According to current data, the number of women passing away from alcohol-related illnesses has increased dramatically. Experts attribute this increase to companies that specifically target women in their marketing.

According to the most recent data, the number of women who died in this manner in the UK rose by 37% in just five years, from 2,399 to 3,293 between 2016 and 2021, the greatest amount since records have been kept.

Although there are still more men than women who pass away from alcohol-related illnesses, the number of fatalities from these illnesses is increasing far more quickly in women than in men, according to data from the Office for National Statistics. In fact, women’s deaths from alcohol-related illnesses increased by 29% between 2004 and 2006.

According to Debbie Shawcross, a professor of hepatology and chronic liver failure at the Institute of Liver Studies at King’s College London, liver illness is more common in female patients.

According to her, “women tend to present with more severe liver disease, particularly alcohol-related hepatitis, and do so at a lower daily alcohol intake and after a shorter period of excessive drinking than men.” “Differences in body composition and size—less muscular mass—can account for this.”
The “incessant marketing of drinks towards women,” according to Dr. Richard Piper, CEO of the charity Alcohol Change, is the primary cause of the spike. He also urged for greater control of alcohol advertising.
Alcohol is just as harmful as heroin and crack cocaine, according to Abigail Wilson of WithYou, a drug, alcohol, and mental health charity. She called the surge in women passing away from alcohol-related liver illness “very concerning.”

In general, women are less likely than men to pass away from alcohol-related causes. There is always a gap there, but it is getting smaller, which is really worrisome.