Mortality map: deaths attributable to alcohol consumption in men in EU Member States

Mortality map: deaths per 100 000 attributable to alcohol consumption in men in EU Member States in 2021

Source: data are based on the Global Burden of Disease Study (2021) results https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results/?params=gbd-api-2021-permalink/e56ca9137d79ef2afb920947b554da35

The data refer to deaths from all causes, for men in all ages. 'High alcohol use' is defined by the GBD as "Alcohol consumption in excess of the region-, age-, sex-, and year-specific theoretical minimum risk exposure level (TMREL)", and ranges for men in EU Member States between 0 and 1.9 g of pure alcohol per day, depending on age and region. More details in the relevant paragraph of the brief. Please note these are summary measures. Differences between countries could be affected by different age structure of populations.

Country
Belgium	51.4
Bulgaria	179.9
Czechia	77.4
Denmark	58.1
Germany	78.2
Estonia	110.5
Ireland	25.2
Greece	45.1
Spain	44.6
France	61.4
Croatia	94.8
Italy	51.0
Cyprus	25.6
Latvia	154.7
Lithuania	117.6
Luxembourg	43.8
Hungary	127.9
Malta	24.8
Netherlands	41.0
Austria	59.8
Poland	104.6
Portugal	75.9
Romania	142.5
Slovenia	78.6
Slovakia	89.3
Finland	63.0
Sweden	34.0

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