Public Health England (PHE) have announced updated figures on liver disease, with various media reporting on the wide regional variation seen. However those who have been calling for further action to address the burden of liver disease may feel significant changes are yet required to affect real change.
PHE highlight liver disease is almost entirely preventable with the major risk factors, alcohol, obesity and Hepatitis B and C accounting for up to 90% of cases. Liver disease is responsible for almost 12% of deaths in men aged 40 to 49 and is now the fourth most common cause of ‘years of life lost’ in people aged under 75, after heart disease and lung cancer.
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