National Statistics

• Number of college students who report driving while intoxicated: 2.8 million. (NIAAA What Colleges Need to Know, 2007)
• People aged 12 to 20 drink 11% of all alcohol consumed in the United States. More than 90% is in the form of binge drinking. (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Fact Sheets-Underage Drinking, 2011)
• Prevalence of binge drinking among those 18-24: 27.7%. (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2009)
• Six counties accounted for more than half of the total estimated [underage drinking] costs in the state: Miami-Dade, Broward, Orange, Palm Beach, Hillsborough, and Duval. (Floridas State Epidemiology Workgroup, 2009)

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Local Statistics for Hillsborough County

• Over 9 billion drinks are consumed in Florida each year. Among persons who
  drink, this translates into 88 drinks per person every month.
• 6,276 deaths occur annually due to alcohol use. This means that 17 people lose
  their life every day consequent to alcohol use.
• Approximately 3% of Floridas Gross Domestic Product is spent on adverse events”traffic collisions, illnesses, injuries, and crimes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008)”caused by alcohol.
• The cost of excessive alcohol consumption in the United States in 2006 reached $223.5 billion or about $1.90 per drink, according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  In 1998, this figure was $185 billion.

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OR

http://www.tampatac.org.

For DUI stats, go to http://www.dmvflorida.org/florida-dui.shtml