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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Emergency Department Visits Involving Underage Alcohol Use: 2008



  • In 2008, an estimated 188,981 alcohol-related emergency department (ED) visits were made by patients aged 12 to 20, accounting for about one third of all drug-related ED visits (32.9 percent) made by this age group
  • Of these ED visits, 70.0 percent involved alcohol only, and 30.0 percent involved alcohol in combination with other drugs
  • Nearly one in five (19.1 percent) alcohol-related ED visits made by patients aged 12 to 20 had evidence of follow-up care


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