Alcohol-Specific Deaths Northern Ireland Information Paper 2019 (NISRA)

NISRA has published an information paper outlining how alcohol-specific death statistics are collected and published in Northern Ireland. ‘Alcohol-Specific Deaths’ includes conditions known to be exclusively caused by alcohol (that is, wholly attributable causes) and excludes conditions where only a proportion of the deaths are caused by alcohol (that is, partially attributable causes). The Department of Health, NI (DoH) use alcohol-specific death statistics to inform policy and monitor the strategy: New Strategic Direction for Alcohol and Drugs – Phase 2, the aim of which is to reduce the level of alcohol and drug related harm in Northern Ireland.

Read more: https://www.nisra.gov.uk/sites/nisra.gov.uk/files/publications/Alcohol%20Information%20Paper%20Revised%2030_7_19.pdf