Annual deaths from excessive alcohol use increased by nearly 30% from 2016 to 2021
The average number of deaths from excessive alcohol use increased by 29.3% from 2016 to 2021, with an age-standardized rise in death rate from 38.1 to 47.6 per 100,000 population, according to data in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. “Deaths from causes fully attributable to alcohol use have increased during the past 2 decades in the United States; rates were particularly elevated