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Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK (ons.gov.uk)
2 points by DanBC on Nov 7, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


I'm submitting this because the .gov.uk websites are all excellent; because the ONS provides comprehensive and clear information about a wide range of topics; and because alcohol harm is sometimes discussed on HN so it's good to have excellent info about it.

The other pages to accompany this - witth listts of data used - is here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/alcoholrelateddeathsintheukr...

> In 2016, a total of 7,327 people died from alcohol-specific causes in the UK, which equates to a rate of 11.7 deaths per 100,000 population.

But this excludes disease where only a proportion of death is caused by alcohol, such as cancer of the mouth, oesophagus or liver.


It's sad that alcohol abuse is still such a prominent issue in the UK - we see so many people having their stomachs pumped, getting completely paralytic and doing things that they would never do without alcohol fuelling their actions.




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