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1
Q

Who tends to drink more alcohol - young people or middle-aged people?

A

Middle-aged people

surprisingly

2
Q

Why do your current drinking habits have the greatest impact on whether or not you will die from alcoholic liver disease?

A

Most presentations are acute-on-chronic

3
Q

Most liver disease is related to obesity and excessive ___ consumption.

A

alcohol

4
Q

Mortality relating to which chronic liver disease is higher in Scotland than anywhere else in Europe?

A

Alcoholic liver disease

5
Q

Alcoholic liver disease tends to cause mortality in (younger / older) patients.

A

older

6
Q

Nowadays, where do people tend to drink?

A

At home

7
Q

Where do people tend to purchase alcohol nowadays?

A

Supermarkets

8
Q

Why do people tend to buy alcohol from supermarkets rather than pubs?

A

Price difference

Supermarkets are cheaper, pubs are more expensive

9
Q

Over the last 30 years, the consumption of alcohol from supermarkets in Scotland has increased.

Why?

A

It has become cheaper

10
Q

How is the population’s access to alcohol restricted?

A

Age checks

Minimum unit price to make the cheapest alcohol more expensive and discourage people from purchasing it

11
Q

Increasing the price of the (cheapest / most expensive) alcohol has the greatest impact on consumption.

A

cheapest

12
Q

What is the government’s proposed minimum unit price for alcohol?

A

50p per unit

13
Q

Deaths from alcoholic liver disease in Scotland are now starting to (increase / decrease).

A

decrease

14
Q

Which group of society tends to be hit hardest by mortality relating to alcoholic liver disease?

A

Most deprived