More Americans are drinking alcohol in general, a new study finds, but perhaps more alarming is that many more fall into the categories of high-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder (AUD). In fact, the greatest increases in alcohol use were women, minorities, older adults, and people of lower socioeconomic status. High-risk drinking rose from about 10% to 13% of the population, or an almost 30% increase. In other words, people are drinking more alcohol than before, and more people are drinking alcohol than before. And for women, breast cancer, cirrhosis of the liver, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder are particular risks of alcohol use, especially heavy use.

Source: Forbes August 12, 2017 13:18 UTC