Deaths Caused by Alcohol Rose Sharply Since Lockdowns

Published on April 23, 2024

The number of deaths caused specifically by alcohol increased rapidly since the COVID-19 lockdowns and the trend is continuing, official statistics show. Data by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released on Monday showed that in 2022, there were 10,048 deaths that were a direct consequence of alcohol, a third higher than in 2019, the last pre-pandemic year. This represents the highest figure on record and is 4.2 percent higher than in 2021, when there were 9,641 deaths recorded, and 32.8 percent higher than when there were 7,565 deaths in 2019. The statistics agency said rates of alcohol-specific deaths had been stable between 2012 and 2019. The ONS’s health statistician David Mais said, “Alcohol-specific deaths rose sharply with the onset of the pandemic, and today’s results show a continuation of that trend, with deaths around a third higher than in 2019.”...

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