Estimated Deaths Attributable to Excessive Alcohol Use Among US Adults Aged 20 to 49 Years, 2015 to 2019: About 20% or 45,000 per year

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"The estimates in this cross-sectional study of 694 660 mean deaths per year between 2015 and 2019 suggest that excessive alcohol consumption accounted for 12.9% of total deaths among adults aged 20 to 64 years and 20.3% of deaths among adults aged 20 to 49 years. Among adults aged 20 to 64 years, the proportion of alcohol-attributable deaths to total deaths varied by state. ..."

Estimated Deaths Attributable to Excessive Alcohol Use Among US Adults Aged 20 to 64 Years, 2015 to 2019 | Substance Use and Addiction Medicine | JAMA Network Open | JAMA Network (open access)