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VODKA IS THE primary factor in the high and sharply fluctuating death rates among Russian men.
That’s according to a new study published today in The Lancet journal which asked 151,000 people how much vodka they drank, then followed them for up to a decade, during which 8,000 had died.
At present, one in four Russian men die before the age of 55. This is compared to a rate of 7 per cent of men in the UK with alcohol and tobacco use the main cause of the difference in premature mortality.
The study jointly carried out by the Russian Cancer Research Centre in Moscow, Oxford University and the WHO with co-author Professor Sir Richard Peto from Oxford saying that the changing availability of alcohol in Russia can be seen to have influenced premature death rates:
Russian death rates have fluctuated wildly over the past 30 years as alcohol restrictions and social stability varied under Presidents Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and Putin, and the main thing driving these wild fluctuations in death was vodka. This has been shown in retrospective studies, and now we’ve confirmed it in a big, reliable prospective study.
A similar study carried out five years ago which looked back at causes of death over a period of time also found similar results.
Both studies found much higher risks of death in men who drank three or more bottles of vodka a week than in men who drank less than one bottle a week.
The excess mortality among heavy drinkers was mainly from alcohol poisoning, accidents, violence, suicide, and eight particular categories of disease.
Study leader Professor David Zaridze from the Russian Cancer Research Centre in Moscow says that moderate alcohol controls introduced in 2006 have shown how curbing hazardous drinking can help.
“People who drink spirits in hazardous ways greatly reduce their risk of premature death as soon as they stop,” he said.
The average life expectancy of a man in Russia is 64 years-of-age, ranking among the lowest 50 countries in the world, so researchers have cautioned that further controls are needed.
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Awaiting nationality details
@Rab C Nesbitt: why?
@Rab C Nesbitt: —-Or perhaps ethnic status, if theyr’e Irish.
@Rab C Nesbitt: the Journal won’t disclose, for fear of a backlash from the pc brigade
@Looney Tunes: crime is crime, irrespective of nationality or ethnicity. Apart from white Irish people of course, who obviously account for precisely 0% of all crimes that have ever occurred in this country.
@Kevin Collins: because it’s a big scam that mostly Certain nationalities pull, very common in UK but creeping in here, that said I know a person that pulled not far from me.
@Rab C Nesbitt: Indo give that information.
@Rab C Nesbitt: Deport them, instead of a slap on the wrist
@The quite man: and was the Garda arrested last week for insurance scam also a particular nationality?
@EillieEs: yes he was he was Irish, hope that clears it up for you.
@Rab C Nesbitt: Romanian…..I watched it all unfold this morning.
@The quite man: to read some of the comments here one would think only certain nationalities, but not Irish, were involved in insurance scams.
@Rab C Nesbitt: culchies
@Rab C Nesbitt: you read my mind sir reading further down it seems you were on the nail.
@EillieEs: it was me you the question to,I answered, if you have a problem with other comments you should ask them. I speak only for myself.
@Rab C Nesbitt: why ?I reckon us Irish here have an awful reputation for sueing at every opportunity. That’s why recreational businesses were closing last year as they couldn’t get cover due to all these lovely people sueing them.. and nothing wrong with at least half of them.. but they keep sueing..
@Patricia O’Reilly: that is the insurance co’s fault they wold rather pay out than face possibility of loosing in court and facing rediculious legal fees etc….
@EillieEs: The Irish are involved in scams but the use the Irish definition of scam called Brown Envelope
That’s a Romanian name. Is it just me or are there lots of these fraud cases involving them lately. Am I dreaming or were 114 of them arrested in one go, the largest mass atrest I’ve ever heard of, one day’s coverage then silence. We csn pursue politicians for weeks but not a peep out of national media on cases (lots) involving ‘new Irish’ or certain ethnic groups, maybe for fear of accusations of racism or noise from representative groups…. Very odd….
@Raymond McGee: Luckily the Oirish wud never do anything wrong but then these people are arrested! Why so eager to point the finger! Island of saints and scholars me Áras!
@Fabian Lee: Certainly not an island of saints but our non saints are no where near on par with the Romanian non saints. They’re on another level and making millions from it.
Constantin Iosca (40) of Scholars Walk, Lusk, Dublin. It was reported by the Irish Independent.
@Juls: what’s missing is the name of the bunch of lawyers lining their pockets.
Will be interesting to read the details of this.
Well that was just choc full of details. Can’t wait for the update “released pending further investigation”
whatever about the reporting it’s great to see a general increase by the Guards and the insurance companies in pursuing false claims. This used to be tolerated by a significant proportion of the population as a victimless crime. Well our premiums prove that’s not true. D’arcy was underrated in the work he did in this area. He was fighting against some strong forces. We are starting to see the benefit now.
Wasn’t there a guard also arrested for some insurance scam during the week?
Where was Mr. Cowen that day?
hes one of the iosca’s from lusk an irish man true n true judge says if he gets a job have to pay the insurance company costs what ye think
@Tommy the postman: McUisce!!!!
@Micheal S. O’ Ceilleachair: uisce batha matters in lockdown
Any chance they were Scobies?
@feargal wash your hands de cantuin: Always a chance..
Some addition to the country.
Anyone know the code for cyberflix
It looks like many comenting here are rasists and xenophobes. There are many good hard working Romanians! Dont you forget how Irish were treated in the UK and US!
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