在过去20年里，美国与酒精相关的死亡人数翻了一番

The number of Americans who have died from alcohol-related problems has more than doubled in the past two decades, according to a new study.

一项最新研究显示，在过去20年中，死于与酒精有关的疾病的美国人增加了一倍多。

Researchers reviewed death certificates and found that fatalities linked to booze have spiked by roughly 51 percent — from 35,914 in 1999 to 72,558 in 2017, according to the report, published Wednesday in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

周三发表在《酒精中毒:临床与实验研究》杂志上的报告称，研究人员查看了死亡证明，发现与酒精有关的死亡人数上升了约51%，从1999年的35914人上升到2017年的72558人。

Roughly half of the deaths were from liver disease or overdoses, according to the study. In total, there were nearly 1 million such deaths during that 18-year period.

根据这项研究，大约一半的死亡是由于肝病或饮酒过量。在这18年期间，总共有近100万人死亡。

Experts say booze-fueled fatalities are soaring because people are getting fatter, drinks are getting stronger — and folks tend to hit the bottle during hard times, such as the recession of 2008.

专家们说，酗酒导致的死亡人数正在飙升，因为人们越来越胖，饮料越来越烈，而且人们在经济困难时期，比如2008年的经济衰退，往往会喝得酩酊大醉。

The death toll is likely higher than what researchers found because only one in six drunk driving deaths is actually reported as alcohol-related, according to the researchers.

死亡人数可能比研究人员发现的要高，因为根据研究人员的说法，实际上只有六分之一的酒后驾车死亡报告与酒精有关。

Overall, roughly 70 percent of adults in 2017 said they average little over two drinks a day. That puts many of them in the “heavy drinker” category, according to US health officials.

总体而言，2017年约有70%的成年人表示，他们平均每天只喝两杯多一点。据美国卫生官员称，这使他们中的许多人成为“重度饮酒者”。