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Deaths from excessive alcohol use among U.S. males and females, 2016 to 2021

Average annual number of deaths from excessive alcohol use by age group and period among males (A) and females (B). Deaths from excessive alcohol use includes all decedents whose deaths were attributed to conditions that were fully caused by alcohol use, alcohol-related acute causes of death that involved binge drinking, and alcohol-related chronic conditions that involved medium (females: more than one but less than two drinks; males: more than two but less than four drinks) or high (females: more than two drinks; males: more than four drinks) daily average drinking levels. (Source: Esser MB, Leung G, Sherk A, et al. Estimated deaths attributable to excessive alcohol use among U.S. adults aged 20 to 64 years, 2015 to 2019. JAMA Netw Open 2022;5[11]:e2239485. Public domain.)

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