More people dying from alcohol
New ONS stats show there were 7,697 alcohol-specific deaths in the UK last year, an age-standardised rate of 12.2 deaths per 100,000 population.
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New ONS stats show there were 7,697 alcohol-specific deaths in the UK last year, an age-standardised rate of 12.2 deaths per 100,000 population.
There were 5,507 alcohol-specific deaths in England in 2016, a 4 per cent increase from 2015 and an increase of 11 per cent on 2006.
Latest Public Health England figures give a profile of young people in drug and alcohol treatment and show a further drop in overall numbers.
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