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Written Question · S5W-21593 · Session 5

How many people have died of alcohol-related liver disease in each year since 1999.

Answered Asked by Miles Briggs Con Lodged 11 Feb 2019

The question

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have died of alcohol-related liver disease in each year since 1999.

The answer

Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 26 Feb 2019 · 15 days after it was lodged, on time

Alcoholic Liver disease is one of 15 conditions included in the Alcohol Specific Deaths statistics published annually by National Records of Scotland.
Data for number of deaths by underlying cause of death is available in table 2 of the NRS Alcohol-specific Deaths (new National Statistics definition) Data Tables which are available at the following link.
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/deaths/alcohol-deaths/alcohol-specific-deaths-new-definition/tables-and-chart
The data for alcoholic liver disease is detailed in the following table.
Alcohol-specific deaths (new National Statistics definition) by underlying cause of death (ICD-10): registered in Scotland, 2000 to 2017
Underlying Cause of Death (ICD-10) 1
Total for K70
- Alcoholic liver disease
2000
779
2001
866
2002
957
2003
976
2004
876
2005
976
2006
1003
2007
920
2008
936
2009
820
2010
814
2011
764
2012
646
2013
682
2014
658
2015
650
2016
729
2017
738
NOTE: due to changes in coding data prior to 2000 use different coding definitions so have not been included in the above table. Data for the period 1979
- 1999 are available in table 2A of the NRS Alcohol-specific Deaths (new National Statistics definition) Data Tables which can be found at the following link.
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/vital-events/deaths/alcohol-deaths/alcohol-specific-deaths-new-definition/tables-and-chart

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S5W-21593 by reference.