Alcohol and Your Health

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.). Division of Population Health.
• Description:
  Drinking too much can harm your health. Excessive alcohol use leads to about 88,000 deaths in the United States each year, and shortens the life of those who die by almost 30 years. Further, excessive drinking cost the economy $223.5 billion in 2006. Most excessive drinkers are not alcohol dependent. ; Excessive alcohol use has immediate effects that increase the risk of many harmful health conditions. These are most often the result of binge drinking. Over time, excessive alcohol use can lead to the development of chronic diseases and other serious problems. ; CS246270
• Subjects:
  • Alcohol Drinking
  • Alcoholism
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/30625/cdc_30625_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.08 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0d61f17727ea0e264a47db822c69e18e8561615768429a26a75147f83b2c321dedf73f3cfad82852b5d9fd242ac0ca7b1194b6ed78589e0fe3401b639da65e76