"Excessive alcohol use is responsible for more than 93,000 deaths in the United States each year, or 255 deaths per day. These deaths shorten the lives of those who die by an average of almost 29 years, for a total of 2.7 million years of potential life lost. It is a leading cause of preventable death in the United States, and cost the nation $249 billion in 2010.
More than half of alcohol-attributable deaths are due to health effects from drinking too much over time, such as various types of cancer, liver disease, and heart disease. However, short-term health effects from consuming a large amount of alcohol in a short period of time accounted for most of the years of potential life lost, such as deaths due to poisonings that involved another substance in addition to alcohol (e.g., drug overdoses), suicide, and motor vehicle crashes.
The Alcohol-Related Disease Impact application allows users to see estimates of alcohol-related deaths and years of potential life lost from 58 conditions by age, sex, and state. Of all alcohol-attributable deaths, more than 70% involved men and more than 80% involved adults aged 35 or older. Death rates due to excessive alcohol use varied across states, ranging from 20 per 100,000 population in New York and New Jersey to 52 per 100,000 population in New Mexico.."
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