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College
Drinking: Consumption and Harm
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UCB Data
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People
often underestimate the range of harm associated with college drinking.
The negative consequences can include serious injuries and death. For
example, each year in the US:
- An estimated
1,700 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die from alcohol-related
unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crashes (Hingson et
al. 2005).
- Approximately
600,000 students are unintentionally injured while under the influence
of alcohol (Hingson et al. 2005).
- Approximately
700,000 students are hit or assaulted by other students who have been
drinking (Hingson et al. 2005).
- About
100,000 students are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or
date rape (Hingson et al. 2005).
Direct
Harm
Some harm associated with drinking is direct - experienced by the drinker
him or herself. The following table illustrates the extent of some of
the direct negative consequences of drinking for college students. It
provides a comparison between national and UC Berkeley student self-reports
of alcohol related harms.
Second
Hand Harm
Drinkers create second-hand harm as well. The following table illustrates
the range and extent of student-reported second hand harms nationally
and at UC Berkeley.
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