The Numbers Don't Lie

 

• 1,825 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die each year from alcohol-related unintentional injuries.
• More than 690,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are assaulted by another student who has been drinking annually  .     
• More than 97,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape annually.      
• 599,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 receive unintentional injuries while under the influence of alcohol.      
• About 25 percent of college students report academic consequences of their drinking including missing class, falling behind, doing poorly on exams or papers, and receiving lower grades overall.
• More than 150,000 students develop an alcohol-related health problem and between 1.2 and 1.5 percent of students indicate that they tried to commit suicide within the past year due to drinking or drug use.

 

 

 

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

(National Institutes of Health)

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