Alcohol abuse uk facts
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Alcohol features in almost a third of all UK divorce petitions, which means one or both partner's drinking habits have contributed
to the bust up.
13,000 violent incidents take place outside UK bars, pubs or licensed premises, every
week. Most are alcohol-related.
Recent reports suggest that almost 50% of all British teenagers know how to buy
bootlegged alcohol that has been smuggled into the country.
70% of murders are linked with alcohol and 33% of murder victims were drunk at the
time they were killed.
Alcohol related reasons and excuses are responsible for roughly 14 million lost
working days in the UK every year.
Alcohol robs your body of vitamin B complex, a vital group of nutrients,
deficiency of which can cause skin damage, diarrhoea and depression.
Women may find their reaction to booze is affected by hormone level changes that
occur during the menstrual cycle.
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An average 12% of males and 7% of females in the 16-19 age group show signs of
alcohol dependency (source: Office of Population and Census Surveys).
Booze features in almost 40% of all domestic violence incidents in the UK.