ALCOHOL AND VULNERABLE YOUTH IN ROMANIA
Abstract:
Among adolescents and young people aged between 10 and 24, alcohol is the main risk factor, accounting for 7% of life years with incapacity or lost prematurely. Among young people, one in ten women’s deaths and one in four men’s deaths is related to alcohol. Adolescents and young people under the age of 25 represent a particularly vulnerable population due to inadequate risk perception. The earlier the onset of alcohol consumption, the stronger its relationship with chronic alcoholism, short-term abstinence, and severe health and social consequences. In the case of young people exposed to vulnerability factors, the risks associated with consumption are much higher than among the advantaged population. The pattern of consumption and sometimes the type of alcohol consumed, the alcohol consumption of parents and the disadvantaged socio-economic status amplify this gap.
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