Alcohol killing more British women in mid-30s
London: The number of British women in their mid-30s dying due to alcohol-related illnesses is rising, a new study says.The death rate due to drinking among women born after 1970 has doubled in the last
"Although men have a higher level of alcohol-related deaths than women, because the rate of increase in females is greater than in men what you are seeing is a narrowing in the gap in this the youngest cohort," Deborah Shipton, who wrote the report, told Sky News.
Since the 1970s, women have come to enjoy better career opportunities and higher earnings. The suggestion was that with improvements in equality, there has also been a cultural change, with more women drinking more regularly in social situations - and in some cases more heavily.