Table 7). Similarly, Kanny and colleagues (2015) found that 76% of fatal alcohol poisonings occur among men ages 35–64. Analyses presented here used different age categorizations than White and colleagues, so we cannot make direct comparisons, but the risk for both alcohol-related injury and chronic illness among binge drinkers appears to increase dramatically as a function of age. Thus, even small absolute increases in rates of binge drinking among older Americans—which correspond to large relative increases—likely account for a substantial increase in alcohol-related injury and disease burden.
