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Alcohol killing more British women in mid-30s
Saturday July 20, 2013 0:03 AM, IANS

The number of British women in their mid-30s dying due to alcohol-related illnesses is rising, a new study says.

The death rate due to drinking among women born after 1970 has doubled in the last 20 years, while the number of men in the same age group has fallen slightly, although the overall death rates in the country are still predominantly male, Sky News reported.

The study by the Glasgow Centre for Population looked at trends in Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow.

"Although men have a higher level of alcohol-related deaths than women, because the rate of increase in females is greater than in men what you are seeing is a narrowing in the gap in this the youngest cohort," Deborah Shipton, who wrote the report, told Sky News.

Since the 1970s, women have come to enjoy better career opportunities and higher earnings. The suggestion was that with improvements in equality, there has also been a cultural change, with more women drinking more regularly in social situations - and in some cases more heavily.

Shipton said increased affordability and availability of alcohol, combined with effective marketing by the drinks industry, especially campaigns targeting women, could also explain why female death rates have risen.

"What we need to tackle this, apart from raising greater health awareness about the dangers of excessive drinking, is legislation, be that through tighter government controls over licencing, broader debate about the health issues facing not just women but also men... and of course minimum pricing of alcohol," she said.




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