Iowa Substance Abuse Brief: Alcohol Involved Deaths, May 2019, Issue 8

(2020) Iowa Substance Abuse Brief: Alcohol Involved Deaths, May 2019, Issue 8. Drug Control Policy, Office of

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Abstract

Alcohol-Involved Deaths Climbing: A Public Health Perspective in Iowa Alcohol-involved deaths are a serious public health problem in Iowa, increasing from 388 in 2008 to 650 in 2017. From 2008-2017, the average annual number of alcohol-involved deaths in Iowa was 505 (IDPH, 2017). According to the World Health Organization (2018), 3 million deaths occur globally each year as a result of the harmful use of alcohol. In the U.S. in 2010, an estimated 70,000 people died from alcohol use, making alcohol use the third leading cause of premature deaths (McGinnis, 2013). The first and second leading causes of preventable factors causing premature deaths in the U.S. were diet/inactivity (400,000) and tobacco use (350,000), respectively (McGinnis, 2013). This data brief highlights the impact of alcohol involved deaths in Iowa.