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Alcohol and Drugs in New York City |
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Drugs & Alcohol Use- Don’t think it doesn’t apply to you
Alcohol can be dangerous to both body and mind in high doses. The abuse of alcohol and drugs can lead to many preventable injuries, illnesses, and deaths, including injury in motor-vehicle crashes, liver disease, and violence. According to this NYC data, estimates of binge drinking represent the risk of immediate alcohol-related problems, such as alcohol-poisoning, injury and violence.
How are we doing in Northwest Brooklyn?
Think this doesn’t apply to you? In Northwest Brooklyn, adults are more likely than those in Brooklyn and NYC overall to report engaging in at least one episode of binge drinking (defined as consuming 5 or more drinks on one occasion) in the past month. Remember that wine with dinner last night?
Alcohol-related hospitalizations reflect both acute and chronic (e.g., liver disease) consequences of alcohol abuse.
In 2003-2004, the average annual alcohol-related hospitalization rate in Northwest Brooklyn was similar to the Brooklyn rate and lower than in New York City overall (407/100,000 vs. 394/100,000 in Brooklyn and 439/100,000 in NYC).
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