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Drinking Leads to One in 25 Deaths
Posted on July 02, 2009
Here's a shocker to mull over the next time you sip your glass of heart-healthy cabernet: alcohol consumption causes one in 25 deaths worldwide, according to new research. The study, published in The Lancet, found that the mortality rate in Europe and particularly in Eastern Europe, was actually far higher, with one out of every 10 deaths directly related to alcohol. Alcohol also causes up to six percent of all disability worldwide. According to study director J rgen Rehm of the University of Toronto, alcohol-related mortality rates have risen dramatically even since 2000, and ...
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