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Title: Natural selection
Post by: on January 26, 2008, 03:45:09 pm

[The number of people in the UK dying from alcohol-related problems is continuing to rise.

Office for National Statistics figures show there were 13.4 alcohol-related deaths per 100,000 population in 2006 - up from 12.9 in 2005.

The mortality rate in men (18.3/100,000) was more than twice the rate for females (8.8/100,000).

The overall death rate has almost doubled from 6.9 deaths per 100,000 people in 1991.

In total 8,758 deaths were linked to alcohol in 2006, compared to 4,144 deaths in 1991.

For men, the death rates in all age groups increased between 1991 and 2006.

The biggest increase was for men aged 35-54. Rates in this age group more than doubled over the period, from 13.4 to 31.1 deaths per 100,000.

However, the highest rates in each year were for men aged 55-74.

Similar pattern in women

Death rates by age group for females were consistently lower than rates for males.

However, the death rate for women aged 35­54 doubled between 1991 and 2006, from 7.2 to 14.8 per 100,000 population. ]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7208676.stm

 

They should try a bit quicker to save all our A&E staff from receiving so much grief.

Title: Natural selection
Post by: loulou on January 26, 2008, 10:58:20 pm

Don't worry about it and I'll pour you another whiskey.

Title: Natural selection
Post by: on January 27, 2008, 10:13:58 am

Thanks Paulham. This backs up my rant in a recent post about the disproportionate strain alcohol puts on the NHS.  But then in a scumbag, pile of poo of a country like the UK, what can you expect.  As soon as it is practicable.  I'm emigrating.  Lou, you coming?

Title: Natural selection
Post by: loulou on January 27, 2008, 03:47:44 pm

Of course I am. Where are we going?

Title: Natural selection
Post by: on January 29, 2008, 06:21:37 pm

Quote from: loulou

Don't worry about it and I'll pour you another whiskey.

And what would I be wantin' with Irish alcohol?

Title: Natural selection
Post by: oldspice on January 30, 2008, 07:20:52 am

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Thanks Paulham. This backs up my rant in a recent post about the disproportionate strain alcohol puts on the NHS. But then in a scumbag, pile of poo of a country like the UK, what can you expect. As soon as it is practicable. I'm emigrating. Lou, you coming?

 

Some close friends of mine emigrated to rural Spain nearly two years ago and they haven't stopped drinking since they got there.  They also spend a lot of time dodging Albanian bandits who want to mug and rob them every other day.

Title: Natural selection
Post by: loulou on January 30, 2008, 10:59:58 pm

Quote from: paulham

Quote from: loulou

Don't worry about it and I'll pour you another whiskey.

And what would I be wantin' with Irish alcohol?

 

It's glenfiddich and that is scottish. I thought the scots loved their whiskey judging by the amount of whiskey shops in edinburgh.

loulou2008-01-30 23:01:03

Title: Natural selection
Post by: oldspice on January 31, 2008, 07:11:00 am

Beleive it or not, whiskey is one of Britain's biggest exported products

Title: Natural selection
Post by: on January 31, 2008, 08:52:03 am

Quote from: loulou

Of course I am. Where are we going?

 

Tenerife.  But not the chavvy part, we'll go to the north with the laurel forests and parrots.

Title: Natural selection
Post by: smurfboy on January 31, 2008, 01:14:28 pm

Quote from: loulou

Quote from: paulham

Quote from: loulou

Don't worry about it and I'll pour you another whiskey.

And what would I be wantin' with Irish alcohol?

 

It's glenfiddich and that is scottish. I thought the scots loved their whiskey judging by the amount of whiskey shops in edinburgh.

I think the point Paulham was making is that whiskey is Irish - whisky is Scottish.

Title: Natural selection
Post by: on January 31, 2008, 02:50:37 pm

Title: Natural selection
Post by: on January 31, 2008, 02:55:41 pm

Lou, Edinburgh is what non-Scots think Scotland is actually like.

Take a look at Glasgow.

Buckfast Tonic and MD 20-20.

http://www.bawbag.co.uk/

(Those of a sensitive nature, please refrain from viewing the video)

paulham2008-01-31 14:56:06