Nearly 7,500 death attributed to alcohol in the UK in 2016

New figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed there were 7,327 alcohol-related deaths in the UK in 2016. The highest number of deaths were found in middle aged and older age groups. Commenting on the statistics, Cllr Izzi Seccombe, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, said: “It is tragic that 7,327 men and women in the UK died because of alcohol last year. Behind these appalling statistics are real people – fathers, mothers, sons, daughters, husbands and wives. €œWhat is particularly concerning about these figures is that the rates of alcohol-related deaths were highest in