Alcoholism & Teens Statistics

• It is estimated that over 3 million teens between the ages of 14 and 17 in the United States today are alcoholics.
• Youth who began drinking before they turned 15 were twice as likely to develop an alcohol abuse problem and four times more likely to develop alcohol dependence, compared with persons who did not begin drinking before age 21.
• An estimated 6.6 million children under 18 live in households with at least one alcoholic parent.
• One half of all traffic fatalities and one-third of all traffic injuries are related to to alcohol abuse . Accidents and suicides that are associated with alcohol problems are especially prominent in the teen years.
• 62% of high school seniors report that they have been drunk; 31% say they have had five or more drinks in a row during the last two weeks.