Suicides and Deaths Related to Alcohol - 20% of suicide victims are alcoholics
- 1/3 of alcoholic deaths are from suicides or accidents such as drowning, head injuries from falling and car crashes
- Alcohol contributes to 100,000 deaths annually, making it the third leading cause of preventable mortality in the United States
- Although there are fewer deaths from alcohol related causes than from cancer or heart disease, alcohol-related deaths tend to occur at much younger ages
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