"Figure 6: Avoidable mortality rates for alcohol-related and drug-related deaths in 2019 were statistically significantly higher than 2001 for England, Northern Ireland and Scotland","" "Age-standardised avoidable mortality rates for alcohol-related and drug-related disorders by persons, UK’s constituent countries, 2001 to 2019","" "","" "Notes","1. Age-standardised mortality rates are expressed per 100,000 people and standardised to the 2013 European Standard Population. Age-standardised mortality rates are used to allow comparison between populations that may contain different proportions of people of different ages. 2. Deaths of non-residents are excluded for England, Wales and Northern Ireland and included for Scotland. 3. Figures are for deaths registered in each calendar year." "Unit","Age-standardised mortality rate per 100,000 people" "","" "Year","England","Northern Ireland","Scotland","Wales" "2001","17.8","17.1","39.3","21.2" "2002","17.5","20.8","41.7","19.4" "2003","17.9","18.3","40.3","21.0" "2004","18.2","20.9","39.7","20.5" "2005","18.3","22.3","39.3","19.9" "2006","18.5","22.2","42.4","21.0" "2007","18.6","23.6","38.4","23.4" "2008","19.5","24.3","40.0","24.3" "2009","18.6","23.4","38.0","22.8" "2010","18.4","23.5","37.4","24.6" "2011","18.4","21.8","34.5","22.9" "2012","17.3","23.5","31.9","23.9" "2013","18.2","22.1","32.6","23.1" "2014","19.4","21.0","34.8","21.2" "2015","19.7","26.7","36.6","24.0" "2016","19.9","26.5","41.6","25.8" "2017","20.5","27.3","42.8","25.8" "2018","21.1","28.7","48.2","28.3" "2019","21.4","31.7","48.1","23.9"