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HOW MUCH ARE WE DRINKING? WHY DOES IT MATTER? 1 in 2 1 in 3 Nearly half of adults 19+ in Thunder Bay District report drinking in excess of the Low Risk Drinking Guidelines. 1 Don’t drink if you are: 40% of car crashes involve alcohol. 6 Alcohol ranks 2nd (behind tobacco) as a leading risk factor for disease, disability and death. 3 WHAT IS A DRINK? WHEN ZERO IS THE LIMIT 1 in 3 adults in Ontario report experiencing harm from someone else’s drinking. 7 Alcohol is related to over 65 diseases and conditions and is a known risk factor for cancer. 4 Beer 341 ml (12 oz.) 5% alcohol content Wine 142 ml (5 oz.) 12% alcohol content Distilled Alcohol (1.5 oz.) (rye, gin, rum, etc.) 40% alcohol content In 2011, alcohol consumption cost Ontario an estimated $1.7 billion in direct health care costs and $3.6 billion in indirect costs. 8 1 in 10 Ontario deaths are directly or indirectly related to alcohol misuse. 5 high school students in Northern Ontario report binge drinking at least once in the past month. 2 • Under the legal drinking age • Driving a vehicle or using machinery/tools • Taking medicine or other drugs that interact with alcohol • Responsible for the safety of others • Living with mental or physical health problems • Making important decisions • Doing any kind of dangerous physical activity • Living with alcohol dependence Reduce your short term risk of injury No more than 2 drinks a day most days for women No more than 3 drinks a day most days for men Reduce your long term risk of disease No more than 10 drinks a week for women No more than 15 drinks a week for men TBDHU.COM REDUCE YOUR RISK: Follow Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines 9 • Pregnant or planning to become pregnant SoURceS: 1. Public Health Ontario. Snapshots: Thunder Bay District Health Unit: Self-reported rate of exceeding the Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines (Either guideline 1 or 2) - overall crude rate 2011-2012. Tornoto, ON: Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; Nov 20 2013 [cited Aug 2015]. 2. Boak, A., Hamilton, H.A., Adlaf, E.M., & Mann, R.E. (2013). Drug use among Ontario Students, 1977-2013: Detailed OSDUHS ﬁndings. Toronto, ON: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. 3. World Health Organization. (2014). Global status report on alcohol and health, Geneva. Switzerland: World Health Organization. 4. Cancer Care Ontario (2014). Cancer Risk Factors in Ontario: Alcohol. Toronto: Queen’s Printer for Ontario. 5. Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. (2012) Alcohol and substance abuse prevention [Internet]. Toronto, ON: Queen’s Printer for Ontario. 6. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.(2012) Initial report on public health: Adult heavy drinking [internet] Queens Printer for Ontario. 7. Giesbrecht et al (2010) Collateral damage from alcohol: implications of ‘secondhand effects of drinking’ for population and health priorities. Addiction, 105, 1323-1325. 8. Durham Region Health Department, Region of Waterloo, Public Health, York Region Community and Health Services, Public Health Branch & Halton Region Health Department; (2014) Addressing alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms at the local level: A locally driven collaborative project. Retrieved 12/10/14 from www.oninjuryresources.ca/ldcpalcohol. 9. Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA). Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines. Retrieved 09/10/14 from http://www.ccsa.ca/Eng/topics/alcohol/drinking-guidelines/Pages/default.aspx

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Page 1: 12 drinking in excess of the Low in 3 Risk Drinking Guidelines. 1 · 2019-12-16 · Snapshots: Thunder Bay District Health Unit: Self-reported rate of exceeding the Low-Risk Alcohol

HOW MUCH ARE WE DRINKING?

WHY DOES IT MATTER?

1 in 2 1 in 3Nearly half of adults 19+ in Thunder Bay District report drinking in excess of the Low Risk Drinking Guidelines.1

Don’t drink if you are:

40% of car crashes involve alcohol.6

Alcohol ranks 2nd (behind tobacco) as a leading risk factor for disease, disability and death.3

What is a drink? When zero is the limit

1 in 3 adults in Ontario report experiencing harm from someone else’s drinking.7

Alcohol is related to over 65 diseases and conditions and is a known risk factor for cancer.4

Beer341 ml(12 oz.)5%alcoholcontent

Wine142 ml (5 oz.)12% alcohol content

Distilled Alcohol (1.5 oz.) (rye, gin, rum, etc.)40% alcohol content

In 2011, alcohol consumption cost Ontario an estimated $1.7 billion in direct health care costs and $3.6 billion in indirect costs.8

1 in 10 Ontario deaths are directly or indirectly related to alcohol misuse.5

high school students in Northern Ontario report binge drinking at least once in the past month.2

• Underthelegaldrinking age

• Drivingavehicleorusing machinery/tools

• Takingmedicineorother drugs that interact with alcohol

• Responsibleforthesafety of others

• Livingwithmentalor physical health problems

• Makingimportantdecisions

• Doinganykindofdangerous physical activity

• Livingwithalcoholdependence

Reduce your short term risk of injury

No more than 2 drinks a day most days for women

No more than 3 drinks a day most days for men

Reduce your long term risk of disease

No more than 10 drinks a week for women

No more than 15 drinks a week for men

TBDHU.COM

REDUCE YOUR RISK: Follow Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines 9

• Pregnantor planning to become pregnant

SoURceS:1. Public Health Ontario. Snapshots: Thunder Bay District Health Unit: Self-reported rate of exceeding the Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines (Either guideline 1 or 2) - overall crude rate 2011-2012. Tornoto, ON: Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion; Nov 20 2013 [cited Aug 2015]. 2. Boak, A., Hamilton, H.A., Adlaf, E.M., & Mann, R.E. (2013). Drug use among Ontario Students, 1977-2013: Detailed OSDUHS findings. Toronto, ON: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. 3. World Health Organization. (2014). Global status report on alcohol and health, Geneva. Switzerland: World Health Organization. 4. Cancer Care Ontario (2014). Cancer Risk Factors in Ontario: Alcohol. Toronto: Queen’s Printer for Ontario. 5. Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. (2012) Alcohol and substance abuse prevention [Internet]. Toronto, ON: Queen’s Printer for Ontario. 6. Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.(2012) Initial report on public health: Adult heavy drinking [internet] Queens Printer for Ontario. 7. Giesbrecht et al (2010) Collateral damage from alcohol: implications of ‘secondhand effects of drinking’ for population and health priorities. Addiction, 105, 1323-1325. 8. Durham Region Health Department, Region of Waterloo, Public Health, York Region Community and Health Services, Public Health Branch & Halton Region Health Department; (2014) Addressing alcohol consumption and alcohol-related harms at the local level: A locally driven collaborative project. Retrieved 12/10/14 from www.oninjuryresources.ca/ldcpalcohol. 9. Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA). Canada’s Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines. Retrieved 09/10/14 from http://www.ccsa.ca/Eng/topics/alcohol/drinking-guidelines/Pages/default.aspx

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