Number of alcohol-related deaths by condition and gender U.S. 2011-2015

From 2011 to 2015, there were an average of 66,519 deaths attributable to excessive alcohol use per year among males in the United States. This statistic illustrates the average annual number of deaths attributable to excessive alcohol use in the U.S. from 2011 to 2015, by condition and gender.

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

Characteristic	Males	Females
Total	66,519	26,778
Chronic causes	35,583	15,495
Alcohol abuse	1,986	605
Alcohol cardiomyopathy	432	78
Alcohol dependence syndrome	3,269	989
Alcohol polyneuropathy	3	0
Alcoholic gastritis	26	7
Alcoholic liver disease	12,887	5,277
Alcoholic psychosis	549	154
Alcohol-induced acute pancreatitis	214	64
Alcohol-induced chronic pancreatitis	38	14
Atrial fibrillation	228	100
Cancer, breast (females only)	0	584
Cancer, colorectal	898	98
Cancer, esophageal§	430	64
Cancer, laryngeal	233	15
Cancer, liver	1,545	64
Cancer, oral cavity and pharyngeal	830	79
Cancer, pancreatic¶	151	35
Cancer, prostate (males only)	188	0
Cancer, stomach¶	56	3
Chronic hepatitis	2	0
Coronary heart disease	2,971	567
Degeneration of nervous system attributable to alcohol	118	27
Esophageal varices	77	34
Fetal alcohol syndrome	2	2
Fetus and newborn affected by maternal use of alcohol	1	0
Gastroesophageal hemorrhage	20	10
Hypertension	1,638	1,946
Infant death, low birthweight**	1	1
Infant death, preterm birth**	24	19
Liver cirrhosis, unspecified	5,696	4,105
Pancreatitis, chronic	12	3
Pneumonia††	105	29
Portal hypertension	34	26
Stroke, hemorrhagic	565	374
Stroke, ischemic	243	100
Unprovoked seizures, epilepsy, or seizure disorder	112	22
Acute causes	30,935	11,283
Air-space transport	64	11
Alcohol poisoning	1,735	553
Aspiration	141	114
Child maltreatment§§	87	61
Drowning	772	210
Fall injuries¶¶	1,873	772
Fire injuries	274	183
Firearm injuries	284	53
Homicide	4,267	1,039
Hypothermia	194	102
Motor-vehicle nontraffic crashes	144	47
Motor-vehicle traffic crashes***	5,522	1,570
Occupational and machine injuries	117	9
Other road vehicle crashes	137	33
Poisoning (not alcohol)	7,524	4,315
Suicide	7,711	2,189
Suicide by and exposure to alcohol	24	14
Water transport	65	9

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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.
§ 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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