Deaths Caused by Alcohol Rose Sharply Since Lockdowns

Deaths caused by alcohol misuse increased rapidly after the start of the COVID-19 lockdown period and that trend is continuing, official figures show.

Number of alcohol-specific deaths at record high - Q Radio

Monday, 22 April 2024 13:59 ; By Ella Pickover (PA) ; The number of deaths specifically caused by alcohol across the UK has reached a record high, according to new figures. ; Deaths which occur as a direct consequence of alcohol misuse increased rapidly after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and the latest figures show a “continuation of that trend”, experts said.

Deaths Caused By Alcohol Spiked by 26% During the Pandemic - TIME

The number of Americans killed by alcohol rose by 26% during the first year of the pandemic, according to new federal data.

Deaths from alcohol rise to highest level in 14 years in Scotland

The number of deaths caused by alcohol in Scotland has risen to the highest level in 14 years, according to official statistics.

Record number of people died from alcohol and drug use during the pandemic: StatsCan | CBC News

The federal agency's preliminary data shows that in 2019, before the pandemic, 3,200 deaths related to alcohol were recorded. A year later, the number of deaths increased to 3,790, and increased again in 2021 when there were 3,875 alcohol-induced deaths. The 18 per cent increase from 2019 to 2020 was the largest year-over-year change seen in the last 20 years, Statistics Canada noted. Alcohol-ind ...

Alcohol deaths at highest level since 2008 - BBC News

Alcohol deaths at highest level since 2008 4 August 2022 Getty Images The number of people in Scotland whose death was caused by alcohol has risen again and remains at the highest level...

Alcohol

Worldwide, around 2.6 million deaths were caused by alcohol consumption in 2019. Of these, 1.6 million deaths were from noncommunicable diseases, 700 000 deaths from injuries and 300 000 deaths from communicable diseases. The alcohol-attributable mortality was heaviest among men, accounting for 2 million deaths compared to 600 000 deaths among women, in 2019. An estimated 400 million people, or 7% of the world’s population ...

Alcohol Deaths Have More Than Doubled in Two Decades, Study Finds - The New York Times

ET The number of deaths caused by alcohol-related diseases more than doubled among Americans between 1999 and 2020, according to new research. Alcohol was involved in nearly 50,000 deaths...

By the numbers: America’s alcohol-related health problems rising fast

are deaths where the underlying cause of death was alcohol... “The alcohol situation was exacerbated by the pandemic. And... while alcohol content is just a small number on a bottle or...

Philippines: number of alcohol related deaths by cause | Statista

This statistic illustrates the number of alcohol attributable deaths across the Philippines in 2016, by cause.