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An estimated 95,000 people (approximately 68,000 men and 27,000 women) die from alcohol-related causes annually,2 making alcohol the third-leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
Approximately 10.5 percent (7.5 million) of U.S. children ages 17 and younger live with a parent with AUD, according to a 2017 report.3
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Alcohol and Public Health: Alcohol-Related Disease Impact (ARDI). Annual Average for United States 2011–2015 Alcohol-Attributable Deaths Due to Excessive Alcohol Use, All Ages. Available at: https://nccd.cdc.gov/DPH_ARDI/Default/Default.aspx. Accessed December 8, 2020. Methodology: According to CDC, due to scientific updates to ARDI, estimates of alcohol-attributable deaths or years of potential life lost generated in the current version of ARDI should not be compared with estimates that were generated using the ARDI default reports or analyses in the ARDI Custom Data Portal prior to July 30, 2020.
3 Lipari, R.N.; and Van Horn, S.L. The CBHSQ Report: Children Living With Parents Who Have a Substance Use Disorder. Rockville, MD: SAMHSA, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, August 24, 2017. https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_3223/ShortReport…. Accessed August 3, 2022.