Vital Signs: Binge Drinking Prevalence, Frequency, and Intensity Among Adults — United States, 2010
Binge drinking accounts for more than half of the estimated 80,000 average annual deaths and three quarters of $223.5 billion in economic costs resulting from excessive alcohol consumption in the United States.
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