Huge spike in alcohol related deaths as figures expected to rise further due to coronavirus pandemic Death rates from alcohol reached a new high in the first nine months of 2020, new figures show. And an addiction charity has predicted that death rates could rise further still as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that there were 5,460 deaths related to “alcohol-specific causes” between January and September last year. This is a 16.4 per cent increase compared with the same nine-month period in 2019. The ONS said the alcohol-specific death rate in England and Wales reached its highest peak since 2001 in the first three months of the year.
Alcohol death rates hit record high during Covid-19 pandemic as heavy drinkers fail to seek help
Experts warn these figures could rise even further following difficulties experienced throughout the UK in 2020
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Death rates from alcohol reached a new high in the first nine months of 2020, new figures show.
And an addiction charity has predicted that death rates could rise further still as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that there were 5,460 deaths related to “alcohol-specific causes” between January and September last year.
This is a 16.4% increase compared with the same nine-month period in 2019.
(PA Graphics)
The ONS said the alcohol-specific death rate in England and Wales reached its highest peak since 2001 in the first three months of the year.
The rate reached 12.8 deaths per 100,000 people between January and March and remained at this level between April and September, the ONS said.
Updated: February 2, 2021, 7:24 pm
There is concern over a rise in alcohol deaths (PA)
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Death rates from alcohol reached a new high in the first nine months of 2020, new figures show.
And an addiction charity has predicted that death rates could rise further still as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that there were 5,460 deaths related to “alcohol-specific causes” between January and September last year.