Alcohol-related deaths per year worldwide 2019| ��ƽ��

Key facts on alcohol-related deaths worldwide in 2019

Characteristic	Characteristic
Number of deaths (in millions)	2.6
Number of cardiovascular deaths caused by alcohol	474,000
Number of cancer deaths caused by alcohol	401,000
Percentage of all deaths among men (%)	6.7
Percentage of all deaths among women (%)	2.4
Percentage of all deaths among 20-39 year-olds (%)	13

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It is estimated that alcohol contributed to around 2.6 million deaths worldwide in 2019. The major causes of alcohol-related death include alcohol poisoning, liver damage, heart failure, cancer, and car accidents.

Alcohol abuse worldwide

Despite the widespread use of alcohol around the world, a global survey from 2024 of people from 31 different countries found that around 16 percent of respondents stated alcohol abuse was the biggest health problem facing people in their country.��ճ�� countries with the highest per capita consumption of alcohol include Romania, Georgia, and Latvia.

Alcohol consumption in the United States

It is estimated that over half of adults in the United States aged 21 to 49 currently use alcohol. Binge drinking (four or more drinks for women and five or more drinks for men on a single occasion) is most common among those aged 21 to 29 years, but still around 25 percent of those aged 40 to 44 report binge drinking. The states with the highest share of the population who binge drink are North Dakota, Iowa, and South Dakota. The death rate due to alcohol in the United States was around 13.5 per 100,000 population in 2022, an increase from a rate of 10.4 per 100,000 recorded in 2019.