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Key statistics
10.7 million
adult women had alcohol use disorder
In 2024, 8.0% of U.S. women ages 18 and older met the criteria for past-year alcohol use disorder.
Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2025 update using 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data ↗520,000
girls ages 12 to 17 had alcohol use disorder
In 2024, 4.1% of girls ages 12 to 17 met the criteria for past-year alcohol use disorder.
Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2025 update using 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health data ↗58,700
annual deaths among women and girls
During 2020 to 2021, excessive alcohol use was linked with about 58,700 deaths each year among U.S. women and girls.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, August 2024 ↗35%
increase in alcohol-related deaths
The annual number of deaths among women and girls linked with excessive alcohol use was 35% higher in 2020 to 2021 than in 2016 to 2017.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, August 2024 ↗15,319
female liver disease deaths involved alcohol
Of U.S. liver disease deaths in 2023, 15,319 among females involved alcohol.
Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, data updated January 2025 ↗14.3
deaths per 100,000 women ages 45+
In 2024, the age-adjusted alcohol-induced death rate among U.S. women ages 45 and older was 14.3 deaths per 100,000.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, August 2026 ↗Definitions used by the CDC
The thresholds are lower for women.
The CDC defines binge drinking for women as four or more drinks on an occasion. It defines heavy drinking for women as eight or more drinks in a week. These are public-health definitions, not a substitute for an individual assessment.
Read the CDC definitions ↗Methodology and sources
How these figures were selected.
Kingdom Empower Her selected recent U.S. figures published by federal public-health agencies. Each statistic above links directly to the source that reports it. Alcohol use disorder estimates come from the 2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Death figures use the source’s stated years and definitions, so they should not be treated as interchangeable.
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: Alcohol Use Disorder in the United States
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Facts About U.S. Deaths from Excessive Alcohol Use
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism: Alcohol and the Human Body
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Alcohol-Induced Death Rates Among Adults Ages 45 and Older
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Kingdom Empower Her. “Women and Alcohol: U.S. Statistics.” Updated September 7, 2026.
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