the study -- published Wednesday in the BMJ -- found that deaths in the United States due to cirrhosis rose 65% and deaths from liver cancer doubled from 1999 to 2016. In that period, cirrhosis-related deaths increased for every ethnic group and for both men and women.
From 2009 to 2016, the greatest increase in death rate from cirrhosis was among people 25 to 34
Tapper cited a rise in binge-drinking among young people to account for the increase in cirrhosis-related mortality
