Detailed 2019 data reveals that roughly 145,000 deaths from injuries were alcohol-related, mostly involving drunk driving or alcohol-induced accidents. Additionally, alcohol was a factor in over 40% of the 26,500 deaths categorized as "interpersonal violence" in Europe that same year.
As the world’s highest alcohol-consuming region, the WHO recommends that European countries increase taxes and prices, limit sales hours and locations, and ban or restrict alcohol advertising to combat this crisis, according to oz.inform.kz.
