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The number of college students killed due to drunk driving is rising in the United States of America.
Based on the data gathered by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) it was discovered that drinking-related, accidental deaths among 18- to 24-year-old students have been creeping upward from 1,440 in 1998 to 1,825 in 2005.
According to the data from NIAAA, the proportion of students who reported recent heavy episodic drinking (sometimes called "binge drinking") rose from roughly 42 percent to 45 percent and the proportion who admitted to drinking and driving in the past year increased from 26.5 percent to 29 percent.
The recent data already alarmed lead researcher Ralph Hingson, Sc.D., M.P.H., director of the NIAAA’s division of epidemiology and prevention research.

Proper measures should be done to stop the rising number drunk driving deaths among college students.

Hingson explained the data just showed that government and school officials need to work even harder to weed out drinking addiction among the college students to protect their health and well-being.
The lead researcher said government and school officials need to work together to create a comprehensive strategy to address the drinking addiction problem among college students.
The lead researcher added broader legislation should also be undertaken by both Congress and Senate to deter college students from engaging in drinking addiction.
Furthermore, Hingson said state laws that set the legal drinking age at 21 have been credited with reducing alcohol-related road deaths.
He noted, that the increases in heavy episodic drinking, drinking and driving, and alcohol-related deaths were seen among 21- to 24-year-olds, and not 18- to 20-year-olds.

According to a latest medical study, the birth and demand for fertility services among couples in the United States of America is low due to the global economic recession.
In the data released by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, it discovered that 13 states in the US had a decrease in the number of recorded births in 2008 compared with 2007.
The statistical data released by the Georgia Hospital Association has shown that, there were 5,352 fewer recorded births in Georgia in 2008 than in 2007.
Based on the evaluation of Mark Perloe, a Georgia Reproductive Specialists the low birth could be attributed to the 20% decline in the number of people seeking infertility services.
Perloe said due to this low demand for fertility services, his company was forced to offer as much as 70 percent discount on select services of fertility.
Meanwhile,  Elisabeth Burgess, a Georgia State University sociology professor who focuses on families, explained, in times of economic downturns, different people react in different ways.

Due to the economic recession, the demand for birth and fertility services is low.

Burgess said for some people, family becomes more important, so they might decide to have a child.
The latest statistical data showed that one cycle of treatment could cost $15,000 or more, which some people pay for through credit, retirement savings or home equity loans.
Moreover, the Journal-Constitution reports that some people delay planned pregnancy because of concerns over job security, health insurance, income and the cost of raising a child.
The data gathered at the USDA show that the average middle-class family would pay $11,000 to raise a child in the first year, with the largest portion of that cost going to childcare.
It is said that with the rising cost of basic commodities during the recession, it would just be okay to slow down on birth and demand for fertility services to save cost.