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Abstract: Alcohol abuse in the State of Minnesota has an impact on health, health care resources, and the economy. Alcohol abuse was related to 3.3 per ¢ (1, 150) of deaths in Minnesota in 1983: of these, almost one-third were the result of fatal injuries. Alcohol abuse contributed to 12 per ¢ (33,909) of all years of potential life lost, two-thirds of which were secondary to injury. The estimated cost of alcohol abuse ranged from $1.4 billion to $2.1 billion, representing from 2.8 per ¢ to 4.3 per tent of rill personal income of Minnesotans, from 32 per ¢ to 50 per ¢ of State expenditures. and from 26 to 39 times the alcohol excise tax revenues generated in 1983. Alcohol-related direct medical CaFe costs were estimated to be at least $216 million. 3.8 per ¢ of Minnesota medical costs for 1983. Costs of reduced on-the-job productivity and short-term absentecism related to alcohol abuse were estimated to be between $630 million and $1.2 billion. The documentation of the costs of alcohol abuse is an important step in the campaign to reduce alcohol-related deaths, morbidity, and health care costs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]