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 Read More