Rates Of Alcohol-Induced Deaths In The US Increased From 2008 To 2018
" Age-adjusted rates of alcohol-induced deaths among all persons aged 25 and over were stable from 2000 to 2006 at about 10.7 per 100,000, then increased 43% to 15.3 in 2018 (Figure 1).
" For males aged 25 and over, rates were stable from 2000 to 2005, then increased 34% from 2005 through 2018, from 16.9 to 22.6.
" For females aged 25 and over, rates increased 76% from 2000 through 2018, from 4.9 to 8.6.
" For each year, rates of alcohol-induced deaths for males aged 25 and over were higher than for females."