Births and deaths in the UK

2023

Life expectancy - 82.3 years

Life expectancy in European countries in 2023

Surge in deaths among people aged 35 to 44

According to official figures, England and Wales saw an unusual spike in deaths among middle-aged people, with death rates among 40-44-year-olds worsening the most in the first half of 2023.

2021: Men drown much more often than women

2020

Alcohol deaths rise by 20% amid COVID-19 pandemic

In early May 2021, it became known that in 2020, deaths associated with alcohol consumption in England and Wales increased by 20% and reached a record level. According to experts, this is another indirect indicator of the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to the health and well-being of many people.

According to data from the UK's Office for National Statistics, 7,423 alcohol abuse deaths were recorded across the country in 2020, a 20% increase from 2019. These are the highest rates of alcohol abuse deaths since data collection began in 2001. Over the past three months of 2020, the death rate was 13.6 dead per 100 thousand people.

In Britain, alcohol deaths soared by 20% and reached a record

Experts are extremely concerned about these figures: alcohol has become one of the ways in which people are trying to cope with stress and isolation in the pandemic era. Most of the deaths were associated with long-term alcohol use and, as a result, liver disease, poisoning and mental disabilities. The fact that the explosion in deaths was caused by the pandemic proves the statistics for the first quarter of 2020, which covered the period before the pandemic restrictions and were similar to the data for previous years. Since the end of March, deaths have increased every quarter through the end of the year.

Analysis of data for England also revealed problems of social inequality, especially noticeable against the backdrop of a pandemic. The highest rate of alcohol-related deaths has risen in the most deprived areas of England and Wales. Deaths among men were 4.2 times higher in poor areas than in rich areas, while in 2019 these values ​ ​ only differed by 3.8 times. Experts believe that these data should be carefully taken into account in plans for the country's recovery from the pandemic.^[1]

Among the countries with the highest number of drug deaths

Countries with the most drug-related deaths per million people aged 15 to 64.

Life expectancy: women - 86 years, men - 83 years

2019: Suicides per 100,000 people

Число самоубийств на 100 тыс. человек population some countries, 2019

2018

Number of drug deaths per million residents

Number of deaths from drug use between the ages of 15 and 64 per million inhabitants, 2018

Number of road deaths per 100,000 vehicles

The number of deaths on the roads per 100 thousand vehicles. Data for 2018

The annual number of suicides per 100 thousand inhabitants

The annual number of suicides per 100 thousand inhabitants in Europe. Data for Russia for 2013

2016: Average number of deaths from opioid use disorders

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Number of deaths from opioid use disorders per 100,000 people (2016)

2012: Male suicides 3.8 times more than female suicides

How many times more likely are men to commit suicide than women in Europe, 2012

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