Excessive alcohol consumption remains a leading cause of premature death in the United States, responsible for 1 in 10 deaths among working-age adults, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Researchers used the CDC's Alcohol-Related Disease Impact (ARDI) online application to estimate total number of deaths that were attributable to alcohol among U.S. adults ages 20 to 64, from 2006 through 2010. They also examined years of potential life lost across the U.S. by gender and age.
Excessive alcohol use led to nearly 88,000 deaths per year over the study period, and shortened the lives of those who died by about 30 years on average, said study researcher Dafna Kanny of the CDC. "In total, there were 2.5 million years of potential life lost each year due to excessive alcohol use," she said.
The number of alcohol-related deaths have increased by around 12,000 since 2004, the year a previous CDC study was conducted, Kanny said. [7 Ways Alcohol Affects Your Health]
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I sometimes wonder about the residual effects of drinking.I stopped completely about 10 years ago & have not had any health problems that I know of.Hopefully all is well.
ReplyDeleteDepends on how heavily you drank 8:03. While most adults do show signs of some degree of liver damage, a person who consumed alcohol heavily shows increased damage. If you aren't experiencing any health problems don't worry about it. Any effects would have been apparent many years ago.
ReplyDeleteheavy working kills the other 90%
ReplyDelete11:24 I love your response!!lol
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