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| January 06, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Irish Independent)

Eilish O'Regan

Health Correspondent

THE increase in death rates from liver cirrhosis has been much higher in Britain than Ireland over the past 50 years, according to a new study.

Rates of death due to cirrhosis of the liver can indicate the extent of alcohol harm occurring in a population.

However, an analysis of cirrhosis trends in 12 western European countries from 1950 to 2002 found while the death rates from the disease have been steadily rising here we are lagging behind Scotland, England and Wales.

Nevertheless, compared to the late-1980s Irish and Finnish women aged 45-64 years and Irish…

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