David R Foxcroft, Lindsey Coombes, Sarah Wood, Debby Allen, Nerissa M L Almeida Santimano
BACKGROUND: Globally, harmful use of alcohol results in approximately 2.5 million deaths each year. About 9% of these deaths are young people between the ages of 15 and 29 years (WHO 2011), mainly resulting from motor vehicle accidents, homicides, suicides and drownings. Hazardous drinking levels for men (consuming over 40 g/day alcohol on average, that is 5 units) double the risk of liver disease, raised blood pressure, some cancers and violent death (because some people who have this average alcohol consumption drink heavily on some days)...
August 21, 2014: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews