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Monday, February 20, 2012

Number of deaths of alcoholics outnumber the victims of AIDS and tuberculosis

Number of deaths of alcoholics outnumber the victims of AIDS and tuberculosis The study revealed that about 2.0005 million thousand people die each year in the world because of alcohol
A recent British study revealed that about 2.0005 million thousand people die each year in the world because of alcohol, and the study pointed out that the number of deaths due to alcohol exceeds the number of victims of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, calling for a binding international agreement to limit the misuse of alcohol. And concluded as a result the latest study by the University of Oxford that "the number of deaths of addiction to alcohol than victims of AIDS." According to the study, about 2.0005 million thousand people die each year in the world because of alcohol. Exceeds the number of victims of alcohol victims of AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, and the abuse of alcohol leads to addiction in many cases. According to WHO data, the use of alcohol causes 4% of deaths worldwide each year. As is alcoholism the third biggest factor threatening the loss of a lot of years of human life due to illness and disability, and form the greatest threat to human life in middle-income countries and, where about half of the world. In turn, this statistic worry researchers who have called for WHO to adopt legally binding instruments, as the only body responsible for global human health, would such an agreement to pay states to enact laws needed to combat the misuse of alcohol and the accountability of governments that do not adhere to it.

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