert Brewer, head of CDC's Alcohol Programme and one of the report's authors. The study was published in the journal Preventing Chronic Disease.

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