2023-08-01 18:04:15
While men have always had twice the risk of dying from alcohol-related diseases, the gap would narrow with women, whose mortality due to drink has increased markedly in recent years.
American researchers analyzed nearly 606,000 alcohol-related deaths from 1999 to 2020 and came to this conclusion in a study published on July 28.
The mortality rate among women thus increased by 14.7% between 2018 and 2020, when it increased by 12.5% for men.
“This finding is concerning because women experience the health consequences of alcohol consumption more than men do,” Dr. Shana Johnson, a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician in Scottsdale, told Fox News Digital.
Indeed, the deaths noted would be linked to alcohol poisoning, cardiomyopathy, myopathy, liver disease, gastritis, among others.
“Women today drink alcohol in greater amounts and at higher frequencies than in the past, likely due to the normalization of alcohol consumption among women in society,” the authors recalled. of the study.
The increase in stress levels would play a major role in the development of this alcohol consumption.
Women also have genetic predispositions that can contribute to the increase, such as a higher percentage of body fat, hormonal fluctuations, slower alcohol metabolism or a higher risk of circulatory disorders and breast cancer. .
However, this study has certain limitations since the researchers did not look at the specific factors that might have contributed to alcohol-related deaths, nor at historical or generational factors.
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