Health risk: Globally, an estimated 237 million men and 46 million women suffer from alcohol use disorders according to WHO. — Reuters
ALCOHOL kills three million people worldwide each year – more than AIDS, violence and road accidents combined, the World Health Organization said Friday, adding that men are particularly at risk.
The UN health agency’s latest report on alcohol and health pointed out that alcohol causes more than one in 20 deaths globally each year, including drink driving, alcohol-induced violence and abuse and a multitude of diseases and disorders.
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