World Health Organization: Alcohol spends 2.6 million people annually

Alcohol spends 2.6 million people annually, according to a report released by the World Health Organization on Tuesday, in which it believed that this number is ‘unacceptable’, despite the minor decline over the past year. The latest report issued by the UN Organization on Alcohol and Health shows that alcohol is responsible for almost one in 20 cases in the world every year, including road accidents to eat it, cases of violence and the abuse that result from it, as well as many diseases and disorders. According to the report, 2.6 million deaths were attributed to alcohol in 2019, the latest available statistics, or 4.7% of deaths around the world that year, and men represent three -quarters of these deaths. “The use of substances (addiction) seriously harms the individual’s health, increases the risk of chronic diseases and mental illness, and tragic leads to millions of deaths that can be prevented each year,” the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanum Gybrisos, said in a statement. In the report, it refers to “a certain decrease in alcohol consumption and related diseases since 2010 around the world”, but “health and social illnesses due to alcohol use are still unacceptable”, for Gybrysus, confirming that young people are not affected by this problem. The highest percentage of alcohol deaths were recorded in the 20-39 age group in 2019, with 13% of deaths. Diseases associated with alcohol use and alcohol that cause a large number of diseases, including liver fibrosis and some types of cancer. Of the 2.6 million deaths associated with alcohol in 2019, the report indicates that 1.6 million people have died due to non -infected diseases, including 474,000 people due to cardiovascular disease and 401,000 dying from cancer. There are 724 thousand additional deaths caused by injuries, including those arising from road accidents and self -warming, and alcohol abuse makes people more likely to develop infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, AIDS and pneumonia. About 209 million people suffering from alcohol addiction in 2019, or 3.7% of the world population. Meanwhile, individual annual consumption in 2019 decreased slightly to 5.5 liters of alcohol, compared to 5.7 liters nine years ago, according to the report. However, consumption is unevenly distributed all over the world, as more than half of the world population is more than 15 years old, remembering of drinking alcohol completely. Europe has the highest consumption levels, with an average of 9.2 liters of alcohol annually, followed by the two Americans with 7.5 liters, and the report shows that the slightest consumption in the majority countries in North Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Treatment of addiction and average, the person who drinks alcohol consumed 27 grams of alcohol a day in 2019, according to the report, equal to nearly two cups of wine, two cups of beer or two doses of strong alcoholic drinks. The World Health Organization warns that “this level and the rate of consumption are linked to the high risk of many diseases, as well as deaths and disabilities” associated with it. In 2019, 38% of permanent alcoholic steps acknowledged that they were involved in excessive drinking attacks, and it was known to consume at least 60 grams of pure alcohol during the previous month. Worldwide, 23.5% of people between the ages of 15 and 19 are addicted to drinking alcohol, but the number jumps to more than 45% for people in this age group living in Europe, and about 44% for those living in the Americas. Given the extent of the problem, the World Health Organization indicates the urgent need to improve access to good treatment, for disorders caused by addiction -causing substances. In 2019, the percentage of people in contact with addicted treatment services ranged from less than 1% to a maximum of 35%, depending on the country included in the study. “The stigma, discrimination and misconceptions about the effectiveness of treatments contribute to these serious gaps in the availability of treatment,” said the head of the Department of Alcohol, Drugs and Addictive Behavior at the World Health Organization, Vladimir Boznak.