Monday, November 5, 2007

Alcohol Main Cause of Death for Working Age Finns

Alcohol-related diseases or poisonings are the most common causes of death among Finns of working age. Alcohol has been killing more Finnish men than coronary heart disease for the past two years. Last year 1,300 Finnish men died of causes related to drinking.Last year alcohol caused the deaths of 354 women, constituting a doubling of the death rate in two decades.

http://www.yle.fi/news/id74168.html

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