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Britain sees surge in cirrhosis deaths
Britain has had Europe's biggest increase in deaths from liver cirrhosis, a key indicator of alcohol consumption, a study published in The Lancet says. The research compared data for cirrhosis mortality among 12 western European countries for the period 1955-2001. Investigators noted a huge increase in Scotland, where the death rate for this disease doubled among men during the 1990s, and among British women generally, where it rose by almost half during the same period. In contrast, cirrhosis deaths in most other countries declined, especially in southern Europe. Posted by: Fred 2006-01-06 |
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