A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that excessive alcohol use among women and girls accounts for about 20,000 deaths and 630,00 years of potential life lost in the United States each year. Binge drinking is responsible for more than half of those deaths.
“Some of these deaths are the result of drinking and driving,” said attorney Fred Pritzker, who represents accident victims and their families in personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits throughout the United States. Several years ago, one of my clients lost a leg after being hit by a drunk driver. Her life was changed forever. The $6,000,000 I won for her has provided her with financial security, but she would gladly give it all back to have her leg.”
The results of the study were surprising. Binge drinking was most prevalent among women aged 18–24 years (24.2%) and 25–34 years (19.9%), and then gradually decreased with increasing age. The highest frequency (3.6 episodes) and intensity (6.4 drinks) of binge drinking was reported by women aged 18–24 years.
For women, binge drinking was defined as consuming four or more alcoholic drinks
per occasion during the past 30 days. Among women who binge drank, binge drinking frequency was defined as the total number of episodes of binge drinking during the past 30 days. Binge drinking intensity was defined as the average largest number of drinks consumed during the past 30 days by respondents who reported one or more episodes of binge drinking.
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