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Bar workers at greater risk of alcohol-related deathDate: 24/08/2007 08:52:13
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Bar staff are twice as likely to die from alcohol-related illnesses as other workers, according to new figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The latest study from the government department looked at 13,011 deaths among males aged 20 to 64 and 3,655 among UK women within the same age bracket.
Researchers found that male bar staff were 2.23 times more likely to die as a result of alcohol than average, while female bar workers were found to be 2.03 times more likely.
The ONS study also found that male seafarers were at a higher than average risk from alcohol-related death, while educational assistants, nursery nurses and farmers found to be the least risky professions.
Commenting on the figures, Professor Martin Plant, an alcohol addiction expert at the University of the West of England, said: "There are often common characteristics related to the likelihood of drinking and therefore alcohol-related deaths.
"What is important is whether the occupation has a drinking culture, the availability of alcohol and the toleration of drinking at work.
"That is why you find the entertainment and catering industries featuring heavily.
"Interestingly, doctors used to have high levels of alcohol consumption, but it seems women, who are now entering the profession in greater numbers, have had a civilising effect."
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