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SOUTHAMPTON, England, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- British researchers say though the true total of deaths due to alcohol is uncertain, it is probably between 18,000 and 30,000 per year in England and Wales.
Nick Sheron of the University of Southampton, Chris Hawkey of the Queen's Medical Center at the University Hospital in Nottingham and Ian Gilmore of the Royal Liverpool Hospital and University of Liverpool say alcohol causes about 80 percent of deaths from liver disease and about one-quarter of the total attributable mortality.
The liver death rate in England and Wales is more than double the rate of countries with similar drinking cultures and genetic backgrounds such as Australia.
Data from the World Health Organization show that on average, Britons age 15 and older drink the equivalent of almost 12 quarts of pure alcohol per year.
Forty-three percent drink beer, 30 percent drink wine, 21 percent drink spirits and 6 percent drink other alcoholic drinks made from sorghum, maize, millet, rice, or cider, fruit wine, fortified wine, etc., data from WHO reveal.
The findings appear in the journal The Lancet.
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