Number of alcohol poisonings among 12 to 18 year olds fell to a record low in 2022. In that year, around 10,680 children and young people in this age group were treated in a clinic nationwide for acute alcohol poisoning.
The health insurance company KKH registered the most young binge drinkers with alcohol poisoning, namely around 22,260 cases extrapolated, in 2012. The Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA) defines binge drinking as the consumption of at least five alcoholic drinks at a party.