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Abstract
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This report presents overall and sex-specific trends in alcohol-induced death rates from 2000 to 2020, and then focuses on the rates for 2019 and 2020 by sex, age group, and underlying cause of death.
Alcohol use is a known risk factor for mortality, and the rates of alcohol- induced deaths have risen over the past several years (1). Alcohol use in the United States increased during the first year of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which may have affected mortality rates, especially for alcohol-induced deaths (2). Understanding trends in alcohol-induced mortality, with a particular focus on differences from 2019 to 2020, may help identify groups particularly affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. This report presents overall and sex-specific trends in alcohol-induced death rates from 2000 to 2020, and then focuses on the rates for 2019 and 2020 by sex, age group, and underlying cause of death.
Key findings Data from the National Vital Statistics System, Mortality
= The age-adjusted rate of alcohol-induced deaths increased 26% from 2019 (10.4 per 100,000 standard population) to 2020 (13.1).
= For both males and females, rates of alcohol-induced deaths in 2020 increased with age, peaked for those aged 55-64, and then declined for age groups 65 and over.
= From 2019 to 2020, rates of alcohol-induced deaths for females increased across all age groups for those aged 25 and over.
= From 2019 to 2020, rates of alcohol-induced deaths for males increased across all age groups under 85.
= From 2019 to 2020, deaths from alcohol-induced acute pancreatitis increased 50% (from 0.1 to 0.2), 33% for deaths from mental and behavioral disorders due to use of alcohol (3.0 to 4.0), and 23% for deaths from alcoholic liver disease (6.4 to 7.9)
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