THE MACRO VIEW
Percentage of the American workforce who admit to drinking five or
more drinks at one time on five or more days within the last month:
12
Percentage of industrial fatalities directly linked to alcohol:
40
Average yearly income of nonalcoholic men aged 45-59:
$24,000
Average yearly income of alcoholic men the same age: $16,000
HOOCH ON THE BRAIN
Percentage of employees in substance-abuse employee-assistance
programs (EPAs) who report being moderately depressed: 34
Percentage of the general public who report being moderately
depressed: 9
Percentage of alcoholic employees with attendance problems:
33.5
Percentage of non-alcoholic employees with attendance problems:
18.8
WHO ARE THEY?
Percentage of workers who are alcohol dependent (by
profession):
Kindergarten teachers: 5
Architects: 12
Police and fire fighters: 10
Physicians: 2
Editors and reporters: 20
Construction workers: 20
Registered nurses: 3
Bartenders: 42
MEN, WOMEN, AND BOOZE
Percentage of workers diagnosed as alcohol dependent (by
sex):
Men in the labor force: 14.6
Women in the labor force: 5.7
Male engineers: 7.6
Female engineers: 12.3
Male chefs. 23
Female chefs: 5.2
Male lawyers: 11.3
Female lawyers: 3.6
Male social workers: 18.2
Female social workers: 4.9
COMPANY POLICY
Percentage of companies that have had employees with
substance-abuse problems: 96
Percentage of companies that tested employees for drug use in 1988:
42
Percentage of companies that tested employees in 1993: 78
Percentage of companies that feel employee substance-abuse is worse
today than it was five years ago: 77
Sources: Far Cliffs Consulting, National Council on Alcoholism and
Drug Dependence, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism
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