Binge drinking most likely to kill middle-aged men, CDC reports
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There were an average of six deaths from alcohol poisoning each day among people aged 15 and up from 2010 to 2012, according to a Centers for Disease Control report. Three in four were adults 35 to 64 and 3 in 4 were male, with 70 percent among non-Hispanic whites.
More than $200 billion in economic losses in the United States is attributed to excessive drinking, but of these poisoning deaths, alcohol dependence was listed as a contributing factor in only 30 percent.
With all the coverage of binge drinking deaths on college campuses, how did we miss this trend among older white males? What does that say about that segment of the population and our problems with alcohol and depression in the U.S. overall?
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