Many people believe that only alcoholics die from the effects of alcohol.
However a new study by CDC has shown that a whopping one in ten deaths between 2006 and 2010 were due to excessive drinking.
Some of the deaths were indeed due to the effects of long term alcohol abuse including deaths from liver and heart disease, but other deaths arose from binge drinking.
Binge drinking is defined as having more than five or more drinks in a single session for men and 4 or more for women. Binge drinking has led to the top three causes of death including motor vehicle accidents at 25 percent, homicide at 16 percent and accidental falls at 15 percent.
There are many ways in which alcohol can affect mortality but the study showed the number of binge drinkers to be higher than the regular alcoholics.
Excessive Drinking Death
As can be seen by the study, alcohol is deadly due to both accidents which stem from those under its influences, and alcohol related diseases. If you, or someone you know, have been the victim of a serious car accident involving a drunken driver, contact the Reno accident attorneys of Jolley Urga Woodbury & Little at (702) 699-7500 or contact us online today.
