Alcohol in the North East 2003
Evidence suggests that alcohol consumption across the UK has increased sharply inn recent years::
Young women's drinking has increased by 66%, on average, since 1992.. Young men's drinking has increased 25% in the same period..
The overall proportions of men and women drinking very heavily (50 and 35++ units respectively) have remained stable. However the numbers of 16-244 year olds drinking at levels consistent with hazardous drinking is increasingg significantly. In 2000, 9% of all 16-24 year old women drank heavily (nearlyy triple the figure in 1988). For 16-24 year old men, there was still an increasee (to 14%), but was a more modest rise of 30%..
The UK has one of the highest proportions of binge drinking, particularly amongstt young people, and one of the worst problems with underage drinking.. Evidence from 3 major reviews for the effect of alcohol suggests that the number off deaths attributable to alcohol is 43-54% of unspecified liver disease.
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