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STop UNhealthy (STUN) Alcohol Use Now!

Unhealthy alcohol use is the third leading cause of preventable deaths in the US and a key contributor to recent declines in U.S. life expectancy. STUN Alcohol Use Now aims to use practice support to help small to medium-size primary care practices identify and provide appropriate services -- evidence-based screening, counseling, and medications -- for people with unhealthy alcohol use.

Recommended Limits

Men <65: ≤
4 drinks/day
and ≤14/week 
Women all ages and
men ≥65:
≤3 drinks/day
and ≤7/week
Hangover from alcohol could last long after the pandemic ends. Chart showing decrease in age-adjusted mortality rates in U.S. adults aged 25-64 years, from 1999 through 2010, followed by increase, caused largely by alcohol, drugs, and suicide, across all racial groups. Chart showing increase in age-standardized rates of alcohol-induced death, in both men and women, from 2000 to 2016 Map showing rates of alcohol-involved fatal crashes in North Carolina, by county, from 2013-2017 Graphic showing U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation, 2018: The USPSTF recommends screening for unhealthy alcohol use in primary care settings in adults 18 or older, including pregnant women, and providing persons engaged in risky or hazardous drinking with brief behavioral counseling interventions to reduce unhealthy alcohol use. Graphic showing standardized drink equivalents for beer or wine coolers, malt liquor or microbrews, table wine, and 80-proof spirits (hard liquor) Alcohol: Third leading cause of preventable death, key contributor to recent decreases in U.S. life expectancy Map showing rates of alcohol-attributable deaths in North Carolina, by county, during 2018