72,558
Number of people in the United States who died from alcohol-related causes in 2017, compared with 35,914 in 1999.
31%
The percentage of alcohol-related deaths in 2017 caused by liver disease. Other causes included overdoses on alcohol alone or with other drugs (18%), alcohol-related mental and behavioral disorders (14%) and motor vehicle accidents (1.7%).
2.6%
The percentage of all deaths in the United States in 2017 in which an alcohol-related cause was noted as the underlying cause or one of multiple causes of death.
85%
The increase in alcohol-related deaths among women between 1999 and 2017, compared with a 35% increase among men over that same time period.
Source: White, A., et al. (2020). Using death certificates to explore changes in alcohol-related mortality in the United States, 1999–2017. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 44(1), 178–187. Available at https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.14239opens in new window.
