Alcohol-Related Mortality Down Threefold in Ukraine

In the mid-2000s, annual alcohol-related mortality amounted to 25,000 deaths. However, starting 2009, it started dwindling by the day. In 2020, only 9,715 people died from drinking, which is thrice as few as in 2008, when the figure was at 27,088.

To put the figures into perspective, 74 people died daily from alcohol during the 2008 peak against 26.5 now.

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Overall alcohol-related mortality in 2005–2021

Year	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Deaths	25,815	22,797	24,579	27,088	18,479	14,162	12,947	14,190	14,288	11,951	9,828	9,467	9,640	11,124	10,376	9,715	2,238

Drinkers die the most often from alcoholic cardiomyopathy (heart failure), alcoholic liver disease (steatosis), overdosing, or accidental poisoning. Overall, 173,248 people died from alcohol-related causes (diseases, poisoning, suicides) in 2008-2020, with males accounting for 80% (137,316).

In Q1, 2021, alcohol abuse claimed 2,238 Ukrainians’ lives.

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Alcohol-related deaths

Males	137,316	79.3%
Females	35,932	20.7%