What we count
Deaths from diseases, injuries and other causes for which alcohol accounts for a calculated share of population risk.
Deaths attributable to alcohol this year
How many deaths WHO attributes to alcohol consumption during a year.
Continuously calculated
WORLDRelated numbers in context
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What lies behind this number
Deaths from diseases, injuries and other causes for which alcohol accounts for a calculated share of population risk.
How the source derives it
The source combines national reporting, registries and surveys, using transparent statistical estimates where complete data are unavailable.
What one number cannot show
This is an attributable estimate across many causes, not only alcohol poisoning or deaths involving blood alcohol.
Source value
The calculation uses the latest published annual value from WHO Global status report on alcohol and health for 2019.
How the value is used: The running number shows the share corresponding to time since the start of the year.
Annual value2,600,000deaths
- Period
- 2019
- Status
- published
- Primary data source
- WHO Global status report on alcohol and health
How the number is calculated
We distribute the published annual value evenly across the elapsed share of the calendar year.
Formula used
V(t) = Vyear × elapsed share of the yearAnnual reference value2,600,0002019 · deaths
Average per day7,119even time-based calculation
Calculation interval0.1 sContinuously calculated
Source value
WHO Global status report on alcohol and health reports the latest published figure used on this page for 2019.
Calculation method
We distribute the published annual value evenly across the elapsed share of the calendar year.
Smooth display
The result is recalculated on screen every 0.1 seconds.
Where the data comes from
The source value comes from WHO Global status report on alcohol and health and refers to 2019. It is the latest figure published by this source. The source combines national reporting, registries and surveys, using transparent statistical estimates where complete data are unavailable.
Latest published and verified source value
- Publisher
- WHO Global status report on alcohol and health
- Data period
- 2019
- Verified
- 12 August 2026
- Coverage
- Worldwide
- Use
- Even time-based calculation