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  2. Alcohol and Native Americans - Wikipedia

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    Of all alcohol-attributable deaths, motor vehicle accidents account for 27.5% and alcoholic liver disease accounts for 25.2%. Alcohol-related fatal car accidents are three times more prevalent among Native Americans than in other ethnicities. Alcohol was shown to be a factor in 69% of all suicides of Native Americans between 1980 and 1998. [163]

  3. Health of Native Americans in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The two populations' heavy drinking (5+ drinks on an occasion 5+ days in the past month) estimates were also similar: 8.3% and 7.5%, respectively. [37] Nonetheless, Native Americans may be more vulnerable to the health risks associated with drinking because of lack of access to health care, safe housing and clean water. [38]

  4. Indigenous health in Australia - Wikipedia

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    In 2010–2011, health expenditure for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people was estimated at A$4.6 billion, or 3.7% of Australia's total recurrent health expenditure. [28] The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population comprised 2.5% of the Australian population at this time. [28]

  5. Alcohol and society - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol education is the planned provision of information and skills relevant to living in a world where alcohol is commonly misused. [3] WHO Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health, highlights the fact that alcohol will be a larger problem in later years, with estimates suggesting it will be the leading cause of disability and death.

  6. Stereotypes of Indigenous peoples of Canada and the United ...

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    This stereotype became most prominent in the mid to late twentieth century when alcoholism became the number one cause of death according to the Indian Health Services (IHS). Reports from the mid-1980s state that this was the time period when the IHS began to primarily target the treatment of alcoholism over its past treatments of infectious ...

  7. How Much Alcohol Is Safe to Drink Without Putting Your Health ...

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    A new federal report shows that one drink per day could raise the risk of liver damage and several cancers. The report follows a recommendation by the U.S. Surgeon General on safe alcohol ...

  8. Alcohol in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol sales were prohibited in the Australian Capital Territory between 1910 and 1928. Four referendums regarding the prohibition of alcohol were conducted in Western Australia, including one in each of the years 1911, 1921, 1925 and 1950. In 1837, laws were passed to prevent Aboriginal access to alcohol as binge drinking became problematic. [6]

  9. 4 best supplements for an energy boost, according to experts

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    A study published in the journal Medicine compared the results of two groups with fatigue and vitamin D deficiency—one of which was given vitamin D supplements, the other a placebo. In just four ...