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The DAWN Report - Emergency Department Visits Involving Underage Alcohol Use: 2008
Highlights: In 2008, about one third of all drug-related ED visits (32.9 percent) made by patients aged 12 to 20 were alcohol-related. This was an estimated 188,981 ED visits . Of these, 70.0 percent involved alcohol only, and 30.0 percent involved alcohol in combination with other drugs. Nearly one in five (19.1 percent) alcohol-related ED visits made by patients aged 12 to 20 had evidence of follow-up care. Other OAS publications and services This Short Report,The DAWN Report - Emergency Department Visits Involving Underage Alcohol Use: 2008, is based on the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) conducted by SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older. |
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SAMHSA, an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services, is the Federal Government's lead agency for improving the quality and availability of substance abuse prevention, addiction treatment, and mental health services in the United States.
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