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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 .
No amount of alcohol is good for the human body, previous research has shown — and now a new study has linked it to a rising number of deaths. Over the course of two decades — from 1999 to ...
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]
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 US National Institutes of Health similarly estimates that 3.3 million deaths (5.9% of all deaths) were believed to be due to alcohol each year. [36] As per WHO June 2024 report on Alcohol, around 2.6 million deaths were caused by alcohol consumption in 2019 worldwide. [37]
In 2020-21, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, there were an average of about 488 deaths per day from excessive alcohol drinking, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease ...
Even in those who drink more than 120 g daily, only 13.5% will experience a serious alcohol-related liver injury. Nevertheless, alcohol-related mortality was the third leading cause of death in 2003 in the United States. Worldwide mortality is estimated to be 150,000 per year. [27]