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Also not true ...according to World Health Organization (WHO) 2018 Global Status Report on Alcohol & Health, 59% of South Africans engage in heavy episodic drinking in past 30 days, & we are the 6th heaviest nation in terms of grams (or ml equivalent) of absolute alcohol consumed per drinker per day

Find our newest open-access model to assess the potential economic burden of alcohol-related injuries in South Africa hosted by UCT Digital Library at: doi.org/10.25375/uct.1…

In addition to provider costs for each injury, the model calculates number of outpatient visits, general ward inpatient days and ICU days consumed per event

Going to be interesting to see what happens next week. Will the black line drop below the lower prediction band and in so doing reflect the joint impact of a temporary ban on liquor sales and a 9 pm curfew on reducing non-natural deaths?

Data from 10 hospitals in GT, EC, KZN and WC (from between 1 and 4 weeks following the 2nd ban on liquor sales and the institution of a 9 pm curfew) shows on average a >38% decrease in trauma presentations (9%, 15%, 23%, 32%, 34%, 36%, 41%, 50%+, 62% & 83%)