Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK 1994-2022

This statistic shows the total number of alcohol-specific deaths in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1994 to 2022, by gender. The number of alcohol-specific deaths among males peaked in 2022 at 6571, almost double the number of female deaths, which also peaked in the same year at 3,477 deaths.

Alcohol-specific deaths in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1994 to 2022, by gender

Year	Male	Female
2022	6,571	3,477
2021	6,348	3,293
2020	5,957	3,017
2019	5,019	2,546
2018	5,077	2,474
2017	5,133	2,564
2016	4,928	2,399
2015	5,693	3,065
2014	5,687	3,010
2013	5,565	2,851
2012	5,473	2,894
2011	5,792	2,956
2010	5,865	2,925
2009	5,690	2,974
2008	5,999	3,032
2007	5,732	2,992
2006	5,768	2,990
2005	5,566	2,820
2004	5,431	2,790
2003	5,443	2,721
2002	5,069	2,632
2001	4,938	2,561
2000	4,483	2,401
1999	4,361	2,360
1998	4,172	2,197
1997	3,856	2,120
1996	3,457	1,949
1995	3,182	1,847
1994	2,849	1,676

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Release date

April 2024

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

1994 to 2022

Supplementary notes

The National Statistics definition of alcohol-specific deaths includes conditions that are wholly attributable to alcohol, based on codes from the International Classification of Diseases.

Including non-residents of the United Kingdom
Figures for 2002 to 2010 have been revised in light of the 2011 Census populations.

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