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July 09, 2008
Analysis suggests 157 college-age people suffered alcohol-poisoning deaths from 1999 to 2005
The AP (7/8, Forliti) reports that "157 college-age people, 18 to 23, drank themselves to death from 1999 through 2005, the most recent year for which figures are available," according to "[a]n Associated Press analysis of federal records."
During "the seven-year span, 83 of the college-age victims were...under the drinking age of 21." The records "showed deaths spiking on weekends -- when young people are more likely to go out with the goal of getting drunk -- and in December, when college students wrap up finals.
Most of the dead were young men." Furthermore, "[a] separate AP analysis of hundreds of news articles about alcohol-poisoning deaths in the past decade found that victims drank themselves well past the point of oblivion -- with an average blood-alcohol level of 0.40 percent, or five times the legal limit for driving."
Related Links:
- "Drinking games prove deadly to college students," Amy Forliti, Associated Press, July 8, 2008.
Posted by admin at July 9, 2008 12:07 AM