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Alcohol Deaths Rise Sharply According to figures published recently by the Office for National Statistics, alcohol-related deaths more than doubled between 1979 and 2000. The sharpest rise in the death rate was recorded during 1990s. . The incidence of alcohol-related death between 1979 and 2000 increased threefold for people between the ages of 25 and 44 years. . : "This problem has been getting dramatically worse in the face of Government inaction. There must clearly be more research into the problems and better information especially for young people. The Government must get its act together and implement an alcohol strategy." They also pointed out that the estimated cost of treating alcohol-related illness in the national Health Service is £207 million and drew attention to the report by the Royal College of Physicians, 2001, which suggested that the total cost to the NHS of alcohol abuse to be £30 billion. Alcohol Concern has also expressed its grave concern about the rise in the number of alcohol related deaths. "We know that alcohol is indicated in a number of other health problems, such as high blood pressure, exacerbating mental health issues just to mention a few. "Quite apart from the diseases caused by alcohol, there are also worries about the increasing number of accidents happening where alcohol is involved. many commentators,are calling for action to be taken much sooner. Alcohol (not includeing 50% of all highway deaths and 65% of all murders).....125,000+ Aspirin (including deliberate overdose).... 180 to 1,000+ Caffeine (from stress, ulcers and triggering irregular heartbeats, etc.)........ 1,000 to 10,000 'Legal' drug overdose (deliberate or accidental) from legal, prescribed or patent medicines and/or mixing with alcohol e.g. Valium/alcohol... 14,000 to 27,000 Illicit drug overdose (deliberate or accidental) from all illegal drugs................................ 3,800 to 5,200 marijuana (including overdose)........................... 0 (zero) alcohol-related deaths for 1994 was 751 000 in the population, or 33% of all deaths (direct and indirect losses). Anew growth of total mortality, fatal alcohol poisonings and number of alcohol psychoses has been observed in1999--2000.. The largest relative changes have been observed for those conditions that are directly related to alcohol -- namely,unintentional poisoning by alcohol and liver cirrhosis. About 12% of the decline in life expectancy from 1990 to 1994 in Russia was due to alcohol-related mortality(with chronic liver diseases and cirrhosis accounting for 2.4% and other alcohol-related causes accounting for the other 9.6%) and nearly one third was due to external causes, including homicide and suicide. A study found that the risk of total and cardiovascular mortality was raised in a small group of frequent heavy drinkers; for this group, adjusted relative risks were 1.61 for total mortality and 2.05 for deaths from cardiovascular disease. Alcohol consumption level plays a considerable role in the suiciderate, especially for male suicides. The rate of alcohol-related suicides is very high in Russia, owing to the very high alcohol consumption rate in the country Crime data reveal patterns similar to those of alcohol consumption, with juvenile arrests for alcohol consumption and public intoxication, and the percentage of juvenile arrestees who were under the influence of alcohol at the time of the crime rising from around 17% in 1991 to about 27% in1994. Furthermore, crime data reveal that of the 24 350 persons arrested for homicide in Russia in 1995, nearly75% were under the influence of alcohol. In a recent study examining the social connection between binge drinking and homicide in the country, it was found that there was a high bivariate correlation between the daily distribution of deaths due to alcohol and homicide. drinking may act as social and cultural contextual factors that might increase the risk of violent outcomes. The rate of alcoholic psychosis incidence per 100 000 population was 47.67 in 2001 and 53.55 in 2002. The number of alcohol-related road traffic accidents per 100 000 population was 23.06 in 2000 and 22.15 in 2001.