Alcohol Causes One In 20 Deaths Worldwide, Says WHO (theguardian.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Alcohol is responsible for more than 5% of all deaths worldwide, or around 3 million a year, new figures have revealed. The data, part of a report from the World Health Organization, shows that about 2.3 million of those deaths in 2016 were of men, and that almost 29% of all alcohol-caused deaths were down to injuries -- including traffic accidents and suicide. The report, which comes out every four years, reveals the continued impact of alcohol on public health around the world, and highlights that the young bear the brunt: 13.5% of deaths among people in their 20s are linked to booze, with alcohol responsible for 7.2% of premature deaths overall. It also stresses that harm from drinking is greater among poorer consumers than wealthier ones. While the proportion of deaths worldwide that have been linked to alcohol has fallen to 5.3% since 2012, when the figure was at 5.9%, experts say the findings make for sobering reading.

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Re:Sexist?

[Oswald McWeany]

So 76% of alcohol related deaths are men? This is a clear sign of discrimination, we need more women dying from alcohol related deaths!

All jokes aside. If the problem were reversed society would be making a much larger issue with this and making more of a stance to protect women who are "victims of alcohol"... etc, etc.

Part of our society seems to say, if a man has a problem, it's his problem, and not something for society to worry about- no action needs to be taken to try and save men from killing themselves with alcohol; but we would "do what we can" if women were dying. The spirit of society says- men are supposed to die for their mistakes and not grumble about it because they're men, but women need protecting and if a problem impacts women we're supposed to take it serious.

Look at men getting higher education these days- the rate is dropping quickly, less and less men continue on after high school- no one cares... but women misrepresented in the tech community- WE MUST encourage more women programmers. (I'm not against this- just pointing out, we try to address issues that negatively impact women, but not for men). I'm not sure if this attitude by society (to protect women but ignore men in trouble) is prejudiced against men, women... or just indicates that society is royally screwed up in general. :)