Health experts demand a difficult work to treat a record number of elderly people who die due to severe drinking, amid a historical transformation of alcohol by young generations.
The UK has a big transformation in generations in drinking habits, as many of more than 55 years consume dangerous sums at the same time as Under-35S adopts Tetotal lifestyles.
In 2020, many elderly people who started drinking when Covid continued to do this, while those under the age of 55 returned to prenatal consumption levels.
Britain’s relationship with alcohol returned to the spotlight after the National Statistical Office (ONS) revealed on Thursday that alcohol deaths Score From 10,473 in 2023.
However, alcohol experts claim that the number of real deaths is three times higher, once deaths from diseases are closely related to drinking, including heart disease and many types of cancer. Theeones said that the definition of deaths “is fully attributed” to alcohol suffocates the dark truth.
There were 8,276 deaths in England in 2023 as a direct result of drinking, which is called “alcohol deaths”. However, the government office data for the improvement of health and disparities (OHID) show that 22,644 other deaths include alcohol partially, with a total of 30,920 deaths, according to Ash Singon, Director of Research and Public Affairs in Alcohol Changing the UK.
Singon said that the total of 30,920 represents a sharp rise in the 25349 deaths in 2019, before the roaming epidemic led to an increase in drinking.
Collin Angus, a professor of alcohol studies at the University of Sheffield, has described the mutation of drinks related to drinks in recent years as a “shock”. However, he said that the situation was “much worse” than it appeared, as ONS characters dramatically reduced the extent of drinks associated with drinks.
last Ohid data In December, she explained that more people die prematurely-before they reached 75 years of alcohol-related liver. The number of these early deaths in England increased by 93 % since 2001, and reached 5,984 in 2023. Sunderland was found to the highest rate, and Barnetted in London lower.
The blatant difference in drinking behavior between generations is highlighted by the fact that the number of people in the fifties and sixties of England with alcohol -related liver disease increased by 73 % and 101 %, respectively, in the contract between 2014-15 and 2023-24. But the numbers rose sharply – between 14 % and 31 % – among those between the ages of 18 and 49, and England numbers appear.
Singonon said: “On the one hand, you drink younger groups less or nothing, and they are leading the mutation in non -low alcoholic drinks, whose sales are the highest in London.
“On the other hand, we have the elderly, especially in the most deprived areas such as the northeast, and drinking them much more than that, which is affected by these tragic people. [ONS] Numbers. “
There are increasing calls for England to follow the example of Scotland and bring the minimum unit price of alcohol (MUP) as part of a set of measures to reduce drinking harm. Experts say This policy, which was presented by Scotland in 2018 despite the opposition of the beverage industry, reduced harmful drinking and helps to clarify the cause of alcohol deaths in Scotland while they continued to rise in England. Wales also brought MUP in 2020.
Scottish government MUP raised by 30 % – From 50p to 65p of the unit – in recent years in response to high inflation. This means that wine, beer and spiritual drinks should be sold at the lowest prices, which in turn limits consumption.
“The increase in alcohol deaths in the UK is mainly driven by a sharp rise in England, which represents 86 % of additional deaths in 2023 [compared to 2022]Dr. Catherine Sever, CEO of the Institute of Alcohol Studies, said. “There is a major difference between the two countries, which is the political effort that has been made in tackling alcohol damage in recent years.
“Alcohol has become more affordable in recent years in recent years, due to the successful pressure by alcohol trading societies for tax exemptions. This has led directly to drinking more people at higher levels, which contributed to increasing deaths.”
Sentelton said that high -strength apple wine and spirits of the brand of the supermarket and wine that contains a high percentage of alcohol shows the increasing ability to drink and contribute to healthy harm.
He said: “Consumers in Scotland and Wales are protected from these dangerous drinks because these countries have introduced the minimum pricing of unity, but people in England are not without this protection, so we need to intensify our government and provide it in England.”
A spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare said: It is unacceptable that alcohol death has reached a record level.
“Urgent work is very important, and this is why we invest 267 million pounds in the treatment of drugs and alcohol in 2024/25, to ensure more people get better quality support.”
