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ALCOHOL FACT SHEET (Continued)

 Forty percent of family court cases are alcohol problem related.
 Alcoholics are 15 times more likely to commit suicide than are other segments of the
population.
 More than 60 percent of burns, 40 percent of falls, 69 percent of boating accidents,
and 76 percent of private aircraft accidents are alcohol related.

THE ANNUAL TOLL

 24,000 people will die on the highway due to the legally impaired driver.
 12,000 more will die on the highway due to the alcohol-affected driver.
 15,800 will die in non-highway accidents.
 30,000 will die due to alcohol-caused liver disease.
 10,000 will die due to alcohol-induced brain disease or suicide.
 Up to another 125,000 will die due to alcohol-related conditions or accidents.

Workplace Issues

 It takes one hour for the average person (150 pounds) to process one serving of an alcoholic
beverage from the body.
 Impairment in coordination and judgment can be objectively measured with as little as two
drinks in the body.
 A person who is legally intoxicated is 6 times more likely to have an accident than a sober
person.

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