Cheap alcohol increases mortality statistics among girls and young women in the UK. With this warning to the authorities seek experts.
Scientists from the Centre for Population Health conducted a study in Glasgow problems female alcoholism Which showed that the number of women under the age of 34 years who die from diseases and disorders associated with alcohol, such as cirrhosis of the liver, with 1980 increased by 2 times. And if in the past 10 years, the number of alcohol deaths among young men fell, among women it is, on the contrary, it increased regularly.
The experts compared the data on mortality due to alcohol in Glasgow, Manchester and Liverpool, and concluded that the surge of guilt female alcoholism among the youngest is cheap alcohol, as well as changing attitudes toward drinking ladies. Today it is no longer considered something shocking and atypical, as it was a few decades ago.
Scientists emphasize that older members of this group, which is now up to 34 years old, will die more often. Currently, every year 8,700 Britons leave this life because of liver disease, alcohol-related. These figures fall and those who die from alcohol poisoning. Authorities continue negotiations to establish a minimum price of alcohol, and to prohibit discounts on the purchase of several alcoholic beverages that are practiced in supermarkets. However, recently, these plans have been postponed again, and a group of experts who worked on their formulation, in protest resigned. (READ MORE)
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