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Alcohol Substance
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Diego Alcohol Abuse Facts |
| Stop the
Mile of Bars from Developing Near Schools (
Fact Sheet — pdf) |
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Partners for Prevention — September, 2003
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| San
Diego Public Opinion on Marketing and Youth
Drinking (FACT SHEET — pdf) |
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Institute for Public Strategies — July, 2003
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| San
Diego Survey on Social Host Laws (FACT SHEET
— pdf) |
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Institute for Public Strategies — August, 2003
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| Effects
of Alcohol Outlet Density on Economic
Development (FACT SHEET — pdf) |
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— Institute for Public
Strategies — February, 2003
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| Cross-Border
Drinking Concerns (FACT SHEET — pdf) |
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— Institute for Public
Strategies — June, 2002
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| Alcohol
Ads Aim at Ethnicity (FACT SHEET — pdf)) |
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From the San Diego Countywide
Project to Prevent Alcohol and Other Drug
Problems (institute for Public Strategies)
— May, 2002
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San Diego
County Poll on Alcohol Promotions and Youth, |
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From the San Diego Alcohol Survey
(2001) • Presented in March, 2002
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| Underage
Drinking in the Mountain Empire Region (FACT
SHEET — pdf) |
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Institute for Public Strategies,
East County Rural Project — August, 2002
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During 1999, 21,461 adults were arrested for drug
violations in San Diego County, or 11.5 per 1,000
population aged 18 to 69. |
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Source: California Department of Alcohol and Drug
Programs, Community Indicators of Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Risk, 2001.
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During 1999, 9,960 adults were arrested for
alcohol violations (excluding DUI) in San Diego
County, or 5.4 per 1,000 population aged 18 to 69. |
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Source: California Department of Alcohol and Drug
Programs, Community Indicators of Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Risk, 2201.
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During 1999, there were 1,911 alcohol-involved
motor vehicle accidents that led to injuries or
fatalities in San Diego County. |
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Source: California Department of Alcohol and Drug
Programs, Community Indicators of Alcohol and Drug
Abuse Risk, 2201.
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National Alcohol Abuse Facts |
| Beer
consumed by the highest 10th percentile of
drinkers by volume represents 42 percent of the
reported alcohol consumed in the United States. |
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Source: Rogers, J.., & Greenfield, T. (1999). Beer
drinking accounts for most hazardous alcohol
consumption reported in the United States. Journal
of Studies on Alcohol, 60 (6).
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| Beer
accounts for 67 percent of the alcohol consumption
reported in the United States. |
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Source: Rogers, J.., & Greenfield, T. (1999). Beer
drinking accounts for most hazardous alcohol
consumption reported in the United States. Journal
of Studies on Alcohol, 60 (6).
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societal costs of alcohol-related crashes averaged
$0.80 per drink consumed. |
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Source: Jenson, A., et al. (1999). Impaired
Driving in the United States, State Fact Sheets.
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation:
Landover, MD.
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Two-thirds of partner abuse victims (those abused
by a current or former spouse, boyfriend or
girlfriend) reported that alcohol had been a
factor; among spouse abuse victims, the offender
was drinking in three out of four cases. |
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Source: Greenfield L. (1998). Alcohol and Crime:
An Analysis of National Data on the Prevalence of
Alcohol Involvement in Crime. Bureau of Justice
Statistics. Report #NCJ-168632.
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Fatally injured drivers who have been drinking are
least likely to have been wearing safety belts. |
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Source: National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration. (1999) NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts,
Alcohol, DOT HS 809 086.
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Frequent binge drinkers make up only 19% of the
college population, yet account for 68% of alcohol
consumed by college students. |
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Source: Harvard School of Public Health College
Alcohol Study, 1999.
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According to a Harvard School of Public
Health study, 20.4% of college students who
consumed alcohol drank on 10 or more occasions in
the past 30 days; 41.5% of college students who
consumed alcohol reported "usually" binging when
they drank; 52.3% of college students who consumed
alcohol reported drinking to get drunk; and 78.8%
of non-binge-drinking college students report
experiencing second-hand binge drinking effects
(i.e., arguments, interrupted sleep or studying,
unwanted sexual advances, etc.). |
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Source: Harvard School of Public Health College
Alcohol Study, 1999.
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Nearly 10 million people aged 12 to 20 (28% of
this age group) reported drinking alcohol in the
month prior to a 2000 survey. Of those
individuals, almost 7 million (19%) were binge
drinkers and 2 million (6%) were heavy drinkers. |
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Source: National Household Survey on Drug Abuse,
2001. |
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