I-UK yephula irekhodi elisha lokufa okuhlobene notshwala ngo-2020

Idatha esanda kukhishwa evela eHhovisi Likazwelonke Lezibalo LaseGreat Britain (ONS), ikhombisa ukuthi phakathi kuka-2012 no-2019, isibalo sokufa okubhekiselwe kutshwala saqhubeka sizinzile, kodwa ngonyaka owedlule sibone “ukwanda okukhulu ngokwezibalo”.

Ngokwezibalo ezintsha ezikhishwe namuhla, I-Great Britain ibone ukwanda kwayo okuphezulu minyaka yonke kwenani lokufa okuhlobene ngokuqondile nokuphuzwa kotshwala, nerekhodi elisha elifinyelelwe ngo-2020 phakathi nobhadane lwe-COVID-19.

Bangu-8,974 abashonile “ngezizathu ezithize ngotshwala” babhaliswe ku i-United Kingdom ngo-2020. Lesi sibalo simele ukwenyuka okungu-18.6% kokushona kwaleso sigaba uma kuqhathaniswa no-2019 futhi siwukunyuka okuphezulu kakhulu konyaka nonyaka selokhu idatha yaqala ukulandelelwa ngo-2001, kusho i-ONS.

Ngenkathi Scotland futhi i-Ireland ibe nenani eliphakeme kakhulu lokufa kwabantu, ekufeni kwabantu abangama-21.5 kanye ne-19.6 kubantu abayi-100,000 ngokulandelana, bobane. UK izizwe zabona ukwanda kwamazinga okufa okuqondene notshwala.

Cishe u-78% wokufa kwalolu hlobo kudalwe isifo sesibindi sotshwala, kusho inhlangano yezibalo.

I-ONS igcizelele ukuthi njengoba “kunezinto eziningi eziyinkimbinkimbi” okufanele zihlaziywe lapho kucutshungulwa imininingwane, futhi yathi kusesekuseni kakhulu ukuthi ufinyelele eziphethweni mayelana nokuxhumana okungenzeka phakathi kwalolu bhubhane kanye nokwanda kokushona okuhlobene notshwala.

Kodwa-ke, iphinde yabhekisa kudatha yePublic Health England ekhombisa ukuthi amaphethini okusetshenziswa ashintshile ngalesi sikhathi sodlame, notshwala “buyimbangela yokungeniswa esibhedlela nasekufeni”.

Inhlangano esiza abantulayo ngo-Alcohol Change ngenyanga edlule iphakamise ukukhathazeka ngokuphuzwa kotshwala phakathi nengcindezi yomqedazwe we-COVID-19. Le nhlangano ithe "ucwaningo lukhombisa ngokungaguquki ukuthi ubhubhane lwe-coronavirus seludale izimo zokuthi abantu abaningi baphuze kakhulu futhi kaningi kunokujwayelekile".