United Kingdom. Office for National Statistics. (2021) Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK: registered in 2020. London: Office for National Statistics.
External website: https://www.ons.gov.uk/releases/alcoholspecificdea...
- In 2020, there were 8,974 deaths (14.0 per 100,000 people) from alcohol-specific causes registered in the UK, an 18.6% increase compared with 2019 (7,565 deaths; 11.8 per 100,000 people) and the highest year on-year increase since the data time series began in 2001.
- Between 2012 and 2019, rates of alcohol-specific deaths in the UK have remained stable, but a statistically significant increase was seen in 2020.
- Consistent with previous years, the rate of alcohol-specific deaths for males in 2020 remained more than double the rate for females (19.0 and 9.2 deaths per 100,000 people respectively, registered in 2020).
- Scotland and Northern Ireland had the highest rates of alcohol-specific deaths in 2020 (21.5 and 19.6 deaths per 100,000 people respectively).
- Comparing with 2019, the alcohol-specific death rate has risen across all four UK constituent countries, but statistically significant increases were only seen in England and Scotland.
Item Type
Report
Publication Type
International, Report, Web Resource
Drug Type
Alcohol
Intervention Type
Harm reduction
Date
7 December 2021
Publisher
Office for National Statistics
Corporate Creators
United Kingdom. Office for National Statistics
Place of Publication
London
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