National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has examined alcohol-related traffic deaths from 1982 to 2002. Alcohol-related traffic deaths have decreased in 32 states during the last five years, while increasing in 17 others. After years of decline, alcohol-related crashes are on the rise again ...
Even before the pandemic, U.S. alcohol consumption was trending up, and Americans were drinking more than when Prohibition was enacted. But deaths may have increased since the COVID-19 pandemic began for several reasons, including people with alcohol-related illnesses may have had more trouble ge...
During 1985-1996, of the 35,547 children aged <15 years who died in motor-vehicle crashes, 8482 (24%) were killed in alcohol-related motor-vehicle crashes. From 1985 to 1996, the proportion of all motor-vehicle-related deaths that involved alcohol decreased from 25% (773 of 3126 deaths)...
In 1997, 16 189 Americans were killed by alcohol-related (和酒精有关) crashes, accounting for nearly half of all traffic deaths. That is another person killed every 32 minutes. But that is only the number of the dead. An additional 327 000 Americans were injured in crashes in which ...
What Causes Alcohol-Related Deaths? Over half of alcohol-related deaths are because of health effects from drinking too much over time. It can lead to things like cancer, liver disease, and heart disease. But drinking a large amount of alcohol in a short period of time can also be deadly...
Drinking and driving results in numerous car accidents, injuries, and deaths each year. In 2009, there were over 10,800 crash fatalities with a driver BAC of 0.08 or higher, roughly 32 percent of total traffic fatalities for the year. Of these drivers, fifty-six percent had had a BAC of...
So when he approached James Macinko, associate professor of public health and health policy in NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, to learn about the latest research in public health, the idea of collaborating on alcohol-related traffic fatalities readily arose. ...
Almost half of all unnatural deaths are related to alcohol, a study has found. Research carried out by doctors in Sweden suggests that 44% of deaths caused by accidents or other events are linked to drinking. These include deaths from suicide, falls, traffic injuries and murder. ...
"Alcohol-Related Vehicular Death Rates for College Students in the Commonwealth of Virginia" Although Turner et al commendably attempted to directly measure alcohol-related traffic deaths in Virginia involving college students, several factors may explain differences between their and our national traffic ...
traffic deaths involve alcohol. In 1998, the number of people who died in alcoholrelated crashes was 15,935. High as that was—one death every 33 minutes—it was the lowest level in 17 years. One reason for the decline may have been nationwide efforts to reduce drunk driving. The ...