Admin l Tuesday, November 07, 2017
LONDON – The United Kingdom has recorded a total of 7, 327 specific deaths in 2017, the U.K Office of National Statistics has said.
According to the office, i n 2016, there were 7,327 alcohol-specific deaths in the UK, an age-standardised rate of 11.7 deaths per 100,000 population.
The 2016 alcohol-specific deaths rate, the office said continues to remain unchanged since 2013 in the UK, but still higher than observed 15 years ago.
In 2016, the male alcohol-specific death rate we gathered doubled the rate of alcohol specific deaths in females.
For both sexes, rates of alcohol-specific deaths were highest among those between 55 to 64 years bracket in 2016.
Scotland remains the constituent country with the highest rate of alcohol-specific deaths in 2016; yet Scotland has also seen the largest decrease in its rates since they peaked in the early 2000s.
In England, for both sexes, alcohol-specific rates in 2016 were significantly higher in the most deprived local areas when compared to the least deprived local areas.
