Number of alcohol-related deaths by condition 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 condition.

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

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
Pneumonia††	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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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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