Drink deaths double for thirty-somethings

mkpdavies · 07-11-2006, 08:48 PM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770

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Deaths due to alcohol have doubled in the past 14 years, figures show.

The biggest rises were seen in men and women in their thirties and forties who were the first generation to start binge drinking as teenagers.

Data from the Office of National Statistics show that 8,386 people died last year from alcohol-related diseases, more than double the death toll of 4,144 in 1991.

Doctors and health campaigners have called on the Government to do more to tackle alcohol-related diseases instead of just focusing on the law and order aspects of binge drinking.

Medics have raised concerns that men and women in their twenties are now dying from liver disease brought on by drinking to excess.

Almost 30 men per 100,000 aged 35 to 54 died from alcohol-related causes last year, more than double the figure in 1991. A similar trend was seen in women, with 14 per 10,000 dying from drink last year, also double the rate 14 years ago.

Big pensions savings.

B.A.Ware · 08-11-2006, 12:27 AM

They came for smokers i didn't smoke so i did nothing.
They came for drinkers i didn't drink so i did nothing.
I'll add fatty food when it happens.

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08-11-2006, 12:27 AM	#2 (permalink)
B.A.Ware Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Birmingham Posts: 4,478 Party: UKIP	They came for smokers i didn't smoke so i did nothing. They came for drinkers i didn't drink so i did nothing. I'll add fatty food when it happens.