Identify risk factors associated with increased alcohol use.

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The Answer is Morbidity and mortality data reflect the adverse consequences of excessive alcohol use. Alcohol is involved in 40% of the 41,000 annual deaths due to traffic crashes (NIH, 2006). The number of emergency department (ED) visits attributable to alcohol from the period 1992 to 2000 was about 68.6 million (McDonald, Wang, Camargo, 2004), with an increasing trend of 18% during that time. In the general population, alcohol consumption of at least four standard drinks per day (each containing 12 g alcohol) is associated with increased rates of death from cirrhosis and alcoholism; and from cancers of the mouth, esophagus, pharynx, and liver combined; and injuries and other external causes in men (Thun et al., 1997).

Identify Risk Factors Associated with Increased Alcohol Use