Summary

This article communicates the new definition of alcohol-specific deaths, the reasons for it, and its impact on the existing time series of alcohol-related deaths.

Publications

• The impact of using the new definition of alcohol-specific deaths

  This article communicates the new definition of alcohol-specific deaths, the reasons for it and its impact on the existing time series of alcohol-related deaths.

Data

• Previous definition of alcohol-related deaths

  Data using the previous National Statistics definition of alcohol-related deaths in the UK

• The impact of using the new definition of alcohol-specific deaths: main data tables

  Data using the definition of alcohol-specific deaths in addition to a count of deaths caused by chronic hepatitis and fibrosis and cirrhosis of the liver in the UK

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