Alcohol deaths in Scotland at highest level for a decade
Deaths caused by alcohol rose by 17% last year to the highest level for more than a decade,The National Records of Scotland statistics show there were 1,190 alcohol-specific deaths registered in Scotland, 170 more than the previous year.Men are more than twice as likely as women to die from alcohol.
This NRS report presents mortality rates for deaths from causes known to be exclusively caused by alcohol consumption.Deaths in the most deprived areas were four times more than those in the least deprived areas.
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