Number of alcohol-related deaths by state U.S. 2011-2015

From 2011 to 2015, there were an average total of 93,296 deaths attributable to excessive alcohol use per year in the United States. This statistic illustrates the average total annual number of deaths attributable to excessive alcohol use in the U.S. from 2011 to 2015, by state.

Average annual number of deaths attributable to excessive alcohol use in the U.S. from 2011 to 2015, by state*

Characteristic	Average annual number of deaths
U.S. total	93,296
California	10,811
Texas	7,097
Florida	6,778
New York	4,390
Pennsylvania	3,768
Ohio	3,608
Illinois	3,295
Michigan	3,123
North Carolina	2,811
Arizona	2,594
Georgia	2,556
Washington	2,195
Tennessee	2,102
Virginia	1,972
New Jersey	1,967
Indiana	1,900
Missouri	1,860
Colorado	1,810
Massachusetts	1,729
Wisconsin	1,722
South Carolina	1,629
Kentucky	1,524
Louisiana	1,523
Oregon	1,498
Oklahoma	1,465
Maryland	1,453
Alabama	1,446
Minnesota	1,333
New Mexico	1,129
Nevada	1,037
Mississippi	913
Connecticut	900
Arkansas	892
Iowa	834
Kansas	750
West Virginia	725
Idaho	491
Nebraska	453
Maine	424
New Hampshire	420
Montana	414
Hawaii	348
Rhode Island	337
Alaska	292
South Dakota	282
Delaware	271
Wyoming	236
North Dakota	215
District of Columbia	207
Vermont	203
Utah	68

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Release date

July 2020

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United States

Survey time period

From 2011 to 2015

Supplementary notes

* In the Alcohol-Related Disease Impact application (https://www.cdc.gov/ARDI), deaths attributable to excessive alcohol use include deaths from 1) conditions that are 100% alcohol-attributable, 2) deaths caused by acute conditions that involved binge drinking, and 3) deaths caused by chronic conditions that involved medium (>1 to ≤2 drinks of alcohol [women] or >2 to ≤4 drinks [men]) or high (>2 drinks of alcohol [women] or >4 drinks [men]) levels of average daily alcohol consumption.

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