An update on projections of alcohol-related deaths in England and Wales

A comment published Online First by the Lancet provides the latest projections on alcohol-related deaths in England and Wales over the next 2 decades, based on data up to 2010. The data suggest that if current trends continue (a worst-case scenario for the UK), there will be up to 210,000 avoidable alcohol-related deaths in the next 20 years, of which 70,000 will be avoidable deaths from liver disease. Read more