Binge drinking is not just a recipe for drama causing on a night out on the town, the habit of drinking excessively in one sitting is incredibly dangerous. According to a new report, binge drinking is so dangerous that in the U.S. six people die each day from the habit.

The official report came through the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention noted that a high majority of those who die from binge drinking are men. Interestingly only a small percentage of binge drinking related deaths occur in people under the age of 24, and that most occur between the ages of 35 to 64.

College drinkers are considered to engage in high rates of binge drinking, because the majority of underage drinking that occurs is binge drinking in nature. This study points to the important fact however that it binge drinking retains its risk or perhaps even gets more dangerous well into adulthood.

Binge drinking significantly raises the risks of alcohol. When people die from a session of binge drinking, it is because the levels of alcohol in the blood raise high enough that they shut down the parts of the brain that are in control of the breathing, body temperature, and heart rate.

People will generally become symptomatic as this occurs, showing confusion, loss of consciousness, clammy skin, vomiting, any trouble breathing, or a significantly slowing heart rate. The more alcohol that is drunk in a session, the higher the risks are for any of these things to occur.

What complicates this matter a bit, is the fact that alcohol can affect different people in very different ways. The effect of alcohol can change depending on body mass, gender, tolerance, diet, and even the hormonal makeup of a body. Because of this there is not one specific amount of alcohol that is considered a danger zone, but it is generally suggested that men stick to less than five drinks within two hours for men and less than four drinks within two hours for women.

Research also shows that most binge drinkers are not alcoholics. Alcoholics have an addiction and tolerance to alcohol and less than one third of the alcohol poisoning related deaths occur in that category or drinker. In fact 90 percent of people who report binge drinking a few times a month are not classified as alcoholics.

It is important for any drinker to note that they might be putting themselves at risk even if they only drink sporadically. Most deaths from binge drinking are however seen in older men.

Even when drinking is responsible more for painful hangovers than for more serious health issues, its effects can be long lasting. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention have estimated that hangovers cost the United States more than $220 billion annually. That comes out to about $1.90 each drink. The majority of these estimates come directly from the loss of productivity in the workplace that occurs when employees are recovering from over doing it on the booze.

Currently there are no effective remedies for hangovers, or for the health issues brought on my drinking, besides abstaining from alcohol or drinking in moderation.