• Between 2-3% of the current American College population will die from alcohol-related causes.
• 30% of college failure is alcohol related.
• Drinking and driving is the number one killer of Americans between the ages of 17-24.
• In the U.S., 70 people are killed daily in drunk driving accidents, which is roughly one person killed every 22 minutes.
• One in every three suicides involves alcohol.
• The average DUI arrest costs the charged person $3,000.
• Alcohol plays a role in 50% of all arrests.
• 90% of the vandalism that occurs on college campuses is a result of alcohol use.
• 75% of men and 50% of women involved in sexual assaults had been drinking prior to the assault.
• 54% of alcoholics have an alcoholic parent.
• One out of every three Americans don’t drink – and that is okay too!
• 56% of Tri-State students chose not to drink alcohol last semester. *
• 78% of Tri-State students do not binge drink. **

*1999 Tri-State Survey of Student Health Behaviors.
Other statistics derived from The Higher Education Center for AOD Prevention

**Binge drinking is defined as 5 drinks/sitting – men; 4 drinks/sitting – women