Death: 1,825 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crashes (Hingson et al., 2009).
Every weekend, between 3 and 10 University of Virginia students arrive in the emergency room with alcohol poisoning or an alcohol-related injury.
Advises parents to talk early, talk often and get others involved to protect kids from alcohol-related injury.
Although the syndrome was first described in 1973, the broad impact of alcohol-related fetal injury has only recently become apparent to scientists.
The name of the album and its title track was conceived by Alexi Laiho after an alcohol-related injury.
Administrators at North Shore and other hospitals said this New Year's Eve was marked by fewer alcohol-related injuries than in the past.
In 2008 the U.S Surgeon General estimated that around 5,000 Americans aged under 21 die each year from alcohol-related injuries involving underage drinking.
However, she said, the number of students suffering alcohol-related injuries appears to be increasing.
The body recommends no more than two standards drinks per day to avoid life-time risk of harm from an alcohol-related injury or disease.
For example, drinking in a state of malnutrition can predispose individuals to a higher rate of blackouts, alcohol poisoning, alcohol-related injury, violence, or illness.