One in eight deaths of Americans ages 20 to 64 is due to excessive alcohol consumption, according to a new study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study, "Estimated Deaths Attributable to Excessive Alcohol Use Among U.S. Adults Aged 20 to 64 Years, 2015...
More than 720 000 alcohol-related deaths were attributed to injuries, such as car crashes and interpersonal violence. And about 284 000 were due to communicable diseases, such as tuberculosis: alcohol consumption can suppress the immune system and increase the likelihood of infectio...
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Variables Alcohol-induced deaths were defined conservatively as deaths for which alcohol held a population attributable fraction of 1, ie, deaths that are, by definition, due to alcohol consumption and could be avoided if alcohol were not involved.10 Such deaths were identified from the underlying ...
To mitigate fatalities tied to alcohol consumption, it’s imperative that we confront these dangerous misunderstandings with improved educational strategies and rigorous enforcement of laws against driving under the influence (DUI). Automobile Deaths by Demographics ...
Deaths from liver disease have risen 25 percent in England in less than a decade, mainly due to increased alcohol consumption, a study revealed on Thursday. Alcohol-related liver disease in Britain, notorious for its binge-drinking culture, accounted for over a third (37 percent) of the death...
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Introduction Recently, the World Health Organization declared that even small amounts of alcohol consumption are detrimental to human health.1 In the US, alcohol ranks as the fourth leading cause of preventable death, trailing tobacco, poor diet and physical inactivity, and illegal drugs, resulting ...