Deaths from liver disease increased by 40% in 10 years

Deaths from liver disease in the UK for 10 years has grown by 40%. Experts attribute this to the abuse of alcohol and unhealthy diets.

liver disease

A third of the victims liver disease   faced with this disease because of obesity, and two thirds due to alcohol abuse. Thus mortality from these diseases has been steadily growing in the UK, although in the rest of Europe reduced. Every year in Britain alone, excluding Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales on liver disease   died 11 000 people, although alcoholism, and obesity is a disorder that can be prevented.

Statistics published this Party Parliamentary Hepatology Group, whose members call on the UK government to take urgent measures in connection with the "catastrophic" increase in the number of people with a diseased liver. Public figures accuse the leaders of the British health in the absence of a coherent strategy to combat liver disease, despite the fact that this very strategy of charitable societies and experts have been working for more than three years.

"Liver disease is only one of the five major causes of death for residents of the UK, the number of victims is continuing to grow in the absence of a coherent government strategy to combat this phenomenon, - says the head of the parliamentary group of Hepatology, a member of parliament from the Conservative Party, David Amasa. - If now is not take urgent coordinated action, in less than a generation of liver disease has become the main killers in the country. And what a tragic loss of lives wasted, because almost all of these diseases can be prevented! "(Read More)

Industry News

Go back to the main page