QUICK FACTS FROM AEP RESEARCH

Risks of Youth Drinking

What are some of the consequences of youth drinking?

Based on national data from 1990 to 1998:

• Rates of motor vehicle deaths and homicides, which are often associated with alcohol use, were higher among youth under the legal drinking age than among adults of legal drinking age.
• African American, Hispanic and American Indian male youth under the legal drinking age were at substantial risk of being victims of homicide.

For more information order publication number:

11.6.142:
Jones-Webb R, Fabian LEA, Harwood EM, Toomey TL, Wagenaar AC. Fatal injuries associated with alcohol use among youth and adults: 1990-1998. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse 2004; 14(1):41-60.