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then bash drinkers
repeal of booze would cause riots
then bash drinkers
repeal of booze would cause riots
This excluded visits for injuries caused by alcohol-induced accidents, such as falls and car crashes. The rate of alcohol-related-diagnoses ER visits went up 38 percent for men and also 38 percent for women.
The ER visits tracked by the CDC analysis included diagnoses for alcoholic psychosis, alcohol-dependence syndrome, alcohol abuse, alcoholic polyneuropathy, alcoholic cardiomyopathy, alcoholic gastritis, alcoholic liver cirrhosis, excess blood alcohol, and alcohol poisoning.
The figure above shows the rate of ER visits for alcohol-related diagnoses by sex, in the United States from 2001-2002 to 2009-2010. (CDC)
Although males were consistently more likely to need to visit an emergency room for an alcohol-related diagnoses, the percentage increase for both male and female visits was the same over the period.
"From 20012002 to 20092010, the rate of emergency department visits for alcohol-related diagnoses for males increased 38%, from 68 to 94 visits per 10,000 population," said the CDC. "Over the same period, the visit rate for females also increased 38%, from 26 to 36 visits per 10,000 population."
CDC: Booze-Abuse ER Visits Up 38%--For Both Men and Women | CNS News
then bash drinkers
repeal of booze would cause riots
Where'd the gin man go? Hasn't posted since January.