Trend in Alcohol-Related Deaths Is Higher in Women

July 12, 2022

(Undark) – White’s analysis found that the largest annual mortality increases in deaths occurred among non-Hispanic Whites. But it’s a complex picture, according to an overview of studies looking at U.S. women and alcohol published in 2019. While U.S. teen girls and young women are drinking less than in prior decades, women in their 30s and 40s are drinking more. Another more recent study in the Annals of Epidemiology, which looked at binge drinking among working men and women ages 30 to 49, found that while harmful drinking had increased in both genders, high-achieving women were particularly vulnerable. (Read More)