The Facts
Each year, approximately 5,000 young people under the age of 21 DIE as a result of underage drinking.
- Underage Drinking
Research Initiative
In Tempe, the average age of first time use of alcohol is 12.5 years.
42% of college students are frequent weekly binge drinkers.
- Learn-About-Alcoholism
More than 4 in 10 people who begin drinking before age 15 eventually become alcoholics.
- National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
The proportion on current drinkers that binge is the highest in the 18-20-year-old group.
- CDC
90% of the alcohol consumed by youth under the age of 21 in the United States is in the form of binge drinks.
- CDC
1,825 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crashes.
- College Drinking Prevention
Those who start using alcohol regularly before age 15 have a 40% chance of becoming alcoholics as compared to a 7% chance for those who start regular alcohol use at age 21.
Underage alcohol use is more likely to kill young people than all illegal drugs combined.
- National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism