Alcohol Addiction
Slightly more than half of Americans aged 12 or older
reported being current drinkers of alcohol in the 2006 survey (50.9 percent).
This translates to an estimated 125 million people, which is similar to the
2005 estimate of 126 million people (51.8 percent).
More than one fifth (23.0 percent) of persons aged 12 or older participated in binge drinking at least once in the 30 days prior to the survey in 2006. This translates to about 57 million people. The rate in 2006 is similar to the rate in 2005 (22.7 percent).
In 2006, heavy drinking was reported by 6.9 percent of the population aged 12 or older, or 17 million people. This percentage is similar to the rate of heavy drinking in 2005 (6.6 percent).
In 2006, rates of current alcohol use were 3.9 percent among persons aged 12 or 13, 15.6 percent of persons aged 14 or 15, 29.7 percent of 16 or 17 year olds, 51.6 percent of those aged 18 to 20, and 68.6 percent of 21 to 25 year olds. Among older age groups, the prevalence of alcohol use decreased with increasing age, from 63.5 percent among 26 to 29 year olds to 48.0 percent among 60 to 64 year olds and 38.4 percent among people aged 65 or older.
Alcoholism Rehab
Commonly found drug rehab programs for alcoholism and alcohol addiction include traditional 12-step treatment facilities that run outpatient and inpatient drug treatment, usually up to 30 days. In some cases a detox center may be necessary before entering rehab. Find out why the biophysical drug and alcohol rehab approach is what we recommend and where the closest one is located.