Death: 1,700 college students* die each year from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crashes.
(Hingson et al., 2005)

Injury: 599,000 students are unintentionally injured while under the influence of alcohol.
(Hingson et al., 2005)

Assault: More than 696,000 students are assaulted by another student who has been drinking.
(Hingson et al., 2005)

Sexual Abuse: More than 97,000 students are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or date rape.
(Hingson et al., 2005)

Unsafe Sex: 400,000 students had unprotected sex and more than 100,000 students report having been too intoxicated to know if they consented to having sex.
(Hingson et al., 2002)

Young Drinkers: Each day, more than 5,400 kids in the United States under age 16 take their first drink.
(2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. J. Gfroerer of the Substance Abuse and Mental Services Administration)

Health Problems/Suicide Attempts: More than 150,00 students develop an alcohol-related health problem (Hingson et al., 2002) and between 1.2 and 1.5 percent of students indicate that they had tried to commit suicide within the past year due to drinking or drug use.
(Presley et al., 1998)

Drunk Driving: 2.1 million students drove while under the influence of alcohol last year.
(Hingson et al., 2002)

Binge Drinking: 1 in 5 youth, ages 12 to 20, binge drinks (5 or more drinks on one occasion).
(Executive Summary, Underage Drinking in the United States: A Status Report, 2005. Center on Alcohol Marketing & Youth)

Most kids drink to get drunk: more than 90% of the alcohol consumed by 12 to
20-year-olds is when they are binge drinking.
(Executive Summary, Underage Drinking in the United States: A Status Report, 2005. Center on Alcohol Marketing & Youth)

Teenage girls who binge drink are up to 63% more likely to become teen mothers.
(Executive Summary, Underage Drinking in the United States: A Status Report, 2005. Center on Alcohol Marketing & Youth)

Alcohol Abuse and Dependence: 31 percent of college students met criteria for
diagnosis of alcohol abuse and 6 percent for a diagnosis of alcohol
dependence in the past 12 months, according to questionnaire-based
self-reports about their drinking.
(Knight et al., 2002)

*Students refers to people between the ages of 18 to 24.