Excessive drinking is contributing to increased injury, violence, and premature deaths across the region, according to a new report
Alcohol use is causing around 800,000 deaths each year in Europe, accounting for one in every eleven deaths, according to a report by the World Health Organization.
In a new factsheet published this week, the agency said the continent has “the highest alcohol consumption levels globally,” with drinking contributing substantially to premature mortality and injury.
Based on 2019 data, the latest year available, nearly 145,000 injury deaths in the region were attributable to alcohol, the report said. The largest…
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