PER DRINK IN 2010 · alcohol use What Excessive Drinking Costs Us $249 BILLION IN 2010 $807 PER...
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the real cost of excessive alcohol use What Excessive Drinking Costs Us $249 BILLION IN 2010 $807 PER PERSON $2.05 PER DRINK Cost Breakdown 72% Lost Workplace Productivity 10% Criminal Justice Costs 11% Healthcare Expenses 5% Motor Vehicle Crash Costs Binge Drinkers Account For Most Of The Cost $191 BILLION 77% BINGE DRINKING is responsible for the majority of the economic cost FOR MEN, BINGE DRINKING IS 5 OR MORE DRINKS CONSUMED ON ONE OCCASION FOR WOMEN, BINGE DRINKING IS 4 OR MORE DRINKS CONSUMED ON ONE OCCASION Who Pays? 40% is paid by Federal, state and local governments Costs Vary Throughout States & DC CALIFORNIA HIGHEST COST PER STATE $35 BILLION MEDIAN COST PER STATE $3.5 BILLION NORTH DAKOTA LOWEST COST PER STATE $488 MILLION NEW MEXICO HIGHEST COST PER DRINK $2.77 MEDIAN COST PER DRINK $2.05 NEW HAMPSHIRE LOWEST COST PER DRINK $0.92 For strategies to reduce excessive drinking, go to: www.thecommunityguide.org/alcohol FOR MORE INFORMATION WWW.CDC.GOV/ALCOHOL CS260030A
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the real cost of excessive alcohol use
What Excessive Drinking Costs Us
$249 BILLION
IN 2010
$807PER PERSON
$2.05PER DRINK
Cost Breakdown
72%Lost Workplace
Productivity
10%Criminal
Justice Costs
11%Healthcare Expenses
5%Motor Vehicle Crash Costs
Binge Drinkers Account For Most Of The Cost
$191 BILLION77%
BINGE DRINKING is responsible for the majority
of the economic cost
FOR MEN, BINGE DRINKING IS5 OR MORE DRINKS CONSUMED ON ONE OCCASION
FOR WOMEN, BINGE DRINKING IS4 OR MORE DRINKS CONSUMED ON ONE OCCASION
Who Pays?
40% is paid by Federal, state and local governments
Costs Vary Throughout States & DC
CALIFORNIA HIGHEST COST
PER STATE $35 BILLION
MEDIAN COSTPER STATE
$3.5 BILLION
NORTH DAKOTA LOWEST COST
PER STATE$488 MILLION
NEW MEXICOHIGHEST COST
PER DRINK$2.77
MEDIAN COST PER DRINK
$2.05
NEW HAMPSHIRELOWEST COST
PER DRINK$0.92
For strategies to reduce excessive drinking, go to: www.thecommunityguide.org/alcohol
FOR MORE INFORMATIONWWW.CDC.GOV/ALCOHOL
CS260030A
