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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 .
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 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]
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
Globally, excessive alcohol consumption is the seventh leading risk factor for both death and the burden of disease and injury, [4] representing 5.1% of the total global burden of disease and injury, measured in disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). [5] After tobacco, alcohol accounts for a higher burden of disease than any other drug.
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 ...
If as little as 10 ml of pure methanol is ingested, for example, it can break down into formic acid, which can cause permanent blindness by destruction of the optic nerve, and 30 ml is potentially fatal, [2] although the median lethal dose is typically 100 ml (3.4 fl oz) (i.e. 1–2 ml/kg body weight) of pure methanol. [3]