Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse
(asked on 12th December 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many alcohol-specific deaths there were in each of the last five years, broken down by region.
Alcohol-specific deaths for 2022 will be published by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) in February 2024.
The following table shows the number of alcohol-specific deaths across all ages by region between 2017 and 2021, which is the latest available data:
Region | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
North East | 399 | 411 | 437 | 522 | 541 |
North West | 1,052 | 993 | 1,013 | 1,211 | 1,344 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 707 | 610 | 730 | 800 | 876 |
East Midlands | 516 | 555 | 523 | 612 | 706 |
West Midlands | 739 | 732 | 671 | 895 | 897 |
East of England | 492 | 461 | 543 | 570 | 641 |
London | 551 | 561 | 579 | 737 | 792 |
South East | 839 | 768 | 827 | 986 | 1,064 |
South West | 546 | 606 | 496 | 651 | 695 |
England | 5,841 | 5,697 | 5,819 | 6,984 | 7,556 |
Source: Local Alcohol Profiles for England, OHID
Notes:
- Alcohol-specific deaths are those which have been wholly caused by alcohol consumption.
- Data is based on year of death registration.