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Drinking excessively can harm your health. Excessive alcohol use resulted in around 88,000 deaths for around 2.5 million years of potential life lost every year in the USA from 2006-- 2010, reducing the lives of those who perished by approximately 30 years. Further, extreme drinking was accountable for 1 in 10 deaths among working-age men and women aged 20-64 years. The financial expenses of extreme alcohol use in 2006 were estimated at $223.5 billion, or $1.90 a drink.

What is a "alcoholic beverage"?

In the United States, a standard drink includes 0.6 ounces (14.0 grams or 1.2 tablespoons) of pure alcohol. Usually, this amount of pure alcohol is found in.

12-ounces of beer (5 % alcohol material).

8-ounces of malt alcohol (7 % alcohol material).

5-ounces of wine (12 % alcohol content).



1.5-ounces of 80-proof (40 % alcohol content) distilled spirits or liquor (e.g., gin, rum, vodka, scotch).4.

Exactly what is extreme drinking?

Extreme drinking includes binge drinking, heavy drinking, and any drinking by pregnant women or people younger than age 21.

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