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Alcohol addiction in the United States
alcoholAlcohol as a primary substance accounted for 40 percent of recorded rehab admissions in 2006, down from 51 percent in 1996. Forty-five percent of primary alcohol admissions reported secondary drug abuse as well.

Heavy drinking was reported by almost 7 percent of the population aged 12 or older, which amounts to about 17 million people. Heavy drinking is defined as binge drinking on at least 5 days in the past 30 days.

More than one fifth (23.0 percent) of persons aged 12 or older participated in binge drinking at least once in the 30 days prior to the survey in 2006. This translates to about 57 million people.

Slightly more than half of Americans aged 12 or older reported being current drinkers of alcohol in the 2006 survey (50.9 percent). This translates to an estimated 125 million people.

Young adults aged 18 to 22 enrolled full time in college were more likely than their peers not enrolled full time (i.e., part-time college students and persons not currently enrolled in college) to use alcohol in the past month, binge drink, and drink heavily. Past month alcohol use was reported by 66.4 percent of full-time college students compared with 54.1 percent of persons aged 18 to 22 who were not enrolled full time. Binge and heavy use rates for college students were 45.5 and 19.0 percent, respectively, compared with 38.4 and 13.3 percent, respectively, for 18 to 22 year olds not enrolled full time in college.

Driving under the influence of alcohol was associated with age in 2006. An estimated 7.9 percent of 16 or 17 year olds, 19.7 percent of 18 to 20 year olds, and 27.3 percent of 21 to 25 year olds reported driving under the influence of alcohol in the past year. Beyond age 25, these rates showed a general decline with increasing age.