Women More Likely to Have Serious Drinking Problems

In what looks to be another way to differentiate the sexes, women are more likely to be seriously affected by problem drinking than men.

A new study by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism confirms this even though fewer women across the country consume alcohol than men. The study shows female alcoholics have death rates that are 50-100 percent higher than their male counterparts. These deaths vary from causes such as suicide, accidents, stroke, heart failure and cirrhosis of the liver.

Despite this serious drawback for the fairer sex, almost 40,000 women each year drink enough to have babies born with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. FASD can cause shorter children, lower IQ’s, mental retardation and organ defects. Additionally, it is almost 100 times more expensive to raise a child with FASD than one without.

Even so, FASD is completely preventable and pregnant women can go to the National Organization of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome website for information on drinking at www.nofas.org.

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