Over the past decades we have witnessed a growing increase in alcohol consumption, harm and related problems globally. The findings of the Lancet’s Global Burden of Disease, Injuries and Risk Factors 2010 should alert all who are concerned for the health and safety of the world’s population. The study’s findings reveal that alcohol is the third leading risk factor for death and disability and critically the leading risk factor for 15 ? 49 year olds. Over a 20 year period the proportion of alcohol-related disability adjusted life years lost has risen from 3.5% to 5.5%. Alcohol is causally linked to 4.9 million deaths.
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