Facts About Alcohol Abuse

• Each year, an estimated 7,000 people under the age of 21 die from alcohol-related injuries.
  Source: National Highway Traffic Administration, 2003

• In 2002, 29 percent of drivers aged 15 to 20 who died in traffic accidents had been drinking alcohol.
  Source: Traffic Safety Facts 2002: Young Drivers, National Highway Traffic Administration. U.S. Department of Transportation, 2003

• The younger you are when you start drinking, the greater your chance of becoming addicted to alcohol at some point in your life. More than 4 in 10 people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
  Source: NIAAA