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Drug and Alcohol
Rehab
Over 80 percent of the nation's population consumed
alcohol in the previous year. 11 percent of these were males, 6 females. 10
percent of males and 9 percent of females consumed alcohol in such a pattern
that they became at high risk of harm. 24 percent of males and 17 percent of
females drank at least once a month in a manner that they became at risk for
short-term harm.
Alcohol is also connected with violent assaults. The
communities that have more alcohol availability, such as bars and liquor
stores, experience more assaults. Also, women whose partners abused alcohol
were 3.6 times more likely than other women to be assaulted by their
partners.
In 2002, more than 70,000 individuals between the ages of 18
and 24 were victims of alcohol-related assault in the United States alone. In
such incidents in which alcohol was a factor, about 9 percent of the offenders
and nearly 14 percent of the victims were under the age of 21. 28 percent of
suicides by children ages 9 to 15 were attributed to alcohol. Furthermore, an
estimated 480,000 children are mistreatment each year by a guardian
experiencing an alcohol problem. In the year 2002, it was reported by The
National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) that 7.3 percent of persons over
the age of 12 needed a drug alcohol rehab but did not receive it.
Nebraska had the highest percentage (9.6 percent) of persons over the
age of 12 needing an alcohol rehab but in fact not receiving treatment. Other
states that followed Nebraska were South Dakota, North Dakota, Colorado, New
Mexico, Montana, and Arizona. California had the highest overall percentage in
the nation of those of the age of 12 not receiving treatment for an alcohol
addiction problem (2 million persons, or 11.4 percent).
In contrast,
West Virginia had the lowest percentage (5.6 percent) of persons over the age
of 12 that needed an alcohol rehab but did not receive treatment. Other states
in the lower fifth were Maine, Connecticut, New Jersey, Oregon, and
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