Alcohol deaths are increasing - but is your area one of the worst?

Across the whole of the UK a total of 8,697 people died due to alcohol-related health conditions in 2014

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Alcohol: Responsible for increasing numbers of deaths

Alcohol-related deaths in the UK have increased for the first time since 2008.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed the numbers and rates of deaths where the underlying causes were directly due to alcohol .
Across the whole of the UK a total of 8,697 people died due to alcohol-related health conditions in 2014, the equivalent of 14.3 deaths per 100,000 people.
This is the first time since 2008 that the rate of people dying from alcohol-related deaths has increased.
Death rates for both sexes were found to be significantly higher in the north of England than the south in 2014.

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Deaths: More than 8,000 people died from alcohol-related conditions

The majority of alcohol-related deaths (65%) in the UK were among males while death rates were highest among 55 to 64-year-olds.
For both sexes, Scotland had the highest death rates in 2014.




However, Scotland has also seen the fastest decrease in its rates since they peaked in the 2000s.
Conditions which are classified as being alcohol-related by the ONS include fibrosis and cirrhosis of the liver, alcoholic liver disease and chronic hepatitis.

Rates of alcohol-related deaths per 100,000 people compared to the previous year

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Chronic diseases: Alcohol is also responsible for many serious illnesses

Area - Males 2014 (% Change), Females 2014 (% Change)

1. North West - 25.5 (4.1%) 13.4 (10.7%)
2. North East - 24.2 (8.5%) 15.1 (30.2%)
3. West Midlands - 20.7 (0.0%) 10 (-1.0%)
4. Yorkshire and The Humber - 18.6 (1.1%) 8.9 (-5.3%)
5. East Midlands - 18.1 (-1.1%) 9.4 (1.1%)
6. London - 16.6 (9.9%) 6.8 (4.6%)
7. South West - 15.2 (-1.3%) 7.8 (4.0%)
8. South East - 15.1 (-6.8%) 7.7 (-2.5%)
9. East of England - 13.3 (3.1%) 7.3 (17.7%)
10. Scotland - 31.2 (4.7%) 13.3 (2.3%)
11. Northern Ireland - 20.3 (-5.1%) 8.5 (13.3%)
12. Wales - 19.9 (-3.9%) 10.4 (1.0%)
13. England - 18.1 (1.7%) 9.1 (4.6%)