What is Alcoholism?
What is Alcoholism?
- Alcoholism: Alcoholism is the compulsive urge to drink alcohol despite knowing the negative impact on one's health.
- Alcoholism: Habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Alcoholism: Introduction
Types of Alcoholism:
Types of Alcoholism:
Broader types of Alcoholism:
How many people get Alcoholism?
Prevalance of Alcoholism: estimated 15.1 million people: 15.1 million alcohol-abusing or alcohol-dependent individuals and 4.6 million are women (NWHIC); nearly 14 million Americans (NIAAA)
Prevalance Rate of Alcoholism: approx 1 in 18 or 5.55% or 15.1 million people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Alcoholism:
Currently, nearly 14 million Americans—1 in every 13 adults—abuse
alcohol or are alcoholic. (Source: excerpt from Alcoholism Getting the Facts: NIAAA)
Who gets Alcoholism?
Patient Profile for Alcoholism: Usually adults
Gender Profile for Alcoholism: Men more than women about 2:1.
Racial Information for Alcoholism: Native American women die from alcoholism at five to six times the
national rate. Drinking during pregnancy is three times the national
average. (Source: excerpt from Native American Women's Health: NWHIC)
How serious is Alcoholism?
Complications of Alcoholism:
see complications of Alcoholism
Deaths for Alcoholism: 19,171 persons died of alcohol-induced causes in 1999 USA (NVSR Sep 2001)
What causes Alcoholism?
Causes of Alcoholism: see causes of Alcoholism
Risk factors for Alcoholism:
see
risk factors for Alcoholism
What are the symptoms of Alcoholism?
Symptoms of Alcoholism:
see symptoms of Alcoholism
Complications of Alcoholism:
see complications of Alcoholism
Can anyone else get Alcoholism?
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Alcoholism
Alcoholism: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Alcoholism.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Alcoholism.
How is it treated?
Doctors and Medical Specialists for Alcoholism: General Practitioner, Gastroenterologist, Psychiatrist, Cardiologist, General surgeon, Anaesthetist, Psychologist
;
see also doctors and medical specialists for Alcoholism.
Treatments for Alcoholism:
see treatments for Alcoholism
Prevention of Alcoholism:
see prevention of Alcoholism
Research for Alcoholism:
see research for Alcoholism
Society issues for Alcoholism
Costs of Alcoholism: $185 billion each year for alcoholism in the US (Mayo Clinic)
Cost statistics for Alcoholism:
The following are statistics from various sources about costs and Alcoholism:
- Estimated $52,123,000 spent in public hospitals on alcohol or drug use and disorders in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
- Estimated $17,172,000 spent in public hospitals on alcohol and drug use and disorders in Australia 2001-02 (AIHW National Hospital Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
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Hospitalization statistics for Alcoholism:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Alcoholism:
- 0.26% (33,701) of hospital consultant episodes were for mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol use in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 86% of hospital consultant episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol use required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 69% of hospital consultant episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol use were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 31% of hospital consultant episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol use were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 79% of hospital consultant episodes for mental and behavioural disorders due to alcohol use required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Alcoholism:
Organs and body systems related to Alcoholism include:
Name and Aliases of Alcoholism
Main name of condition: Alcoholism
Class of Condition for Alcoholism: behavior addiction
Other names or spellings for Alcoholism:
alcohol dependency, alcohol addiction
Alcohol addiction, Inebriation, Drunkenness
Source - WordNet 2.1
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