Alcohol Use Disorder | The Facts | 6 Deaths Every Minute

3 Million Deaths from the harmful use of alcohol every year.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) have published some shocking facts about the harmful use of alcohol. It attributes the following:

25% Female Deaths
75% Male Deaths

100% of Alcohol Use Disorders
18% of Suicides
18% of Interpersonal Violence
27% of Traffic Injuries
13% of Epilepsy
48%of Liver Cirrhosis
26% of Mouth Cancers
20% of Tuberculosis
11% of Colorectal Cancer
5% of Breast Cancer
7% of Hypertensive Heart Disease.

The WHO has identified the following 3 interventions as the most cost-effective.

1. Regulate Alcohol Distribution.
2. Restrict or Ban Advertising.
3. Increase Prices.

Source: https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/infographics-pdf/alcohol/infographic-alcohol-2018.pdf