"Figure 1: The alcohol-specific death rate for 2021 was 25.4% higher than 2019","" "Age-standardised alcohol-specific death rates per 100,000 people, by sex, UK, deaths registered between 2001 and 2021","" "","" "Notes","1. Rates are expressed per 100,000 population and standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population. 2. Deaths of non-residents are included in figures for the UK. 3. Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. " "Unit","Age-standardised rate per 100,000 people" "","" "Year of registration","Persons","Males","Females" "2001","10.6","14.9","6.6" "2002","10.9","15.4","6.7" "2003","11.4","16.3","6.9" "2004","11.5","16.1","7.3" "2005","11.8","16.7","7.3" "2006","12.3","17.1","7.7" "2007","12.2","17.0","7.7" "2008","12.7","17.8","7.9" "2009","11.8","16.3","7.6" "2010","12.0","16.8","7.4" "2011","12.0","16.7","7.7" "2012","11.1","15.2","7.2" "2013","11.2","15.5","7.1" "2014","11.4","15.7","7.4" "2015","11.3","15.4","7.5" "2016","11.7","16.2","7.5" "2017","12.2","16.8","8.0" "2018","11.9","16.4","7.6" "2019","11.8","16.1","7.8" "2020","14.0","19.0","9.2" "2021","14.8","20.1","9.9"