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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, @05:47PM (1 child)
No, it's 5% of all deaths, which is definitely more than a drop in the bucket. Put another way, if someone said only 1 out of every 2,566 people died when jumping off a cliff. Would you jump off the cliff? Now, here's the kicker. Not all of those 2,566 people consumed alcohol. According to the report only 283 million people in the entire population have alcohol related problems. So we divide 283M by 3M and our analogy for cliff jumping gets to something near only 1 out of every 93 or so people died when jumping off a cliff. Would you still jump?
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"
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday September 26 2018, @10:38PM
Only after some serious thought . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9m4cW2yxy0 [youtube.com]