at-risk drinking

Introduction

For older adults > 65 years of age:

• > 3 drinks* on a single day
• > 7 drinks/week

* 1 drink = 12 oz of beer, 5 oz of wine, or 1.5 oz of hard liquor

Complications

• impaired driving
• increased risk of traumatic injury
• increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke*

* > 8 drinks/day which woun

More general terms

• alcohol abuse (includes alcohol use disorder, risky alcohol use)

Additional terms

• alcoholic beverage