Drinking And Driving Still A 'Serious' Public Health Problem
WESTPORT, Dec 03 (Reuters Health) - Despite decreases in the number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities in recent years, the federal government warned in a report released Thursday that drinking and driving remains a "serious" health problem. "In 1998, 15,935 people died and 305,000 were injured in alcohol- related traffic crashes in the United States," officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia.
Reported in the December 3rd issue of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.