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UK alcohol deaths fall for first time since Covid pandemic
Key takeaways
- According to data released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), 9,809 deaths from alcohol-specific causes were registered in the UK in 2024.
- In what one expert calls a "modest reduction", it marks the lowest number since 2021 and the lowest rate since 2020 at 14.8 deaths per 100,000 people.
- But campaigners say the figures underscore the urgency in tackling alcohol-related harm, labelling the data a "cause for redoubling efforts".
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Joe Mc Fadden Health reporter Getty Images Deaths caused by alcohol are at their lowest number since 2021, but one expert says the figures are still "way too high"The number of deaths caused by alcohol in the UK has fallen for the first time since the Covid pandemic, the latest national figures show.
According to data released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), 9,809 deaths from alcohol-specific causes were registered in the UK in 2024.
In what one expert calls a "modest reduction", it marks the lowest number since 2021 and the lowest rate since 2020 at 14.8 deaths per 100,000 people.
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