I stopped drinking in 1992, so I thought society’s drinking problem had changed along with my own. In fact, alcohol-related deaths are on the rise.
Author: Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY
Alcohol is killing more people, and younger. The biggest increases are among women
From 2007 to 2017, the numberof deaths attributable to alcohol increased 35 percent. The death rate rose 24 percent. Deaths among women rose 67 percent.