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QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Death Rates* Attributable to Alcohol-Induced Causes, † by Race/Ethnicity - United States, 1999-2015


Mmwr. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 66(18): 491

2017


ISSN/ISBN: 1545-861X
PMID: 28493858
Accession: 060164151

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In 2015, mortality from alcohol-induced causes reached the highest rate during 1999-2015 of 9.1 deaths per 100,000 U.S. standard population. Alcohol-induced death rates for the Hispanic population remained the highest (9.9 per 100,000 U.S. standard population), followed by the non-Hispanic white population (9.6). For the non-Hispanic black population, the alcohol-induced death rate decreased 33% from 1999 to 2015, while the rate increased by 50% during the same period for the non-Hispanic white population. Overall, from 1999 to 2015, mortality from alcohol-induced causes increased 28% (7.1 to 9.1).

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