TABLE 1.

Trends in Alcohol-Attributable Mortality Among Young Adults Aged 18–24 Years: United States, 2001–2006

	No. of Alcohol-Attributable Deaths Among Young Adults Aged 18–20 Years							No. of Alcohol-Attributable Deaths Among Young Adults Aged 21–24 Years
Alcohol-Attributable Deaths	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	% Change 2001 to 2006	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	% Change 2001 to 2006
Chronic conditionsa	56	53	54	55	51	51	−9.3	281	264	271	274	253	254	−9.8
Acute conditions
Motor-vehicle traffic deaths	971	1042	987	988	980	980	0.9	1890	2004	1939	1966	2042	2058	8.9
Homicide	597	604	613	603	646	648	8.5	1201	1230	1245	1198	1276	1282	6.7
Suicide	262	256	253	274	265	265	1.3	569	580	580	589	582	584	2.6
Poisoning (alcohol)	9	10	12	11	10	10	13.2	21	28	19	24	24	25	17.5
Poisoning (not primarily alcohol)	112	137	152	173	192	192	71.8	330	410	471	503	596	598	81.3
Nonhighway deaths	150	151	142	143	141	143	−4.5	267	269	255	258	255	260	−2.5
Total	2157	2251	2214	2247	2284	2289	6.1	4559	4784	4779	4812	5028	5060	11.0

Source. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Alcohol-Related Disease Impact software (http://www.cdc.gov/Alcohol/ardi.htm).

^aChronic conditions refer to persistent long-term medical conditions or diseases such as alcoholic myopathy, alcoholic liver disease, or fetal alcohol syndrome. The specific conditions considered are available at: https://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/ardi.