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Excessive drinking killed over 3 million people in 2016
Drinking too much alcohol killed more than 3 million people in 2016, mostly men, the World Health Organization said.
The U.N. health agency also warned that current policy responses are not sufficient to reverse trends predicting an increase in consumption over the next 10 years.
In a new report Friday, the agency said that about 237 million men and 46 million women faced alcohol problems, with the highest prevalence in Europe and the Americas. Europe has the highest global per capita alcohol consumption, even though it has already dropped by 10 percent since 2010.
Around a third of alcohol-related deaths were a result of injuries, including car crashes and self-harm, while about one in five were due to either digestive disorders or cardiovascular diseases. Cancers, infectious diseases, mental disorders and other health conditions were also to blame.
From the Chapter 4 summary:
In 2016, the harmful use of alcohol resulted in some 3 million deaths (5.3% of all deaths) worldwide and 132.6 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) – i.e. 5.1% of all DALYs in that year. Mortality resulting from alcohol consumption is higher than that caused by diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and diabetes. Among men in 2016, an estimated 2.3 million deaths and 106.5 million DALYs were attributable to the consumption of alcohol. Women experienced 0.7 million deaths and 26.1 million DALYs attributable to alcohol consumption.
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(Score: 2) by Freeman on Wednesday September 26 2018, @05:59PM
The problem isn't related to everyone who had a dose of cough syrup. Or even, the people who occasionally have a drink. The problem is the abuse of alcohol. Even the bible promoted the use of Alcohol for medicinal purposes or even just to make the water drinkable. 1 Timothy 5:23 "23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities." (Sounds like good old Montezuma's Revenge, before Montezuma was even alive.) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Timothy+5:23&version=KJV [biblegateway.com] The use of Alcohol isn't forbidden. The bible is definitely against using it excessively and in more than one case points out the folly of drunkenness.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"