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World Health Organization. (2024) Global status report on alcohol and health and treatment of substance use disorders. Geneva: World Health Organization.

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This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) highlights that 2.6 million deaths per year were attributable to alcohol consumption, accounting for 4.7% of all deaths, and 0.6 million deaths to psychoactive drug use. Notably, 2 million of alcohol and 0.4 million of drug-attributable deaths were among men. 

This report provides a comprehensive update based on 2019 data on the public health impact of alcohol and drug use and situation with alcohol consumption and treatment of substance use disorders worldwide. The report shows an estimated 400 million people lived with alcohol and drug use disorders globally. Of this, 209 million people lived with alcohol dependence.

Item Type
Report
Publication Type
International, Report
Drug Type
Alcohol, All substances
Intervention Type
Prevention, Harm reduction
Date
25 June 2024
Pages
334 p.
Publisher
World Health Organization
Corporate Creators
World Health Organization
Place of Publication
Geneva
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