The need for effective alcohol addiction rehabs is underlined by the fact that alcohol abuse and alcoholism remains the number one substance abuse problem in the country. Millions of people in the United States and Canada abuse alcohol on a regular basis and are in need of successful alcohol addiction treatment and rehabilitation. North American Rehab Referral can help.
Slightly more than 50 percent of Americans aged 12 or older reported being current drinkers of alcohol in the 2005 survey. This translates to over 125 million people, which is higher than the 2004 estimate of just over 120 million people. Current alcohol use means consuming an alcoholic beverage at least once in the past 30 days.
More than 22 percent of persons aged 12 or older participated in binge drinking at least once in the 30 days prior to the survey in 2005. This translates to about 55 million people. Binge drinking is defined as consuming five or more alcoholic drinks on one occasion.
More than 40 percent of young adults aged 18 to 25 were considered binge drinkers. Heavy alcohol use was reported by about 15 percent of persons in the same age group. These rates have been steady for at least the last four years.
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In 2005, heavy drinking was reported by 6.6 percent of the population aged 12 or older, or 16 million people. Heavy drinkers are characterized by participating in binge drinking at least five or more times during the past month.
The level of alcohol use was associated with illicit drug use in 2005. Among the 16.0 million heavy drinkers aged 12 or older, 32.0 percent were current illicit drug users. In 2005, an estimated 13.0 percent of persons aged 12 or older (over 31 million) drove under the influence of alcohol at least once in the past year.
The rate of past month alcohol use for people aged 12 or older in 2005 was lower in the South (47.8 percent) than in the Northeast (55.0 percent), Midwest (55.0 percent), or West (52.5 percent). This pattern has remained unchanged since 2002, but the gap between the South and the other regions may be closing because the South was the only region to show a significant increase in its current alcohol use rate between 2004 and 2005. The rate of past month alcohol use in the South in 2004 was 45.1 percent.
