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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]

Item Type
Report
Publication Type
Irish-related, Report
Drug Type
Alcohol
Intervention Type
Harm reduction
Date
27 January 2022
Pages
12 p.
Publisher
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
Corporate Creators
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
Place of Publication
Belfast
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