"Figure 4: Rates of alcohol-specific death remain the highest in Scotland","" "Age-standardised alcohol-specific death rates per 100,000 people; Great Britain constituent countries, deaths registered between 2001 to 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. Rates are expressed per 100,000 population and standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population. 2. Figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland include deaths of non-residents. However, figures for England and Wales (separately) exclude deaths of non-residents and are based on August 2019 boundaries. 3. Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year. 4. 2018 data for Northern Ireland will be published later this year." "Unit","Age-standardised rate per 100,000 people" "","" "Year","England","Northern Ireland","Scotland","Wales" "2001","8.9","12.4","26.1","10.1" "2002","9.1","13.5","28.1","9.5" "2003","9.6","12.1","28.3","10.3" "2004","9.8","13.5","27.3","11.3" "2005","10.1","14.2","27.6","11.2" "2006","10.5","13.6","28.5","11.8" "2007","10.6","15.0","25.5","12.8" "2008","11.1","15.6","25.9","14.6" "2009","10.4","15.5","23.0","12.9" "2010","10.6","16.1","22.8","13.1" "2011","10.9","13.9","21.9","12.4" "2012","10.0","14.6","18.4","13.5" "2013","10.2","12.2","19.0","12.7" "2014","10.5","12.9","19.5","11.5" "2015","10.3","16.4","19.5","11.9" "2016","10.5","16.8","21.1","12.7" "2017","11.1","17.4","20.5","13.5" "2018","10.7","","20.8","13.1"