European men in their 30s most at risk of alcohol-related fatal injuries

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European men in their 30s most at risk of alcohol-related fatal injuries  Men are nearly six times more likely than women to die from alcohol-related self-harm, as people in their 30s emerge as the most vulnerable age range.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2026/01/14/european-men-in-their-30s-most-at-risk-of-alcohol-related-fatal-injuries  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00New stats reveal the deadly toll of alcohol in Europe.

00:09Europe drinks more alcohol than any other region in the world,

00:13and new figures show just how high the human cost is.

00:17According to new WHO data, alcohol is behind one in every three deaths

00:23from injury and violence in Europe amounting to 145,000 people.

00:29Self-harm is the biggest killer, accounting for nearly 44,000 of alcohol-related injury deaths,

00:3683% of them are men.

00:39Road accidents fueled by alcohol are next, with 24,000 deaths,

00:44followed by alcohol-related falls, which took 20,000 lives.

00:49While overall drinking levels have been falling since the early 2000s,

00:53there are still significant differences in drinking patterns across Europe.

00:58For example, compared with under 20% in much of Western and Southern Europe,

01:03alcohol-related fatal injuries in Eastern European countries

01:07exceeded 60% of all deaths linked to injury and violence.

01:12Some of the highest rates of alcohol-related fatal injuries were reported in Latvia, Lithuania and Russia.

01:19In general, people aged 35 to 39 are the most vulnerable,

01:24while, gender-wise, prevalence is higher among men than women.

01:29For example, people aged 35 to 39 are the most vulnerable,

01:34but not women.

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