Researchers say that deaths from liver disease have been on the rise in the United States, and drinking could be to blame.
The new study, published in the BMJ weekly peer-reviewed medical journal on July 18, revealed that between 1999 to 2016, annual deaths from cirrhosis of the liver rose 65 percent. The authors found mortality rates grew from 20,600 in 1999 to nearly 34,200 in 2016, and was the highest among whites, American Indians, and Hispanics.
