New Delhi, 3 October (IANS). Drinking alcohol in Sri Lanka has revealed shocking figures of death. The National Tobacco and Alcohol Prohibition Authority said on Friday that about 22,000 people die every year in Sri Lanka due to alcohol -related reasons.
According to the news agency Xinhua, while speaking to the media on the occasion of World Sanyam Day in Sri Lanka, Dr. Anand Ratnayaka, Chairman of the National Tobacco and Alcohol Prohibition Authority, warned that alcohol consumption in the country is a serious public health threat, where 21 percent of the population consumes alcohol.
With the aim of raising awareness about the dangers of alcohol consumption and encouraging healthy lifestyle, World Sanyam Day is being celebrated across the country with many programs across the country. On this occasion, all liquor shops across Sri Lanka will remain closed on Friday.
In another case recently, the South Korean government released a figure, according to which more than 7 thousand people committed suicide in the first half of this year. According to statistics Korea’s data, a total of 7,067 people committed suicide between January and June, which is slightly lower than the 7,844 figures of the same time last year.
People over 50 years of age have the highest 22.4 percent share in these figures, followed by 40 years (19 percent), 60 years (15.1 percent), 30 years (13.5 percent), and 70 years (9.8 percent) people.
The rest of the number is from other age groups. Experts say that suicide should not only be seen as a personal problem, but also as a broad social and structural problem and requires public health intervention. South Korea currently has the highest suicidal rate in South Korea, which was 26.2 per 100,000 people per 100,000 people, which is more than 10.8 of the OECD average of 10.8.
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