Main points

• In 2019, there were 7,565 deaths registered in the UK that related to alcohol-specific causes, the second highest since the data time series began in 2001.
• The 2019 age-standardised alcohol-specific death rate was 11.8 deaths per 100,000 people, remaining stable with no significant change since last year.
• Since the beginning of the data time series in 2001, rates of alcohol-specific deaths for males have consistently been more than double those for females (16.1 and 7.8 deaths per 100,000 registered in 2019 respectively).
• Alcohol-specific death rates were highest among those aged 55 to 59 years and 60 to 64 years for both men and women in 2019.
• Northern Ireland and Scotland had the highest rates of alcohol-specific death in 2019 (18.8 and 18.6 deaths per 100,000 people respectively).
• Since 2001, the alcohol-specific death rate has risen significantly for both men and women in England and in Northern Ireland.