Excessive drinking during the COVID pandemic increased alcoholic liver disease deaths so much that the condition killed more Californians than car accidents or breast cancer.
a connection between alcoholic liver disease and metabolic syndrome, a condition often characterized by excess body fat around the waist. Metabolic syndrome — often caused by poor diet and an inactive lifestyle — has risen across the country.
"Having metabolic syndrome, which is associated with obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes, more than doubles your risk of having advanced liver disease at the same level of drinking," Lee said. are those between 55 and 74 years old. They make up about a quarter of the state's adults but more than half the deaths from alcoholic liver disease.
However, death rates among Californians 25 to 44 roughly doubled during the last decade. About 2,650 Californians in that age group died of the disease during the last three years, compared with 1,270 deaths from 2010 through 2012.The from alcoholic liver disease occur in rural eastern and Northern California. In Humboldt County, for instance, the death rate from alcoholic liver disease is more than double the statewide rate. in Eureka, said Humboldt County and other rural areas often don't have the resources and facilities to address high rates of alcohol use disorder. His facility provides high-intensity residential services and uses medication to get people through detox.
"The two other inpatient treatment facilities in Eureka are also at capacity," he said."This is just a situation that there's just not enough treatment."
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