The number of people dying rose by 27% between 2019 and 2021, to more than 9,000.
A record number of people died from alcohol last year, which is likely to be the result of increased drinking during the pandemic, according to the Office for National Statistics.The ONS says people who were already big drinkers before the pandemic drank more during the Covid years.which are defined as a direct consequence of alcohol.
Most are from alcoholic liver disease.In 2021, UK rates of alcohol-specific deaths per 100,000 people were highest in Scotland and lowest in England:"Research has suggested that people who were already drinking at higher levels before the pandemic were the most likely to have increased their alcohol consumption during this period," says James Tucker, from the Office for National Statistics.
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