Alcohol kills more than AIDS, TB or violence: WHO
Reuters, Geneva
Alcohol causes nearly 4 percent of deaths worldwide, more than AIDS, tuberculosis or violence, WHO warned recently. Approximately 2.5 million people die each year from alcohol related causes, the WHO said in its "Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health."
Alcohol is a causal factor in 60 types of diseases and injuries, according to WHO's first report on alcohol since 2004. Its consumption has been linked to cirrhosis of the liver, epilepsy, poisonings, road traffic accidents, violence, and several types of cancer, including cancers of the colorectum, breast, larynx and liver.
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