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Friday, August 24, 2007

Bar staff and publicans have the highest proportions of alcohol-related deaths

Health Statistics Quarterly Autumn 2007

Bar staff, publicans and seafarers were the occupations with the highest proportions of alcohol-related deaths among men, according to new statistics published today, in Health Statistics Quarterly 35*, by the Office for National Statistics. The research also revealed that, in England and Wales in 2001-05, bar staff and publicans were also the occupations with the highest proportions of alcohol-related deaths for women.

Other key findings include:

• Other occupations within the drinks, catering, entertainment and hospitality industries had high proportions of alcohol-related deaths.

• Men who worked as farmers and drivers, and women who worked with children, were found to have low proportions of alcohol-related deaths.

• Male medical practitioners, who historically have had high levels of alcohol-related deaths, were found to have a low proportion of these deaths in 2001-05.

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