<p>The number of deaths in the United States from alcohol-related causes soared during the coronavirus pandemic, jumping 25% year-over-year in 2020, according to a new study.</p>
<p>Researchers with the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism published the results of their study into the number of alcohol-related deaths during the pandemic in The Journal of the American Medical Association last week. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/health/alcohol-deaths-covid.html">The New York Times</a> outlined the results on Tuesday:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Numerous reports have suggested that <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/well/mind/covid-pandemic-drinking.html">Americans drank more</a> to cope with the stress of the pandemic. Binge drinking increased, as did emergency room visits for alcohol withdrawal. But the new report found that the number of alcohol-related deaths, including from liver disease and accidents, soared, rising to 99,017 in 2020, up from 78,927 the previous year — an increase of 25 percent in the number of deaths in one year.</em></p>
<p><em>That compares with an average annual increase of 3.6 percent in alcohol-related deaths between 1999 and 2019. Deaths started inching up in recent years, but increased only 5 percent between 2018 and 2019.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>The new study is another data point in a growing body of evidence showing the significant side effects of COVID-19 and widespread lockdowns meant to combat the virus. Alcohol-related mortality was particularly poignant in 2020 as the data shows a greater relative increase than deaths from all causes. According to the <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2790491">study</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>The number of deaths involving alcohol increased between 2019 and 2020 (from 78 927 to 99 017 [relative change, 25.5%]), as did the age-adjusted rate (from 27.3 to 34.4 per 100 000 [relative change, 25.9%]). Comparatively, deaths from all causes had smaller relative increases in number (from 2 823 460 to 3 353 547 [18.8%]) and rate (from 938.3 to 1094.3 per 100 000 [16.6%]). Alcohol-related deaths accounted for 2.8% of all deaths in 2019 and 3.0% in 2020.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>The research showed that alcohol-related deaths increased across all age brackets, but the age group most affected was 35 to 44 years old cohort, a group not typically at high risk for COVID-19 without comorbidities.</p>
<p>The study says:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>Rates increased for all age groups, with the largest increases occurring for people aged 35 to 44 years (from 22.9 to 32.0 per 100 000 [39.7%]) and 25 to 34 years (from 11.8 to 16.1 per 100 000 [37.0%]). Increases in rates were similar for females (from 13.7 to 17.5 per 100 000 [27.3%]) and males (from 42.1 to 52.6 per 100 000 [25.1%])</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Among adults younger than 65, alcohol-related deaths in 2020 outpaced deaths from COVID-19; 74,408 people ages 16 to 64 died that year from alcohol-related causes versus 74,075 people in the same age range died from the coronavirus.</p>
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<p>Aaron White, a senior scientific adviser at the institute and the study’s first author, said that restricted access to alcohol abuse treatment facilities during the pandemic played a major role in the uptick in alcohol related deaths.</p>
<p>“The assumption is that there were lots of people who were in recovery and had reduced access to support that spring and relapsed,” White told the Times.</p>
<p>“Stress is the primary factor in relapse, and there is no question there was a big increase in self-reported stress, and big increases in anxiety and depression, and planet-wide uncertainty about what was coming next,” he said. “That’s a lot of pressure on people who are trying to maintain recovery.”</p>

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