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In this Nov. 30, 2017 photo, a patron sips his drink while having a meal at a bar in New Jersey.
(AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) Celebrity Beyond docks in
Alcohol death toll is growing, US Aruba for the first time

government reports say

By Mike Stobbe withdrawal and certain other diseases.
Associated Press There were more than 52,000 such deaths
NEW YORK (AP) — The rate of deaths that last year, up from 39,000 in 2019.
can be directly attributed to alcohol rose The rate of such deaths had been increas-
nearly 30% in the U.S. during the first year ing in the two decades before the pan-
of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to demic, by 7% or less each year.
new government data. In 2020, they rose 26%, to about 13 deaths
The Centers for Disease Control and Pre- per 100,000 Americans. That’s the highest
vention had already said the overall rate recorded in at least 40 years, said the
number of such deaths rose in 2020 and study’s lead author, Merianne Spencer.
2021. Two reports from the CDC this week Such deaths are 2 1/2 times more common
provided further details on which groups in men than in women, but rose for both in
have the highest death rates and which 2020, the study found. The rate continued
states are seeing the largest numbers. to be highest for people ages 55 to 64, but
“Alcohol is often overlooked” as a public rose dramatically for certain other groups,
health problem, said Marissa Esser, who including jumping 42% among women
leads the CDC’s alcohol program. ages 35 to 44.
“But it is a leading preventable cause of The second report, published earlier this
death.” week in JAMA Network Open, looked at
A report released Friday focused on more a wider range of deaths that could be
than a dozen kinds of “alcohol-induced” linked to drinking, such as motor vehicle
deaths that were wholly blamed on drink- accidents, suicides, falls and cancers.
ing. Examples include alcohol-caused liv- Page 11
er or pancreas failure, alcohol poisoning, Continued on Page 2