According to health experts in the UK, alcohol related causes could claim more than 200,000 lives in the country in the next 20 years.

Professor Sir Ian Gilmore, former president of the Royal College of Physicians and other experts said that there could be as many as 210,000 avoidable deaths in the next 20 years if the current trend remains in the country.

According to figures for England and Wales, about 70,000 people would die form liver disease and the remaining could be from accidents, violence and chronic illnesses.

UK’s Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the authorities would discourage excessive drinking. He also said that the government will review pricing for alcohol and the way hospitals are treating patients.

Experts wrote in the The Lancet medical journal online that the UK government could act to address the country's drink problem. Several medical experts and academicians have recommended enforcing a minimum alcohol price in the UK to discourage its use.

The experts say that the bringing in the minimum price would help save lives as the current pocket money prices system is not efficient enough. They said that the minimum pricing is simple solution to health and social problems but noted that higher taxation could be another solution to the problem.

The latest figure is a little improvement over 250,000 avoidable deaths linked to alcohol related causes, predicted earlier.