Journal of the American Medical Association. Scientists gathered mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics involving people over 16 years old from 2019 and 2020.
They also obtained data in the first half of 2021 from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. RELATED: American Airlines to resume alcohol sales on certain flights in AprilTheir findings showed that alcohol-related deaths increased between 2019 and 2020 from 78,927 deaths to 99, 017 deaths.
They said deaths from other causes had smaller increases. Researchers noted that alcohol-related deaths accounted for 2.8% of all deaths in 2019 and 3.0% in 2020.
The number and rate of alcohol-related deaths increased approximately 25% between 2019 and 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.They said there were increases for all age groups with the largest increase occurring for people between 35 to 44 years old, with a nearly 40% increase, and 25 to 34 years old, with a 37% increase.