Global deaths attributed to alcohol

Alcohol accounted for nearly one in 10 deaths in 2016, according to a new report in The Lancet, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation


Globally, alcohol accounts for 6.8% of male deaths and 2.2% of female deaths


Countries with highest number of alcohol-attributed deaths, 2016

	0 100,00 200,00 300,00 400,00 500,00 600,00 700,00
	Men 	Women
China	650,822	59,064
India	289,859	41,716
Russia	182,609	42,990
Brazil	76,492	20,633
U.S.	71,166	18,849
Vietnam	59,877	18,983
Ukraine	53,380	25,375
Germany	43,486	18,619


Source: The Lancet, CNN, BBC 
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