Wine o clock mentality sees number of women treated for alcoholism overtake men for first time
Carefully targeted advertising campaigns and an increase in ‘female-only’ drink brands have been blamed for an increase in admissions
11 May 2021 • 5:05pm
A “wine o clock” mentality has seen the number of women treated for alcoholism overtake men for the first time, The Telegraph can reveal.
Carefully targeted advertising campaigns and an increase in ‘female-only’ drink brands have also been blamed for a surge in the number of women who require liver disease treatment.
New figures from The UK Addiction Treatment Group (UKAT) show that out of 1,729 alcohol-related admissions to its centres in 2020, 54 per cent of patients were female.
North West records highest number of alcohol-specific deaths in pandemic year THE North West of England recorded the highest number of alcohol-specific deaths in history in 2020 - the year of the pandemic - new figures show. Released by the Office for National Statistics, the data reveals the alcohol death toll stands at 1,210 - an annual rise of 20 per cent from when 1,013 deaths were recorded. Analysis, by experts UK Addiction Treatment Group (UKAT) shows the death toll has also risen by 22 per cent since records began in 2013, when just 985 people living across the North West lost their lives to alcohol. An alcohol-specific death is categorised by certain causes of death, such as alcoholic liver disease, accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol, alcohol-induced acute pancreatitis and mental and behavioural disorders due to the use of alcohol, alcoholic cardiomyopathy and the degeneration of the nervous system due to alcohol, to name a few.
North West records highest number of alcohol-specific deaths in pandemic year THE North West of England recorded the highest number of alcohol-specific deaths in history in 2020 - the year of the pandemic - new figures show. Released by the Office for National Statistics, the data reveals the alcohol death toll stands at 1,210 - an annual rise of 20 per cent from when 1,013 deaths were recorded. Analysis, by experts UK Addiction Treatment Group (UKAT) shows the death toll has also risen by 22 per cent since records began in 2013, when just 985 people living across the North West lost their lives to alcohol. An alcohol-specific death is categorised by certain causes of death, such as alcoholic liver disease, accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol, alcohol-induced acute pancreatitis and mental and behavioural disorders due to the use of alcohol, alcoholic cardiomyopathy and the degeneration of the nervous system due to alcohol, to name a few.
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