Record spike in alcohol death rates
Updated: 02/02/2021, 7:24 pm
There is concern over a rise in alcohol deaths (PA)
Death rates from alcohol reached a new high in the first nine months of 2020, new figures show.
And an addiction charity has predicted that death rates could rise further still as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that there were 5,460 deaths related to “alcohol-specific causes” between January and September last year.
This is a 16.4% increase compared with the same nine-month period in 2019.
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The ONS said the alcohol-specific death rate in England and Wales reached its highest peak since 2001 in the first three months of the year.
Alcohol death rates hit record high during Covid-19 pandemic as heavy drinkers fail to seek help
Experts warn these figures could rise even further following difficulties experienced throughout the UK in 2020
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The rate reached 12.8 deaths per 100,000 people between January and March (Image: Yui Mok/PA Wire)
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Alcohol-related deaths spiked to their highest level since records began last year amid the first national lockdown, official figures show.
An Office for National Statistics report published today found alcohol was a contributing factor in 5,460 fatalities in England and Wales between January and September, a rate of 12.8 per 100,000.
This was a 17 per cent rise on the same period in 2019, when there were 3,732 deaths 11 per 100,000. It was also the highest number since the ONS started tallying alcohol-related deaths in 2001.
Professor Karol Sikora, a medicine expert at the University of Buckingham, told MailOnline it made sense the rise in alcohol deaths would coincide with Britain s draconian lockdown.
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In some ways, the endless lockdowns have been freeing. We’re starting to care less about how we look, how we dress, and whether or not we’ve got make-up on. Well… some of us, anyway. Even though we might be spending more of our time at home than ever before, there are plenty of people who are addicted to social media going overboard with photo-editing their pics before posting them on Instagram because they want to feel validated or loved. People who stumble upon the heavily altered pics in their feeds can’t help but call them out by sharing them on the r/Instagramreality subreddit that has a whopping 917k members and even their very own ‘Reptilian Overlord’ (that’s the title that the head moderator goes by).