Although the biggest concern with drinking has traditionally been getting behind the wheels afterwards, a new US government alcohol poisoning report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that there's an even bigger danger in the very toxic elements of alcohol.

The new US government alcohol poisoning report by the CDC shows that, in the United States of America, the biggest alcohol-related risk isn't driving under the influence as had been previously thought of, but rather that a certain age and gender group has a very high tendency towards suffering intoxication from different types of alcohol.

According to Yahoo! News, the US government alcohol poisoning CDC report states that, on average, six people in the country die every day from alcohol intoxication, without even getting behind a wheel, into a fight or any other extreme behavior often associated with mishaps during inebriated states.

MenaFN reports that the US government alcohol poisoning happens mostly amongst middle-aged white men, as stated by the CDC report on the subject, entitled "Alcohol Poisoning Deaths." Also, it appears that, proportionately, the most alcohol intoxication deaths per million people don't necessarily come from white men, but rather from American Indians as well as Alaska natives.

Alaska, the northernmost state in the union and by definition the coldest one as it's nearest to the North Pole, has the highest death of alcohol poisoning in the entire country, as there are 46.5 deaths per a million residents each year; possibly in a misguided attempt to fight the cold weather.

US News states that alcohol intoxication is caused by binge drinking (which is to say, consuming large amounts of alcohol in a very short period of time), something that's dangerous because it can cause the body to shut down the areas of the brain that control functions as vital as body temperature and breathing, something that could lead to a coma or even death.

Furthermore, the US government alcohol poisoning report also shows that the state with the lowest rate of alcohol poisoning deaths per million citizens is in the state of Alabama, with 5.3 deaths per million.