Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency. (2022) Alcohol specific deaths in Northern Ireland, 2020. Belfast: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
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This report presents statistics on Northern Ireland (NI) alcohol-specific mortality in 2020. Figures are based on deaths registered in NI that are known to be a direct consequence of alcohol misuse.
Key points:
• The total number of alcohol-specific deaths registered in 2020 was 351. This was an increase of 15 from the previous year (336) and the highest since the start of the series, accounting for 2.0% of all deaths registered in 2020.
• Almost two-thirds (66.4%) of the 351 deaths were male, and just over one third (33.6%) were female. Similarly, the age standardised mortality rate per 100,000 population of alcohol-specific deaths for males was twice that of the
rate for females (24.9 and 12.3 respectively).
• Alcohol-specific deaths continue to be more prevalent among the 45-54 and 55-64 age groups, which together accounted for 64.7% of all alcohol-specific deaths registered in 2020.
• Belfast Health and Social Care (HSC) Trust continues to have the highest age-standardised rate of alcohol specific deaths of all the HSC Trust areas in Northern Ireland at 28.3 per 100,000 population in 2020.
• The relationship between the rate of alcohol-specific deaths per 100,000 population and the level of deprivation remains the same in 2020 - as deprivation increases, so too does the rate of alcohol-specific deaths.
[Note, tables are available on the publisher's website]
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