Drink-Related Deaths Highest In Scotland
The Office For National Statistics have revealed figures for drink-related death rates in the UK between 1991 and 2004. An article on the BBC website discussing these figures states that 75% of the areas with the highest male alcohol-related death rates were in Scotland. Apparently men and women in Scotland are twice as likely to die an alcohol related death than people in the UK as a whole.
In 2005 there were 2,372 alcohol related deaths in Scotland – that’s a 72% increase since 1995. A new action plan has been published by the Scottish Executive to tackle alcohol abuse.