Conor Stewart
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Get in touch with us now| Characteristic | Average annual number of deaths |
|---|---|
| Total | 93,296 |
| Chronic causes | 51,078 |
| Acute causes | 42,218 |
| Alcoholic liver disease | 18,164 |
| Poisoning (not alcohol) | 11,839 |
| Suicide | 9,899 |
| Liver cirrhosis, unspecified | 9,801 |
| Motor-vehicle traffic crashes*** | 7,092 |
| Homicide | 5,306 |
| Alcohol dependence syndrome | 4,258 |
| Hypertension | 3,584 |
| Coronary heart disease | 3,537 |
| Fall injuries¶¶ | 2,645 |
| Alcohol abuse | 2,591 |
| Alcohol poisoning | 2,288 |
| Cancer, liver | 1,609 |
| Cancer, colorectal | 996 |
| Drowning | 981 |
| Stroke, hemorrhagic | 938 |
| Cancer, oral cavity and pharyngeal | 909 |
| Alcoholic psychosis | 703 |
| Cancer, breast (females only) | 584 |
| Alcohol cardiomyopathy | 510 |
| Cancer, esophageal§ | 494 |
| Fire injuries | 457 |
| Stroke, ischemic | 342 |
| Firearm injuries | 337 |
| Atrial fibrillation | 329 |
| Hypothermia | 296 |
| Alcohol-induced acute pancreatitis | 278 |
| Aspiration | 255 |
| Cancer, laryngeal | 248 |
| Motor-vehicle nontraffic crashes | 190 |
| Cancer, prostate (males only) | 188 |
| Cancer, pancreatic¶ | 186 |
| Other road vehicle crashes | 170 |
| Child maltreatment§§ | 148 |
| Degeneration of nervous system attributable to alcohol | 145 |
| Unprovoked seizures, epilepsy, or seizure disorder | 134 |
| ±Ê²Ô±ð³Ü³¾´Ç²Ô¾±²¹â€ â¶Ä | 133 |
| Occupational and machine injuries | 126 |
| Esophageal varices | 112 |
| Air-space transport | 75 |
| Water transport | 75 |
| Portal hypertension | 61 |
| Cancer, stomach¶ | 58 |
| Alcohol-induced chronic pancreatitis | 52 |
| Infant death, preterm birth** | 44 |
| Suicide by and exposure to alcohol | 38 |
| Alcoholic gastritis | 33 |
| Gastroesophageal hemorrhage | 31 |
| Pancreatitis, chronic | 15 |
| Fetal alcohol syndrome | 4 |
| Alcohol polyneuropathy | 3 |
| Chronic hepatitis | 2 |
| Infant death, low birthweight** | 2 |
| Fetus and newborn affected by maternal use of alcohol | 1 |
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July 2020
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United States
Survey time period
From 2011 to 2015
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* 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.
§ Deaths calculated for the proportion of esophageal cancer deaths caused by squamous cell carcinoma only, based on the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results data in 18 states (SEER18). https://seer.cancer.gov/.
¶ Deaths among those consuming high average daily levels of alcohol only.
** Alcohol consumption prevalence estimates calculated among women aged 18–44 years only.
††Deaths among persons aged 20–64 years only because of the high number of deaths from pneumonia among persons aged ≥65 years that are not alcohol-related and the lack of relative risks that differ by age.
§§ Deaths among persons aged 0–14 years.
¶¶ Deaths among persons aged 15–69 years only because of the high number of deaths from falls among persons aged ≥70 years that are not alcohol-attributable
and the lack of alcohol-attributable fractions that differ by age.
*** Deaths among persons of all ages. A blood alcohol concentration level of ≥0.08 g/dL is used for defining alcohol attribution for this condition.
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