Tuesday, February 19, 2008

SERIES alcohol facts

Since my poster is geared towards college students, I wanted to find information and statistics based on college drinking and alcohol abuse. I found one website that had tons of that had tons of statistics on alcohol drinking and sex: http://hcs.calpoly.edu/peerhealth/alcohol/info_students_stats.html
Here are a few:
  • As many as 70% of college students admit to having engaged in sexual activity primarily as a result of being under the influence of alcohol, or to having sex they wouldn't have had if they had been sober.
  • 90% of all campus rapes occur when alcohol has been used by either the assailant or the victim.
  • At least one out of five college students abandons safe sex practices when they're drunk, even if they do protect themselves when they're sober.
  • One in twelve college males admit to having committed acts that meet the legal definition of rape or acquaintance rape.
  • 55% of female students and 75% of male students involved in acquaintance rape admit to having been drinking or using drugs when the incident occurred.
  • 60% of college women who are infected with STDs, including genital herpes and AIDS, report that they were under the influence of alcohol at the time they had intercourse with the infected person.

I found another good site with college drinking stats which I could use in my series. "The consequences of excessive and underage drinking affect virtually all college campuses, college communities, and college students, whether they choose to drink or not." http://www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov/StatsSummaries/snapshot.aspx These two websites have really good statistics that actually relate to my concept and audience!!

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