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c. 2,200 per year (U.S.) [8] Alcohol intoxication , commonly described in higher doses as drunkenness or inebriation , [ 9 ] and known in overdose as alcohol poisoning , [ 1 ] is the behavior and physical effects caused by recent consumption of alcohol .
While fatal overdoses are highly associated with drugs such as opiates, cocaine and alcohol, [2] deaths from other drugs such as caffeine are extremely rare. [21] This alphabetical list contains 634 people whose deaths can be reliably sourced to be the result of drug overdose or acute drug intoxication.
In 2016, the WHO recorded 56.7 million deaths [3] with the leading cause of death as cardiovascular disease causing more than 17 million deaths (about 31% of the total) as shown in the chart to the side. In 2021, there were approx. 68 million deaths worldwide, as per WHO report. [4]
The U.S. death rate tied to alcohol consumption was 31.2 fatalities per 100,000 people. Globally, 32.3 out of 100,000 people died from alcohol in 2019, the report found. Show comments
The WHO estimates 3 million deaths per year from harmful use of alcohol, representing 5.3% of all deaths across the globe. [48] All of these numbers are net deaths, subtracting deaths prevented from deaths caused. Stockwell argues that alcohol may not prevent any deaths and guesses that as many as 6 million deaths may be caused by alcohol. [47]
From 1999 to 2020, the number of alcohol-related deaths has nearly doubled, according to Florida Atlantic University study. ... (WONDER), finding that alcohol mortality rates went from 10.7 per ...
There were around 68,700 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2018. That is a rate of 210 deaths per million residents. [4] [5] Compare that rate to the 2018 rates of the European countries in the first chart below. Drug overdose death rates for European countries. [15] [16] Location links below are "Healthcare in LOCATION" links.
This is a list of the most notable people in Category:Alcohol-related deaths who died of short- and/or long-term effects of alcohol consumption. Deaths caused indirectly by alcohol, or driving under the influence, are not listed here. The Journal of the American Medical Association defines alcoholism, or alcohol use disorder, as "a primary ...