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The WHO estimates 3 million deaths per year from harmful use of alcohol, representing 5.3% of all deaths across the globe. [48] All of these numbers are net deaths, subtracting deaths prevented from deaths caused. Stockwell argues that alcohol may not prevent any deaths and guesses that as many as 6 million deaths may be caused by alcohol. [47]
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The US National Institutes of Health similarly estimates that 3.3 million deaths (5.9% of all deaths) were believed to be due to alcohol each year. [36] As per WHO June 2024 report on Alcohol, around 2.6 million deaths were caused by alcohol consumption in 2019 worldwide. [37]
The U.S. death rate tied to alcohol consumption was 31.2 fatalities per 100,000 people. Globally, 32.3 out of 100,000 people died from alcohol in 2019, the report found. Show comments
c. 2,200 per year (U.S.) [8] Alcohol intoxication , commonly described in higher doses as drunkenness or inebriation , [ 9 ] and known in overdose as alcohol poisoning , [ 1 ] is the behavior and physical effects caused by recent consumption of alcohol .
Most people can tolerate a 3-4% decrease in total body water without difficulty or adverse health effects. A 5-8% decrease can cause fatigue and dizziness. Loss of over 10% of total body water can cause physical and mental deterioration, accompanied by severe thirst. Death occurs with a 15 and 25% loss of body water. [4]
One study published in Cureus in 2022 suggested that people with hypertension tended to have lower total body water percentage, suggesting a relationship between hydration status and high blood ...
Peak blood alcohol concentrations may be estimated by dividing the amount of ethanol ingested by the body weight of the individual and correcting for water dilution. [4] For time-dependent calculations, Swedish professor Erik Widmark developed a model of alcohol pharmacokinetics in the 1920s. [ 120 ]