Alcohol Abuse

The rate of alcohol-related deaths per capita is very high in Oklahoma.

13.6% of Oklahoma adults over 18 binge drink at least once per month.
The median number of drinks per binge is 5.6; the 25% most active drinkers consume a median 7.9 drinks per binge.
Binge drinking adults in Oklahoma binge a median 1.5 times monthly; the 25% most active drinkers binge 3.8 times per month.
An average of 2,104 annual deaths in Oklahoma are attributable to excessive alcohol use.
The 5-year average annual rate of excessive alcohol deaths per capita in Oklahoma increased by as much as 40.0% from 2015 to 2019.
Oklahoma averages one (1) death from excessive alcohol use for every 1,882 people aged 18 and older or 7.00 deaths for every 10,000 adults.
68.6% of people who die from excessive alcohol use in Oklahoma are male.
58.7% of excessive alcohol use deaths are from chronic causes, such as Alcohol Use Disorder.
85.0% of deaths in Oklahoma from excessive alcohol use are adults aged 35 years and older.
2.76% of people in Oklahoma who die from excessive alcohol use are under the age of 21.
The CDC estimates 54,217 years of potential life is lost to excessive alcohol use each year.
Oklahoma taxpayers spent $3.081 billion as a result of excessive alcohol use in 2010; adjusted for inflation, this is equivalent to $4.160 billion or $3.36 per drink in 2022 US$.

ADDICTION

Marijuana Anonymous 1-800-766-6779

Alcohol Treatment Referral Hotline (24 hours) 1-800-252-6465

Families Anonymous 1-800-736-9805

Cocaine Hotline (24 hours) 1-800-262-2463

Drug Abuse National Helpline 1-800-662-4357

National Association for Children of Alcoholics 1-888-554-2627

Ecstasy Addiction 1-800-468-6933

Alcoholics for Christ 1-800-441-7877