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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Health Consequences of Alcohol Use in New York City




How does alcohol affect the health 
of New Yorkers?

A new report from Health Department suggests the toll is large and, by some measures, growing. 

Excessive drinking kills approximately 1,500 NYC adults each year, according to the new report, Health Consequences of Alcohol Use in New York City. Alcohol also contributes to a tenth of all hospitalizations in the city – nearly 100,000 each year – and prompts 78,000 visits to hospital emergency departments, with a rate that more than doubled between 2003 and 2009.




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