Alcohol -related deaths in the UK achieved a record, with 10473 people died in 2023 as a result of severe drinking, statistics It was revealed.
This is an increase in 10,048 deaths. The National Statistics Office registered in the four countries in the United Kingdom during the year 2022, the first time that more than 10,000 of these deaths have occurred.
Health experts said the numbers were tragic and tragic and as a result of the increase in problematic consumption that started during the Kofid locks in 2020. They urged the ministers to make more effort to address the harm associated with drinking, including bringing the minimum unit prices (MUP) alcohol.
“Today’s personalities draw a bleak picture of the constant damage caused Alcohol Health AllianceAn alliance of 60 medical groups, charities and treatment providers.
The ministers must become harsh on “cheap alcohol that can be easily accessible and [the] He added that the aggressive marketing that normalizes excessive drinking. “
The number of people who drink is increasing at dangerous levels – above the recommendations of medical officials in the United Kingdom from 14 units per week – every year, the Charitable Society Alcohol He said change the UK. It highlights many health issues caused by alcohol, from headache and sleep problems to high blood pressure, anxiety and cancer.
Ash Singon, Director of Research and Public Affairs of the Charitable Society, said that the numbers of “Thousands” included more deaths in 2023, which were caused by cases where alcohol was an important factor, including cardiovascular disease, mental illness and cancer.
He explained its numbers, ONS said: “The deaths of alcohol only include those cases where every death is a direct result of alcohol-that is, causes that are fully attributed such as alcoholic liver disease. It does not include all deaths that can be attributed to alcohol.”
Ons also showed:
Men are more likely to die than women’s weakness as a result of excess alcohol consumption, and they continue in a long direction.
Scotland and Northern Ireland had higher rates of alcohol -related deaths from England or Wales.
In England, the northeast had the highest rate of mortality -25.7 per 100,000 people-and East England is the lowest rate of 11.5 per 100,000 people.
ONS data also showed that although the number of alcohol -related deaths was the highest ever, the rate that occurred throughout the UK has already decreased, from 16.6 per 100,000 people in 2022 to 15.9 per 100,000 in 2023 However, the rate increased last year in England and Wales to 15 and 17.7 per 100,000, respectively.
Alcohol deaths are still more common in Scotland and Northern Ireland, as they were years ago. The prices there were in 2023 higher – at 22.6 and 18.5 per 100,000 respectively.
“We have seen standard alcohol deaths in the United Kingdom every year since the epidemic. This simply cannot become the new normal, so the government must make alcohol treatment a top priority in 2025.
“For the success of the government’s health growth and missions, we need measures that have proven effective in reducing alcohol damage. The minimum unit pricing of alcohol has led to a 13 % reduction in alcohol deaths in Scotland, with the greatest benefits that were seen among the most deprived societies.”
Among the required new policies, “MUP for England is the maximum priority, as it will provide most of the fastest spirits.”
“Alcohol kills young people, and they are deprived of thousands of families throughout the United Kingdom to their loved ones very early. From an economic perspective, this puts pressure on our productivity, as it lost 150,000 years of practical life due to alcohol in 2023 in England alone .
