The alcohol toll is increased 2010 Hamburg, 09 February 2012 over 15,000 people died of alcohol-related causes of death in the year 2010. Thus Bestattungen.de died about four times more people disorders caused by alcohol than in traffic accidents, so the results of a recent study of the portal. The number of alcohol deaths in Germany to 3.5 percent has increased compared to the previous year. Also, the number of young dead of alcohol increases. The Bestattungen.de experts have evaluated the death statistics of the Federal Statistical Office.
2010 died 15.031 people from alcohol-related causes of death. The number of fatalities was compared with around 3,650 and thus only a quarter in comparison with the number of alcohol-related deaths. The number of unreported cases of alcohol deaths should be significantly higher, since alcohol can cause many serious illnesses and increase”, says Bestattungen.de’s Managing Director Fabian Schaaf. The most common cause of alcohol-related death is the alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. 8.291 people died in the year 2010 in this disease. Second most common Cause of death was alcohol-related dependency syndrome with a total 4.056 deaths. Alcohol is an insidious drug. Alcoholic drinks are freely available and are often de rigueur.
Flat rate-drinking and the so-called binge drinking are a veritable leisure sport for some. Who doesn’t drink with, risking even social exclusion”, as Schaaf. Especially among young people, there is an increase of deaths due to alcohol. Still succumb to Bestattungen.de analysis mainly people between 50 and 65 years of alcohol-related deaths, but in the Group of people under 30 years of age increased the number of alcohol deaths from 2009 to 2010 at 12.7 percent. The younger the age, is the greater the risk of developing alcohol addiction”says Ina Rath of the addiction help Blue Kreuz e.V. in Wuppertal, Germany. Experts warn of the growing danger caused by alcohol. We have seen a significant increase in the proportion of young people in our addiction counselling centres. As long as adults as role models the risks of alcohol not clear convey, grows for young people the danger of serious damage to health by excessive alcohol consumption,”warns Ina Rath. About Bestattungen.de Bestattungen.de is a comparison service recommended by consumer protection agencies for burials in Germany. Users can receive offers on request without obligation from tested loading Stattern. In addition, Bestattungen.de offers comprehensive information about funeral services and insurance. The offer is free of charge for customers. Press contact Christine Sollmann, spokeswoman Bestattungen.de Heimhuder Strasse 72, 20148 Hamburg phone: (040) 209 311 961 email: Web: