U.S. Alcohol-Related Deaths Have Doubled, Study Says

(By Vanessa Romo and Allison Aubrey for NPR)

More Americans are ordering more rounds and that’s leading to more funerals, according to a new study on alcohol-related deaths.

Looking at data from the National Center for Health Statistics, researchers estimate deaths from alcohol-related problems have more than doubled over the last 20 years.

Death certificates spanning 2017 indicate nearly 73,000 people died in the U.S because of liver disease and other alcohol-related illnesses. That is up from just under 36,000 deaths in 1999.  Continue reading article here…

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